339.210 Definition of "gainful occupation." As used in KRS 339.210 to 339.450: (1) "Gainful occupation" does not include employment in farm work or in domestic

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service in a private home, nor occasional employment by a householder in

connection with the household and not in connection with the householder's

business or occupation, such as grass cutting or carrying ashes or similar casual

domestic tasks, nor the delivery of newspapers on regularly scheduled routes, nor to

employment as an actor or performer in motion pictures or theatrical productions,

or in radio or television productions, nor to employment of minors by their own

parents or persons standing in the place of a parent in occupations other than

manufacturing, mining, or those found by the commissioner of the Department of

Workplace Standards to be particularly hazardous;

(2)"Gainful occupation" does not include a minor who is at least twelve

(12)years of

age working as a referee, umpire, or official in a youth athletic program, subject to

the following:

(a)The minor is a referee, umpire, or official for an age bracket younger than the

minor's own age;

(b)An adult representing the youth athletic program is on the premises where the

athletic event is occurring; and

(c)The minor has on file with the person responsible for assigning the minor to

officiate for the youth athletic program the original or a copy of a written

consent to the child's employment as a referee, umpire, or official signed by

the minor's parent or guardian; and

(3)"Gainful occupation" does not include participation in a work program established

under KRS 339.335 by a minor who is twelve

(12)or thirteen

(13)years of age.