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State by State Information for Camps - Regulations andOther InfoState Regulations: Alabama

Date Revised: 04/30/2015

Governing Body: Alabama State Board of Health - Bureau of Environmental Services - Division of Food, Milkand Lodging

License Required:

Day Camps: Yes

Residential Camps: Yes

License Information:

Day and Overnight Camps:

Alabama State Board of Health Rules for Camp Sanitation [1]

Criminal BackgroundChecks Required:

No

Criminal BackgroundChecks Information:

Alabama Background Check (ABC) System [2]

Alabama Department of Public SafetyAlabama Bureau of Investigation [3]ATTN: Identification UnitPO Box 1511Montgomery, AL 36102-1511

Ala. Code 38-13-3 [4]

$25.00 fee for General Public

Businesses have an annual subscription fee of $95.00 to access the system. Beginning inJanuary of 2015 there will also be a $15.00 fee for each check.

State Allows FBI Checks:

Yes

FBI checks are only available for certain organizations that serve children. The Criminal HistoryInformation Consent and Release form can be downloaded from the Department of HumanResources webpage. The cost is $48.85.

Office of Criminal History [5]

Driving Record Checks: Driver record request form is available online from the Alabama Department of Public Safety.

[6]

$5.75

State Sex Offender Registry: Alabama Sex Offender Registry [7] Minimum Wage: $7.25* Coverage and Exemptions: No specified state-level exemptions. Federal FLSA exemptions applies for those covered by

Act. Subminimum Wage: No specified state-level Subminimum Wage. Federal FLSA Subminimum Wage rules applies

for those covered by Act. Minimum Wage Source: Alabama Department of Labor [8] Overtime PayRequirements:

No specified state-level requirements. Federal FLSA ovetime pay requirements apply forthose covered by Act.

Exemptions: No specified state-level overtime page requirement exemptions. Federal FLSA overtime pay

exemptions apply for those covered by Act. Meal/Rest PeriodRequirments:

Minors under age 1630 minutes after each five hour shift.

Student Exemption fromUnemployment Tax?

NoDetails [9]

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Other Wages Source: Ala. Code 25-8-38(c) [10] Additional Info: None

* Federal minimum wage rate of $7.25 per hour applies

State Regulations: Alaska


Governing Body: Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Municipality of Anchorage | Department of Health and Human Services

License Required:

Day Camps: Yes

Resident Camps: No


Day Camps:

Child care licensing is required for day camps. However, if a day camp is ACA accredited, thelicensing process can be waived. There is a separate licensing site and information forfacilities in Anchorage, although the requirements for day camps are the same.

Alaska Child Care Facilities Licensing [11]

Municipality of Anchorage Licenses and Permits [12]


Yes


Department of Public SafetyCriminal Records and Identification Bureau [13]5700 E. Tudor RoadAnchorage, AK 99507(907) 269-5767

Name based, (non-fingerprint) state background check - $20Fingerprint based state background check - $35Fingerprint based state and national background check - $54.25


Yes

FBI checks are only available for certain organizations that serve children. The additional costis $18.

Details: Dept. of Public Safety [14] (Frequently Asked Questions) [15]

Driving Record Checks:

An individual may request the record by mail, fax, or by going to any DMV and showing properidentification.

Cost is $10.00

Details: Division of Motor Vehicles' website [16]

State Sex Offender Registry: Alaska Sex Offender/Child Kidnapper Registration Central Registry [17] Minimum Wage: $7.75 per hour [18] Coverage and Exemptions:

Child Care Facility ExemptionA nonprofit educational or child care facility to serve in place of a parent of children inresidence is exempt if the employment requires residence at the facility and is compensatedon a cash basis. Total compensation, exclusive of room and board, must be at an annual rateof less than (a) $10,000 for an unmarried person; or (b) $15,000 for a married couple.

Nonprofit, Recreational, Educational Organizaton ExemptionAn individual engaged in activities for a nonprofit religious, charitable, civic, cemetery, recreational, oreducational organization is exempt where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist, and whereservices are rendered to the organization under a work activity requirement of AS 47.27 (Alaska temporaryassistance program)

Subminimum Wage:

Student Learner Subminimum WageAn exemption for student learners from the minimum wage requirement is available when thestudent learner is enrolled in a course of study and training in a cooperative vocational trainingprogram under a recognized state or local educational authority. (Must earn at least 75% ofminimum wage)

Part-time, Under 18 Employee Subminimum Wage



Exemption for individuals under 18 who are part-time employees for under 30 hours per week. (Must at least earnfederal minimum wage)

Minimum Wage Sources:

Employment Practices and Working Conditions Pamphlet (April 2014) [19]

Summary of Alaska Wage and Hour Act (January 2010) [20]

Overtime PayRequirements:

1 times regular rate after 8-hour day or 40-hour week (10-hour day, 4-day week if agreed toin a flexible work hour plan approved by labor department).

Details [20]

Exemptions: Employees of employers with less than 4 employees in the regular course of business.


Yes, service performed by a full-time student under the age of 22 in a work studyprogram taken for credit at a public or nonprofit institution is exempt from unemployment tax, ifit has been certified that the service is an integral part of the program.

Details [21]

Meal/Rest PeriodRequirments:

Alaskan employers are required to provide break periods of at least 30 minutes for minorsages 14 through 17 who work 5 or more consecutive hours and are going to continue to work.Employers are not required to give breaks for employees 18 and over. If your employer allowsbreaks, and they last less than 20 minutes, you must be paid for the break. If your employerallows meal periods, the employer is not required to pay you for your meal period if it lastsmore than 20 minutes and you do no work during that time. Details [22]

All Wages Sources:

Employment Practices and Working Conditions Pamphlet (April 2014) [19]

Summary of Alaska Wage and Hour Act (January 2010) [20]

Alaska Unemployment Insurance Tax Handbook [21]

Alaska Wage and Hour Administration Frequently Asked Questions [22]

Additional Info: none

* Federal minimum wage rate applies

State Regulations: Arizona


Governing Body: Deptartment of Health Services, Office of Environmental Health

Department of Health Services, Bureau of Child Care Licensing

License Required:

Resident Camps: Yes

Day Camps: Yes


Day Camps:

Day Camps are regulated as "Child Care Centers," except if all of the following are true:

(a) The day camp is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting organization for daycamps as approved by the department. (b) The day camp operates for less than twenty-fourhours a day and less than ten weeks each calendar year. (c) The day camp posts a notice atthe facility and on its website that it is not licensed under the laws of this state as a child carefacility. (d) The day camp provides programs only to children who are at least five years of age.(e) The day camp requires fingerprint cards of all personnel pursuant to section 36-883.02Details [23]

Child Care Provider Application [24]

Resident Camps:

Food Safety & Environmental Services - Forms [25]

Youth Camp License Application and Statutory Requirements [26]Children's Camp Inspection Report [27]

Only camps in Coconino county are licensed through the Arizona Department of HealthServices. Camps in Arizona's other 14 counties [28]are licensed through their county health orenvironmental health departments.




