# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 3. Employment Standards and Conditions

### Subtitle 2. Employment of Minors

#### Section 3-203

This subtitle does not apply to an activity that a minor performs if the activity:

(1) is performed outside the school hours set for that minor;

(2) does not involve manufacturing or mining;

(3) is not a hazardous occupation restricted under Sec. 3-213(c)(1) or (2) of this subtitle for that minor; and

(4) is limited to:

  (i) farm work that is performed on a farm;

  (ii) domestic work that is performed in or about a home;

  (iii) work that is performed in a business that a parent of the minor or a person standing in place of the parent owns or operates;

  (iv) caddying on a golf course;

  (v) instructing on an instructional sailboat;

  (vi) delivery of newspapers to consumers;

  (vii) making an evergreen wreath in or about a home;

  (viii) work performed as a counselor, assistant counselor, or instructor in a youth camp certified under the Maryland Youth Camp Act; or

  (ix) work that is performed as an unpaid volunteer in a charitable or nonprofit organization, if:

    (1) a parent of the minor or a person standing in the place of the parent consents in writing; and

    (2) for hazardous work in a volunteer fire department or company or volunteer rescue squad, the minor:

    (A) is at least 16 years old; and

    (B) has completed or is taking a course of study about fire fighting or rescue.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)