OAR 839-021-0276: Employment Certificates for Minors Employed in Agriculture

(1) The provisions addressing Employment Certificates, OAR 839-021-0220 to 839-021-0221, do not apply to the employment of minors in agriculture except as follows: (a) Minors employed to operate or assist in the operation of power-driven farm machinery; (b) Minors employed to ride in or on power-driven farm machinery; and (c) Minors employed to ride in or on equipment, trailers, or similar conveyances connected to power-driven farm machinery for the purpose of transporting, sorting, delivering, or otherwise processing farm products. (d) Employment Certificates are not required under (a), (b) or (c) if a minor is employed by their parent or person standing in the place of their parent as provided by OAR 839-021-0297. (2) Employers employing minors to operate power-driven farm machinery, to ride in or on power-driven farm machinery or to ride in or on equipment, trailers, or similar conveyances which are connected to power-driven farm machinery must not permit the minor to operate power-driven farm machinery, assist in the operation of the machinery, to ride in or on the machinery or to ride in or on equipment, trailers or similar conveyances which are connected to power-driven farm machinery, until the employer has complied with OAR 839-021-0280 or 839-021-0282.