No, only day camps licensed as child care centers.


Ariz. Dept. of Public Safety - Fingerprint Clearance Cards [29]

$65 for volunteers, $67 for all others.

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes

To obtain an FBI check, follow the procedures required to obtain a State Check from the Dept.of Public Safety's website [29].

Driving Record Checks: Driver License Motor Vehicle Records can be obtained through the Ariz. Dept. of

Tranportation website [30].

$3 for an uncertified 3 year driving record, $5 for a certified 5 year driving record.

State Sex Offender Registry: Arizona Sex Offender Registry [31] Minimum Wage:

$8.05 per hour [32]

Coverage and Exemptions: Federal or state government employers; small businesses (less than $500,000 in gross annual

revenue and FLSA exempt). Subminimum Wage: A wage board may recommend rates for learners, apprentices, and handicapped workers at

less than the minimum wage rate applicable to minors. Minimum Wage Source: Industrial Commission of Arizona, Labor Dept. [33] Overtime PayRequirements:



exemptions apply for those covered by Act.


Situational. They are excluded from coverage when the student is working for a school, collegeor university and is enrolled and regularly attending classes therein.Details. [34]


No specified state-level meal/rest period requirements. Federal FLSA meal/rest periodrequirements apply for those covered by Act.

Other Wages Source: Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Arkansas


Governing Body:

Arkansas Department of Health

Department of Human Services | Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education

License Required:

Overnight Camps: Yes

Day Camps: Yes


Overnight Camps

Arkansas Department of Health | Certificates, Licenses and Permits [35]

Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Camps [36]

Day Camps

Mimimum Licensing Requirements for Child Care Centers [37]

Application for Child Care License/Registration [38]

Criminal Background Yes



Checks Required: Yes


Arkansas State Police - Online Criminal Background Checks [39]

$22.00 per Arkansas State name based check request$11.00 per Arkansas State name based check request (volunteers)$15.75 per National/FBI fingerprint based check request$14.50 per National/FBI fingerprint based check request (volunteers)

$25 mailed in requests

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes Driving Record Checks:

An individual may obtain a copy of their record by either visiting the main office in Little Rockor any Arkansas revenue office. Revenue offices can only release driving records to theindividual requesting the driving record.

Web site [40]

Online payment is $10.00 for an insurance record which covers a three (3) year period or$13.00 for an employment or commercial driver record which may contain information forlonger than the three year period.Records picked up or mailed will be $7.00 for the insurance record or $10.00 for theemployment or commercial drivers record.

State Sex Offender Registry: Arkansas Sex Offender Registry [41] Minimum Wage:

$7.50 per hour [42]* All employers with four or more employees must pay at least $7.50 perhour.

Coverage and Exemptions:

Employees for an organized camp and religious and non profit educational conference centersnthat operates for not more than 7 months per year; employees covered by FLSA; bona fideexecutives, administrators, and professionals; students who are working for the school,college, or university where enrolled and are regularly attending classes; federal, state or localgovernment employees (except public schools and school districts); volunteers or non-employees for educational, charitable, religious or nonprofit organizations

Subminimum Wage:

Learners, apprentices, and certain handicapped workers with special license: less than stateminimum permitted. Full-time students attending an accredited school and working not morethan 20 hours a week (40 hours when school is not in session): at least 85% of minimumwage.

Minimum Wage Source: Minimum Wage and Overtime [43] Overtime PayRequirements: 1 times regular rate after 40-hour week.

Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the FLSA or the state minimum wage, and agriculturalemployees.


Situational. Generally student wages are not exempt from Arkansas SUTA taxes. Howeverthey do have an exemption for students under the age of 22 that are participating in a work-study program at an educational institution.Details. [44]



Other Wages Source: Arkansas Labor Laws [45] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: California


Governing Body: California Department of Public Health License Required:

Overnight Camps: Yes

Day Camps: No


Licensing is done by local or county health departments.

Cailfornia Local Health Department Information [46]



California Department of Health | Organized Camps [47]


Yes


Department of Justice Records Review UnitPO Box 903417Sacramento, CA 94203(914) 227-3460 [48]

FBI processing fee: $17.00 (employee applicant type) or $15.00 (volunteer applicant type)

$32.00 DOJ processing fee, for a state level CORI search

Application for Youth Organizations [49]

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes Driving Record Checks: An individual may obtain a copy of their driving record by filling out the Request for Record

Information form. The form can be downloaded from the California DMV website [50].

The cost of an automated computer printout is $5 and the cost to receive a photocopy orhardcopy of the record is $20.

State Sex Offender Registry: California Sex Offender Registry [51] Minimum Wage:

$9.00 per hour [52]

$11.05 within San Francisco ($12.25 beginnin May 1, 2015) Details [53]

$12.25 within Oakland Details [54]

$10.30 within San Jose Details [55]

Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employees unless specifically exempt by state law or wage order; State law

exemptions: certain organized camp employees (but see subminimum wage); individualsparticipating in certain national service programs

Subminimum Wage: Organized camp employees (includes students and camp or program counselors): at least

85% of minimum wage for a 40-hour week; if hours worked are less than 40 hours a week, atleast 85% of minimum wage for each hour worked. State law: For occupations required to paya minimum wage, Industrial Welfare Commission may issue special licenses to apprentices,learners, or handicapped workers and nonprofit organizations authorizing employment for afixed time at a subminimum rate (see also wage orders below). Minors: less than minimumwage permitted under wage orders (see below); notwithstanding wage orders, minors who arehigh school graduates (or with equivalent education) must be paid adult rate if they are doingthe same quantity and quality of work as adults in the same position unless variations of payrates are (in good faith) based on differences in seniority, length of service, ability, skill, duties,shift or time of day worked, or hours of work. Wage orders: under all wage orders learners age18 or older may be paid 85% of minimum wage for first 160 hours of employment. Minors:85% of minimum wage rounded to nearest five cents provided number of minors employeddoes not exceed 25% of all employees (25% limitation not applicable during schoolvacations); minors age 16 and 17 enrolled in approved work-experience programs who workbetween 10:00 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. must be paid adult minimum wage (except underCalifornia Wage Orders 15-2001, Household Occupations); under California Wage Orders 8-2001 (Handling Products After Harvest) and 13-001 (Preparing Agricultural Products forMarket on the Farm) minors must be paid adult minimum wage for all hours worked in anyweek that they work overtime.

