§ 8-86. Employment of persons under the age of 18 and certain other persons.

(a)

No person under the age of 18 years whether or not such person's disabilities of nonage have been removed by marriage or otherwise, shall be employed, permitted, or suffered to work in any place where alcoholic beverages are sold at retail, except as provided in this section.

(b)

This section shall not apply to:

(1)

Underage professional entertainers 17 years of age who are not in school.

(2)

Persons under the age of 18 who are employed in drugstores, grocery stores, or automobile service stations which have obtained licenses to sell beer or beer and wine, when such sales are made for consumption off the premises.

(3)

Minors employed in the entertainment industry, as defined by F.S. § 450.012(5), who have either been granted a waiver under F.S. § 450.095 or employed under the terms of F.S. § 450.132 or under rules adopted pursuant to either of these sections.

(4)

Persons under the age of 18 or any person furnishing evidence that he is a senior high school student with written permission of the principal of such senior high school or that he is a senior high school graduate, or any high school graduate, employed by a bona fide food service establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold, provided such persons do not participate in the sale, preparation, or service of the beverages and that their duties are of such nature as to provide them with training and knowledge as might lead to further advancement in food service establishments.

(5)

Persons under the age of 18 employed as bellhops, elevator boys and others in hotels when such employees are engaged in work apart from the portion of the hotel property where alcoholic beverages are offered for sale for consumption on the premises.

(6)

Persons under the age of 18 employed in bowling alleys in which alcoholic beverages are sold or consumed, so long as they do not participate in the sale, preparation, or service of such beverages.

(7)

Persons under the age of 18 employed by a bona fide dinner theater as defined in this subsection, as long as their employment is limited to the services of an actor, actress, or musician. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "dinner theater" means a theater presenting consecutive productions playing no less than three weeks each in conjunction with dinner service on a regular basis. In addition, both events must occur in the same room, and the only advertised price of admission must include both the cost of the meal and the attendance at the performance.

(Code 1972, § 4-23; Code 1991, § 4-89; Ord. of 4-8-1975(3), § 1)

State law reference

Employment of minors or certain other persons, F.S. § 562.13.