Ohio Revised Code Title XLI. Labor and Industry § 4109.05

(A) The director of commerce, after consultation with the director of health, shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, prohibiting the employment of minors in occupations which are hazardous or detrimental to the health and well-being of minors.

In adopting the rules, the director of commerce shall consider the orders issued pursuant to the “Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,” 52 Stat. 1060, 29 U.S.C. 201, as amended.

The director of commerce shall not adopt any rule that prohibits a minor who is sixteen or seventeen years of age and who is employed by an employer under the manufacturing mentorship program created in section 4109.22 of the Revised Code from being employed in a manufacturing occupation if the orders issued pursuant to the “Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938,” 29 U.S.C. 201, et seq., permit the employment of the minor in the manufacturing occupation. As used in this division, “manufacturing occupation” has the same meaning as in section 4109.22 of the Revised Code.

(B) No minor may be employed in any occupation found hazardous or detrimental to the health and well-being of minors under the rules adopted pursuant to division (A) of this section.