Minimum Wage Source:

Cal. Lab. Code 351, 510, 1171, 1182, 1182.4, 1182.11, 1186, 1191, 1191.5, 1192,1391.2 [56]

California Wage Orders MW-2001, 1-2001-17-2001 [57]


1 times regular rate after 8-hour day or 40-hour week in most industries (state employees: 8-hour day/40-hour week or 4-day/40-hour week) and for 1st 8 hours worked on the 7thconsecutive day in a workweek. Double time for hours beyond 12 in a day or after 8 hours on7th consecutive day in a workweek.

Exemptions: Stable employees if paid 1 times the regular rate of pay for hours worked over 10 in a day or

56 in a week; certain hourly-paid computer software employees (earning at least $49.77/hour);licensed physicians or surgeons who earn at least $64.18/hour and are engaged in performingduties requiring a license (excludes medical interns or residents and physician employeescovered by a collective bargaining agreement); nurse practitioners who are primarily engagedin performing duties for which their certification was required; employees of skiingestablishments if paid 1 times the regular rate for hours worked over 56 in a workweekduring ski season.


Unknown


Meal period: 30 minutes after 5 work hours may be waived by mutual agreement if employeeworks no more than 6 hours per day. Additional 30 minutes if employee works more than 10hours per day; may be waived by mutual agreement if total work hours do not exceed 12 and



first meal period was not waived. Employee must be paid 1 extra hour of pay at regular rate foreach workday a meal or rest period is not provided. Rest period: 10 minutes for every 4 hoursworked (taken in middle of 4-hour shift), by wage order, for employees in: professional,technical, or clerical, mechanical, and related professions; public housekeeping; laundry, linensupply, dry cleaning, and dyeing; mercantile; product handling after harvest; transportation;amusement and recreation; broadcasting; motion pictures; preparing agricultural products formarket or farm; agricultural and household industries; and sheepherders. May be waived ifwork lasts less than 3 hours.

Other Wages Source:

Cal. Lab. Code 226.7, 510 515.6, 1171, 1030, 1182.6, 1186 [56]

California Wage Orders MW-2001, 1-2001-17-2001 [57]

Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Colorado


Governing Body: Dept. of Human Services, Division of Child Care License Required:

Day Camps: Yes

Resident Camps: Yes


Day and Resident Camps:

Child Care Center License Application [58]

Division of Child Care, Licensing Fees [59]

$77-$528, depending on number of children served


Yes


Only in the case of a children's resident camp or school-age child care center, out of statepersons employed in a temporary capacity for less than ninety (90) days are not required to befingerprinted to obtain a criminal record check. Each person exempted from fingerprinting andbeing checked with the State Department's automated system must sign a statement whichaffirmatively states that she/he has not been convicted of any charge of child abuse or neglect,unlawful sexual offense, or any felony.

Prospective employers of such exempted persons shall conduct reference checks of theprospective employees in order to verify previous work history and shall conduct personalinterviews with each such prospective employee.

Colorado Bureau of Investigation [60]690 Kipling StreetDenver, CO 80215

Agency Regulations regarding criminal background checks [61]

CBI Fees - $17.50 per individualFBI Fees - $22.00 per individual

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes Driving Record Checks: Information on purchasing driving records can be found on the Division of Motor Vehicles

website [62].

$2.20 for a non-certified driving record ; $2.70 for a certified copy of a driving record

State Sex Offender Registry: Colorado Sex Offender Registry [63] Minimum Wage: $8.23 per hour [64] Coverage and Exemptions: Covers Retail and Service, Commercial Support Service, Food and Beverage, and Health

and Medical Service industries; Exemptions: professional, executive and administrativeemployees; teachers; supervisors; federal, state or local government employees; studentemployees in college clubs, fraternities, sororities, dormitories, and in a Work ExperienceStudy Program

Subminimum Wage: Unemancipated minors and handicapped workers: 85% of minimum wage (with certificate

from Labor Director). Minimum Wage Source: Colorado Dept. of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor [65] Overtime Pay Minors: in emergencies (employer must keep record of emergencies), minors subject to the



Requirements: Colorado Youth Employment Opportunity Act may work more than 8 hours per day or 40 hoursper week provided they are paid 1 times regular rate for all hours worked over 8 in a 24-hourperiod or over 40 hours in a week, whichever is greater. Minors who have graduated from highschool (or its equivalent) may work more than 8 hours a day at their regular rate, but not formore than 12 hours a day.

Exemptions: Ski industry employees performing duties directly related to downhill ski and snowboarding

operations and those employees engaged in providing food and beverage services at on-mountain locations are exempt from the 40-hour week overtime requirement. State employeesmay accumulate a maximum of 40 hours of overtime (60 hours of compensatory time off), butovertime in excess of 40 hours must be paid in cash.


Situational. The only student employment that is not covered is a work study.Details. [66]


Meal period: 30 minutes when scheduled shift exceeds 5 hours. On-duty meal permitted onlywhen nature of work requires it and is counted as time worked. Rest period: at least 10minutes in the middle of each 4-hour shift.

Other Wages Source: Colorado Minimum Wage Order No. 24 [65] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Connecticut


Governing Body: Connecticut Dept. of Public Health | Youth Camp Licensing Program License Required:

Day Camps: Yes

Resident Camps: Yes



Application Form & Updated Youth Camp Licensing Information [67]

Youth Camp Licensure - Initial [68]

For Profit $815.00; Non-profit $315.00 (Initial, Renewal)

Youth Camp Statutes and Regulations [69]


No


Connecticut State Police Bureau of Identification [70]1111 Country Club RoadMiddletown, CT 06457-9294(860)-685-8480

State of Connecticut Criminal History Record Request Form [71]

$50.00

Connecticut General Statutes: 29-529-17a [72]

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: Copy Records Request Forms [73] are available through the Connecticut DMW Web Site [74].

$20

State Sex Offender Registry: Connecticut Sex Offender Registry [75] Minimum Wage: $9.15 per hour [76] Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employers, except industries covered by wage order or legislation, and all

nonexempt employees (including apprentices and welfare recipients participating in a townwork training or work readiness program); Exemptions: employees of camps or resorts open 6or fewer months a year; employees of nonprofit theaters not operating more than 7 months ayear; bona fide executives, administrators, and professionals; volunteers for an educational,charitable, religious, scientific, historical, literary, or nonprofit organization

Subminimum Wage: At least 85% of minimum wage for: learners, apprentices, and minors under age 18 for the first

200 work hours (pay minimum wage thereafter), unless employed in an exempt institutionaltraining program; minors ages 16 to 18 employed by the state or a political subdivision; andagricultural workers ages 14 to 18. 70% of minimum wage for minors age 14 to 18 in



agriculture if employer had less than 8 workers at a time in previous calendar year.Subminimum rates for handicapped and disabled may be set by Commissioner under speciallicenses for a fixed period.

Minimum Wage Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-58(f), (j), 3158(a), 31-60(b), 31-67; Mandatory Orders: 1, 2A, 2B, 3A,

3B, 7A, 7B, 8; Regs. Conn. State Agencies 31-60-2, 31-60-6 [77] Overtime PayRequirements:

1 times regular rate after 40-hour week

Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage; certain drivers and their helpers;

agricultural employees; any permanent paid members of municipal uniformed police force andfirefighters


Situational. Wages earned by employees who happen to be students for private employersare generally not exempt from state unemployment tax unless the employer is a non-profitentity otherwise exempt from unemployment compensation tax.Details. [78]


Meal period: 30 minutes after first 2 hours and before last 2 hours during a shift of 7consecutive hours or more. Does not apply to professional employees certified by the stateboard of education and employed by a local school board to work directly with children.Exemptions may be granted by Labor Commissioner if (1) compliance would adversely affectpublic safety, (2) the duties of a position may be performed by only one employee, (3) theemployer has less than 5 employees on a shift at a single place of business, or (4) thecontinuous nature of the employers operations requires employees to be available to respondto urgent or unusual conditions at all times and they are compensated for break and mealperiods.

Other Wages Source: Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-51ii, 31-76c, 31-76h, 31-76i, 31-76j; Mandatory Orders 1, 2A & 2B, 3A

& 3B, 7A & 7B, 8 [77] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Delaware


Governing Body: Delaware Dept. of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Recreational CampProgram

License Required:

Day Camps: Yes

Resident Camps: Yes



Del. Code tit. 16, 4467 Sanitation of Recreational Camps [79]

Application for/Renewal of a Permit to Operate a Recreational Camp [80]


No


Delaware State Police - State Bureau of Identification [81]P.O. Box 430Dover, DE 19901302-739-5901

Del. Code tit. 11, 8501-8527 [82]

The fee for a State background check is $52.50.

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: An individual must complete a Personal Information Form from the DMV website [83] and either

notarize it and mail to the DMV, or appear in person at any DMV office.

The fee is $15

State Sex Offender Registry: Delaware Sex Offender Central Registry [84] Minimum Wage: $7.75 per hour [85]; $8.25 per hour effective June 1, 2015 Coverage and Exemptions:

Persons under age 18 employed by a nonprofit organization as a junior counselor or acounselor-in-training in a summer camp program are exempt. So are executive, administrativeor professional employees, and volunteers for educational, charitable, religious, or nonprofit



organizations.

Details [86]

Subminimum Wage: Labor department can permit subminimum wage for learners, apprentices, and handicapped

workers. Details [86] Minimum Wage Sources:

Delaware [87] Department of Labor [85]

Delaware Labor-Law Poster [88]






Wages earned by an individual who is enrolled in a full-time educational program thatcombines academic instruction with work experience, which is an integral part of theeducational program are not reported are exempt.Details. [89]


Minors: 30 minute rest period for employees under age 18 working shift of more than 5continuous hours. Meal period: 30 minutes if employee works 7 hours or more (must betaken after first 2 hours and before last 2 hours). Exemptions: professional employees certifiedby the state board of education and employed by a local school board to work directly withchildren. Secretary of Labor may grant exemptions if: compliance would adversely affect publicsafety, the duties of a position may be performed by only one employee, the employer has lessthan 5 employees on a shift at a single place of business, or the continuous nature of theemployers operations requires employees to be available to respond to urgent or unusualconditions at all times and they are compensated for break and meal periods.

Details [88]

Other Wages Sources: Delaware Unemployment Insurance Handbook for Employers [89] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: District of Columbia


Governing Body: D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs License Required:

Day Camps: No

Resident Camps: No


Basic Business Online License Applications [90] -- Some camps may need general businesslicense

Child Care FAQs [91]


No


Henry J. Daly BuildingMPDC Headquarters300 Indiana AvenueNW, Room 3055, WA 20001(202) 727-4245

Police Clearances [92]

$7

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: Available through the DMV website. [93]

$7 - $13

State Sex Offender Registry: D.C. Sex Offender Registry [94]



Minimum Wage: $9.50 per hour [95] Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employees unless specifically exempt or covered by wage order; Exemptions:

volunteers for educational, charitable, religious, or nonprofit organizations; lay officers ofreligious organizations if engaged in religious functions; bona fide executives, administrators,professionals, and outside salespeople as defined by FLSA

Subminimum Wage: Federal minimum wage may be paid to: newly hired learners age 18 or older (for no more than

90 days), students employed by institutions of higher education, and minors under age 18.Less than minimum wage permitted for handicapped workers under special certificates.Persons employed under the Job Training Partnership Act, Youth Employment Act, or OlderAmericans Act must be paid at rates required by those Acts.

Minimum Wage Source: D.C. Code Ann. 32-1003(a)(2), (d), (f), (g), 32-1004, 32-1006; CDCR 7-9-902.1, 7-7-902.4

[96]



Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage


Unknown



Other Wages Source: D.C. Code Ann. 32-1002(c), (d), (e) [97] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Georgia


Governing Body: Georgia Dept. of Human Services License Required:

Day Camps: No (see below)

Residential Camps: No (see below)


Day Camps:

Day camps may need to be licensed through Bright from the Start: Georgia Department ofEarly Care and Learning [98], unless exempt.

Exemption Rules & Information [99]: Day camp programs for children five (5) years and olderthat are operated between school terms, whose primary purpose is to provide organizedrecreational, religious, or instructional activities. The day camp programs may operate duringsummer and other school breaks and shall operate for no more than twelve (12) hours per day.

Applicant's Guide to Licensing for Child Care Learning Centers and Group Day Care Homes[100]

Overnight Camps:

Outdoor Child Caring Programs [101] (formerly Therapeutic Camps) must be licensed.

All camps with food service must obtain a food service permit. See Food Service InspectionResources [102] from the Georgia Dept. of Public Health.

Rules on Swimming Pools and Spas operated by camps [103]


Yes


New Rule for licensed day camps - Effective January 1, 2014:

All family day care home providers, directors, and employees hired on or after January 1, 2014 will be required toundergo a national fingerprint background check and obtain a satisfactory determination from DECAL. All employeeshired prior to January 1, 2014 will have to undergo a national fingerprint background check and obtain a satisfactorydetermination from DECAL by January 1, 2017. Beginning January 1, 2019, every family day care home provider,director, and employee must have a satisfactory records check determination on file that has been issued within thepast five years; a new fingerprint background check will be required every five years. Learn more about his new rulehere [104]

Checks are required for Day Camps and Outdoor Child Caring Programs (formally known astherapeutic camps). Checks are obtained from Local Sheriff's or Police Departments.



Georgia Crime Information CenterCCH/Identification Services, SupervisorPO Box 370748Decatur, Georgia 30037-0748404-244-2639 [105]

Georgia Statute: 35-3-34-2 [106]

Fees vary up to $20.00

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: Available through the Georgia Department of Driver Services website [107].

$6 for 3 year record, $8 for 7 year record

State Sex Offender Registry: Georgia Sex Offender Registry [108] Minimum Wage:

$5.15 per hour [109]*

Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all nonexempt employers and employees; Exemptions: employers with 5 employees or

less; with annual sales of $40,000 or less; high school and college students; tippedemployees; and employees of nonprofit child-care institutions or long-term care facilitiesserving children or mentally disabled adults if the employee resides in the facility, receives freeboard and lodging, and is paid at least $10,000 a year.

Subminimum Wage: Disabled and other disadvantaged workers may be paid less than minimum wage only if labor

commissioner grants an exemption. Minimum Wage Source: O.C.G.A. 34-4-3, 34-4-4(a) [110] Overtime PayRequirements:





Situational. Exempt only if the employment is a recognized part of a program which combinesacademic instruction with work experience.Details. [111]





State Regulations: Hawaii


Governing Body: Hawai'i Dept. of Health (camps with food service) [112]

Hawai'i Dept. of Human Services (camps serving elementary school-aged children) [113]

License Required: Yes License Information: As an after school child care program only camps that serve elementary school-aged

children

Food Establishment and Swimming Pool Guideline [114]Child Care Licensing [115]


Yes


Yes only camps that serve elementary school-aged children.

Hawai'i Criminal Justice Data Center [116]Kekuanao'a Building465 S. King St, Room 102Honolulu, HI 96813(808) 587-3100

Request for Criminal History Record Check form [117]



$20 for name search; $20 fingerprint.

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: An individual can request a Traffic Abstract and/or Traffic Court Report [118] by submitting the

individuals name, date of birth and drivers license number to the Traffic Violations Bureau inHonolulu. Traffic Abstracts are also available at most District Courts.

$20

State Sex Offender Registry: Hawai'i Sex Offender Registry [119] Minimum Wage: $7.75 per hour [120] Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employees unless specifically exempt; Exemptions: certain seasonal youth camp

staff members; employees subject to FLSA; employees with guaranteed pay of at least$2,000 a month (whether paid weekly, biweekly or monthly); relatives of the employer; bonafide executive, administrative, supervisory or professional employees

Subminimum Wage: Subminimum wage rates may be issued by Labor Director under special certificates for a

fixed time for: learners; apprentices; students working part-time and attending schools otherthan colleges, universities, business or technical schools; wards paroled from state youthcorrectional facilities; handicapped and disabled workers.

Minimum Wage Source: H.R.S. 387-1, 387-2, 387-9(a) [121] Overtime PayRequirements:


Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage


Situational. Service by students who are enrolled and regularly attending classes at a school,college, or university, and by a student enrolled in a full-time program at a nonprofit or publiceducational institution, which combines academic instruction with work experience (school towork) are exempt.Details. [122]

Meal/Rest PeriodRequirements:

30-minute meal or rest period for minors age 14 to under age 16 if working 5 continuoushours.

Other Wages Source: H.R.S. 387-1, 387-3(a), (e), (g), 390-2(c)(3) [121] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Idaho


Governing Body: Idaho Dept. of Health and Welfare

Idaho Division of Building Safety

License Required:

Day Camps: Yes (see below)

Resident Camps: Yes (see below)


Day Camps:

Day camps are exempt if operating for less than 12 weeks out of the year, or for just one dayper week. Otherwise, day camps are licensed as Daycare Centers.

Daycare Licensing Requirements [123]

Rules Governing Standards for Child Care Licensing [124]

Resident Camps:

Summer camp programs lasting less than 9 consecutive weeks are not required to be statelicensed and are not state regulated. Residential facilities for children that provide programslasting 9 consecutive weeks or longer must be state licensed. These programs are licensed bythe Idaho Department of Health and Welfare's Child Residential Care Licensing office inBoise. Dial 1-208-334-5700 and ask for a Child Care Licensing Specialist.

Rules on Children's Residential Care Facilities and Therapeutic Outdoor Programs [124](sections 500, 700, and 800)

General Safety and Health Standards [125]




Yes, if required to have a license as noted above


Idaho State Police, Bureau of Criminal Identification [126]700 S. Stratford Dr. Ste 120Meridian, ID 83642208.884.7130

$25 Fingerprint Check$20 Name Check

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks:

Available through the Idaho Transportation Department website [127].

$7.00, certification of the record additional $14.00.

Online Form [128]

Paper Form [129]

State Sex Offender Registry: Idaho Sex Offender Registry [130] Minimum Wage: $7.25 per hour [131]* Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employees unless specifically exempt; Exemptions: seasonal employees of

nonprofit camping programs; federal government or state or political subdivision employees;bona fide executives, administrators, or professionals; children under age 16 working part-time or at odd jobs for up to 4 hours a day with any one employer

Subminimum Wage: $4.25/hour for workers under age 20 for the first 90 consecutive calendar days of employment.

Less than minimum wage permitted under special license from labor director setting rate,time, and work conditions for the disabled, apprentices, and learners (includes secondaryschool students in work-training programs).

Minimum Wage Source: Id. Code 44-1502 - 44-1506 [132] Overtime PayRequirements:



exemptions apply for those covered by Act. Meal/Rest PeriodRequirements:



When services are performed for a school, college or university by a student, who is enrolledand regularly attending classes at the institution. Or by an individual under age 22 enrolled as afull-time student at an accredited education institution in a program combining academicinstruction with work experience for which credit is earned, except if the service is performedin a program established at the request of employers.Details. [133]



State Regulations: Illinois


Governing Body: Illinois Dept. of Public Health | Division of Environmental Health

License Required:

Day Camps: Yes



Day and Residential Camps

Youth Camp Act, 210 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 100, Chapter 11 [134]

Youth Camp Code, Illinois Administrative Code, Title 77, Part 810 [135]



Day Care Centers

Licensing Standards for Day Care Centers [136]


Yes, for Day Care Centers; see Definitions and Appendix B in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 385 [137]


Illinois State PoliceBureau of Identification [138]260 North Chicago StreetJoliet, Illinois 60431-1060(815)740-5216

Criminal Identification Act, 20 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 2630 [139]

Fingerprint Search - $20Non-Fingerprint Search - $16

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: An individual can request a driving record [140] in person at a Driver Services Facility or by

writing the Secretary of State in Springfield.

$12

State Sex Offender Registry: Illinois Sex Offender Registry [141] Minimum Wage: $8.25 per hour [142] Coverage and Exemptions: Covers employers with 4 or more nonexempt employees, excluding the employers family;

Exemptions: certain camp counselors; members of religious organizations; Subminimum Wage: $6.50/hour for adults age 18 or older for first 90 calendar days of employment ($.50 cents less

than minimum wage; $7.50, eff. 7-1-09; $7.75, eff. 7-1-10). $6.00/hour for minors under age 18($.50 cents less than minimum wage; $7.50, eff. 7-1-09; $7.75, eff. 7-1-10). $4.55/hour forlearners age 18 or older for up to 6 months (70% of minimum wage). Less than minimumwage permitted for handicapped, disabled, or elderly employees with special license; fullminimum wage required if individuals production level equals that of nondisadvantagedemployees.

Minimum Wage Source: Minimum Wage Law, 820 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 105 [143] Overtime PayRequirements:

1 times regular rate after 40-hour week.

Exemptions: Agricultural workers; public sector employees who are FLSA-exempt; bona fide executive,

administrative, or professional employees as defined by the FLSA (nonprofit corporations mayadopt a lower rate standard than federal law for these employees); those employed instead ofanother under a worktime exchange agreement between employees; certain employees ofnonprofit educational or residential child care institutions


Meal period: 20 minutes taken during first 5 hours of scheduled shifts of 7 or moreconsecutive hours, unless collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise; excludesemployees who monitor individuals with developmental disabilities or mental illnesses, or both,who, in the course of such work, are required to be on call during an entire 8 hour work period(but such employees must be allowed to eat a meal during the 8-hour work period whilecontinuing to monitor those individuals). Minors under age 16: 30-minute meal period ifscheduled to work for 5 continuous hours.


NoDetails [144]

Other Wages Source: 820 Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) 105/4a, 140/3, 140/3.1, 205/4 [145] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Indiana


Governing Body: Indiana State Department of Health License Required:

Day Camps: No

Resident Camps: Yes



License Information: Resident Camps

Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Youth Camp Construction Approval and FacilityInspection Program [146]

410 IAC 6-7.2 Youth Camps [147]410 IAC 6-12 Plan Review, Construction Permits, and Fees for Services [148]Central kitchen and dining halls shall comply with 410 IAC 7-24 Retail FoodEstablishment Sanitation Requirements [149]


No


Indiana State PoliceCriminal History Limited Check [150]P.O. Box 6188Indianapolis, IN 46206-6188

Mail-in Limited Criminal History Information Request form [151]: $7 per request:

Online fee [150]: $15 per record-subscribers, $16.32 per record-Credit Card

Indiana Code 10-13-3, Chapter 3, Criminal History Information [152]

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles | Driver License Record Search [153]

$7.50

State Sex Offender Registry: Indiana Sex and Violent Offender Registry [154] Minimum Wage: $7.25 per hour [155]* Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employers of 2 or more nonexempt employees during a workweek, (also includes

the state and other governmental agencies or political subdivisions); Exemptions: employeesof camping; recreational, or guidance facilities run by a charitable religious or educationalnonprofit organization;employers covered by FLSA; employers with only one employee duringany workweek; employees under age 16; certain members of religious orders; volunteers forreligious or charitable organizations; students working for schools where enrolled andattending; certain executive, administrative, or professional employees; persons not employedfor more than 4 weeks in any 4 consecutive 3-month periods

Subminimum Wage: At least $4.25/hour for workers under age 20 for the first 90 consecutive calendar days of

employment. Minimum Wage Source: Indiana Code, Title 22, Article 2, Chapter 2, Minimum Wage [156] Overtime PayRequirements:


Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage; certain piece rate workers and

certain workers who perform two or more types of work; employees who agree to receive 1times a set basic rate which is substantially equivalent to the average hourly earnings of theemployee over a representative period


No general provision. Minors under age 18: one or two rest periods totaling at least 30minutes during shift lasting 6 or more hours


NoDetails. [157]

Other Wages Source:

Indiana Code 20-33-3-30, Occupations for which less than 18 years of age may be employed[158]

Indiana Code 22-2-2-3, Definitions, 22-2-2-4, Rates [156]

Additional Info: Camp Injury/Illness Report [159] (PDF)


State Regulations: Iowa


Governing Body:

Iowa Department of Human Services [160]

Iowa Department of Public Health - Camps with Food Service [161]



License Required: Yes License Information:

Nationally accredited camps exempt from licensure. Food Establishment Permit Required

Iowa Administrative Code: IAC 441-109.1(237A) [162]

Child Care Centers and Preschools: Licensing Standards and Procedures [163]

Summer Camp Food Regulation [164]

Criminal BackgroundChecks Required: Yes


Checks may be performed intermittently by the agency (DHS)

Iowa Records and Identification Bureau215 East 7th StreetDes Moines, Iowa 50319515-725-6066 [165]

Iowa Administrative Code: Public Safety Department, 661, Chapter 8, Criminal JusticeInformation [166]

$13, $15 (if by fax) - employee search$5 - volunteer search

*Only fingerprinted arrests included in search


Yes

Checks are only done for qualified organizations. Cost - $30.25 for employees, $15.25 forvolunteers in addition to the state fee of $13 for employees and $5 for volunteers. Results arereturned within 15 days.

Website [167]

Driving Record Checks:

Available through the Iowa Department of Transportation website [168]. [169]

$5.50 plus $1.50 service charge

State Sex Offender Registry: Iowa Sex Offender Registry [170] Minimum Wage: $7.25 per hour [171]* Coverage and Exemptions:

Covers all employees covered by FLSA; Exemptions: FLSA-exempt employers (exceptionenterprise exemption applies only to an enterprise made up of one or more retail or serviceestablishments whose annual gross volume of sales made or business done is less than$250,000, excluding excise taxes)

Subminimum Wage:

At least $6.35/hour until the employee completes 90 calendar days of service. Employeesterminated after completing the 90- day period and rehired within 3 years must be paid fullminimum wage. Other subminimum rates may be paid under special certificates to learners,apprentices (at least age 16), student-learners (not less than 75% of minimum wage), full-timestudents (at least 85% of minimum wage), handicapped workers/trainees (may be less than50% of minimum wage if severely handicapped, but not less than 25% if multi-handicapped).

Minimum Wage Source: Iowa Adm. Code 215.1(91D), 215.2(91D), 216.30(91D), 217.59(91D) [172] Overtime PayRequirements:


Exemptions: No specified state-level overtime page requirement exemptions. Federal FLSA overtime payexemptions apply for those covered by Act. Meal/Rest PeriodRequirments:

No general provision. Minors: 30 minute rest period for employees under age 16 working shiftof 5 or more hours.


Situational. There is a possible exemption for employers of students if there is a religiousaffiliation and the mission is ministerial. There is no exemption specifically for secular-basedactivities. Details. [173]

Other Wages Source: Iowa Code 92.7 [174] Additional Info:


State Regulations: Kansas




Governing Body: Kansas Department of Health and Environment [175] License Required: Yes License Information:

Inquiry Regarding Licensure for School Age or Drop-in Program [176]

Kansas Laws and Regulations for Licensing School Age Programs [177]

K.A.R. 28-4-586. Outdoor summer camps and mobile summer programs. (p. 43) [178]


Yes


For any staff, substitute, or volunteer:

Kansas Bureau of Investigation [179]Attn: Criminal History Records Section1620 SW TylerTopeka, KS 66612-18371-800-452-6727

Name Based Checks - $20.00Fingerprint Checks - $35.00Qualified agencies dealing with children, the elderly or disabled clientele - $19.75

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes Driving Record Checks: A request form is available online from the Kansas Department of Revenue website [180].

Between $6.00 - $10.00

State Sex Offender Registry: Kansas Bureau of Investigation Offender Registry [181] Minimum Wage: $7.25 per hour [182]* Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employees unless specifically exempt; Exemptions: employees covered by FLSA;

bona fide executives, administrators, and professionals; volunteers for nonprofit organizations;parttime or occasional employees under age 18

Subminimum Wage: For learners and apprentices: 80% of state minimum wage when hired, 90% after 2 months,

full minimum wage after 3 months (with permit from Secretary of Human Resources); numberof apprentices or learners hired at one time may not exceed 1 worker for each 5 regularemployees, and they may not work on a parttime or occasional basis for less than 40hours/week. At least 85% of state minimum wage for handicapped and patient laborers atstate institutions or hospitals (with 1-year permit from Secretary).


Kansas Statutes, Chapter 44, Labor and Industries, Article 12, Minimum Wage and MaximumHours [183]



Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage Meal/Rest PeriodRequirements:



Situational. There is an exemption only for certain services performed by students, inmates ofcorrectional institutions, hospital patients, recipients of certain rehabilitation work-relief andwork-training programs.Details. [184]

Other Wages Source:

Kansas Statutes, Chapter 44, Labor and Industries, Article 12, Minimum Wage and MaximumHours [185]

Kansas Administrative Regulations, 49-30-1, 49-30-4, 49-31-6





State Regulations: Kentucky


Governing Body: Kentucky Dept. for Public Health License Required:

Day Camps: Yes



Day Camps and Residential Camps:

Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Environmental Management Branch | YouthCamp Facilities [186]

902 KAR 10:040 Kentucky Youth Camps [187]

Kentucky Local Health Department Listing [188]


No


Kentucky State PoliceCriminal Records Dissemination Branch1250 Louisville RoadFrankfort, KY 40601(502) 227-2221 [189]

$20.00 each check

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: A request form [190] is available online.

$3.00$5.50 if accessing electronically

State Sex Offender Registry: Kentucky Sex Offender Registry [191] Minimum Wage: $7.25 per hour [192]* Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employees unless specifically exempt; Exemptions: employees of legislative

research commissions, state police, judicial support agencies, courts, or the state; employeesof an organized nonprofit camp, religious, or nonprofit educational conference center that doesnot operate more than 7 months in a calendar year; bona fide executives, administrators, andprofessionals (includes computer-related professionals);

Subminimum Wage: Learners, apprentices, the disabled, sheltered workshop employees, and students may be

paid less than the minimum wage for a fixed period under certificates issued by the laborcommissioner.

Minimum Wage Source: K.R.S. 337.010(2)(a), 337.065, 337.275 [193] Overtime PayRequirements:

1 times regular rate after 40-hour week. Covered employees who work 7 days in one weekmust be paid 1 times the regular rate for work done on the 7th day.

Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage; Exemptions to 7th day requirement:

those who cannot work more than 40 hours a week (employers may credit overtime paid underother laws or by contract against 7th day of overtime); those whose duties are mainly limited todirecting or supervising other employees; those operating boats or other water transportation;and certain nurses.


Meal period: reasonable amount of time taken within 3-5 hours after start of shift; at least 30minutes for minors under age 18 if working at least 5 hours. Rest period: 10 minutes for every4 hours worked (in addition to regularly scheduled meal period).


Situational. CO-OP students are exempt as long as they are enrolled in school and arereceiving academic credit for the work performed. A co-op student who continues to workbetween school terms will not be exempt during those periods.Details. [194]

Other Wages Source: K.R.S. 337.010(2)(a),337.050, 337.285, 337.355, 337.365, 339.270 [193] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Louisiana




Governing Body: Louisiana Dept. of Health and Hospitals [195] License Required: Yes License Information: Louisiana Admin. Code, Title 51, Public Health - Sanitary Code, Part XVI. Campsites (pp.

443-447) [196] Criminal BackgroundChecks Required:

No


Bureau of Criminal Identification & Information [197]P.O. Box 66614, #A-6Baton Rouge, LA 70896(225) 925-6095


Yes

An individual must fill out the Authorization Form [198] and General Disclosure [199] form. All formsavailable from the Louisiana State Police [197].

The cost is $26.00. For FBI processing, where authorization is required, there is an additional$16.25 fee. Results are returned within 68 weeks.

Driving Record Checks: A request form is available online from the OMV website [200]. [200]

$17

State Sex Offender Registry: Louisiana Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry [201] Minimum Wage: N/A [202]* There is no state minimum wage law. Coverage and Exemptions: No specified state-level exemptions. Federal FLSA exemptions applies for those covered by


for those covered by Act. Minimum Wage Source: Not available Overtime PayRequirements:



exemptions apply for those covered by Act. Meal/Rest PeriodRequirments:

Meal period: minors30 minutes during each 5-hour work period. Details. [203]


Situational. There is an exemption only when students are employed by a school, college, oruniversity at which student is regularly attending classes. Details. [204]

Other Wages Source: La. R.S. 23:213, 23:486 [203] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Maine


Governing Body: Me. Dept. of Health and Human Services | Division of Environmental Health License Required:

Day Camps: Yes

Resident Camps: Yes



Maine State Agency Rules: Chapter 208 - Rules Relating to Boys, Girls, Boys and Girls, DayCamps and Primitive and Trip Camping [205] (Word doc.)




The state of Maine camp licensing rules clearly state the expectation that criminal backgroundcheck should be conducted on each staff member. (See Rule 6.A.3.b [205])


Department of Public Safety - Maine State Police [206]42 State House StationAugusta, ME 04330(207) 624-7240

$31.00 per check$21.00 for InforME subscribers in state of ME

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles website [207]

$7 for 3 year record$12 for 10 year record

State Sex Offender Registry: Maine Sex Offender Registry [208] Minimum Wage: $7.50 per hour [209] Coverage and Exemptions: Exemptions: Employees who are counselors, junior counselors or counselors-in-training at

camps licensed under Title 22, Sec. 2495 and employees under 18, who are employed atorganized camps and similar seasonal recreation programs not requiring such license if theyare operated by a non profit organization.

Subminimum Wage:

Less than state minimum wage permitted for learners, apprentices, and handicapped workersfor a limited time period with a special certificate from Director of Labor.

Board and LodgingWages may include reasonable costs to the employer furnishing food and lodging. Food andlodging must actually be used by the employee, clearly shown on the employee statement andwage records, and approved by the Bureau of Labor Standards.

Details [210]


Maine Minimum Wage Poster [210]

Maine Labor Laws FAQs [211]


1 times regular rate after 40-hour week. Employers may not require employees to work morethan 80 overtime hours over 14 consecutive days (i.e., no more than 160 hours in a 2-weekperiod), except emergency response workers, salaried executives, seasonal employees, andmedical interns and residents or other workers

Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage; public employees. Meal/Rest PeriodRequirements:

30-minute meal or rest period after each 6 hour shift. Exceptions: collective bargainingagreement providing otherwise; emergencies where there is danger to property, life, publicsafety, or health; businesses where fewer than 3 employees are on duty at one time and thenature of the work allows employees frequent breaks during the work day.

Details [212]


Full-time StudentsStudent employment is exempt from taxation, if the student is attending an elementary,secondary or post secondary school while participating in a cooperative program of educationand occupational training or on-the-job training that is part of the school curriculum.

Full-time Students at a CampA full time students wages are exempt if the student worked less than 13 calendar weeks inthe calendar year, and if the camp did not operate more than 7 months in this calendar yearand the preceding year.

501c3 Status and Less Than 4 EmployeesIn addition, if a camp has a 501C3 letter from the Internal Revenue Service, they would beexempt from unemployment tax in Maine, unless the camp has employed 4 or moreemployees for any part of a week for 20 weeks in a calendar year at the same time. In otherwords, all 4 employees work part of the same day in the same week (i.e. all work some part ofTuesday). The state would need a copy of the 501CS letter either mailed or faxed to them. Thefax number is 207-287-3733.

For more information, call 207-621-5120, choose option 3, then 1.

Other Wages Source:

Maine Rules Governing Rest Breaks: Rev. Stat. Ann. tit. 26 601 [212]

Code of Maine Rules, Department of Labor, 12, 170 Bureau of Labor Standards, Ch. 14 [213]





State Regulations: Maryland


Governing Body: Maryland Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene | Youth Camp Certification License Required:

Day Camps: Yes

Resident Camps: Yes



Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) 10.16.06, Certification for Youth Camps [214]

Certification for Youth Camps 2012, Center for Environmental Health and Community Services[215]

Information for Licensed Youth Camps [216]New Youth Camp Application [217]


Yes


CJIS-Central Repository [218]P.O. Box 32708Pikesville, Maryland 21282-2708888-795-0011

Criminal History Record Check for Personnel at Youth Camps [219]

No fee for required agencies- must become authorized agencyFull (State and FBI) Staff-$42.00 plus fingerprinting feeFull-Volunteer- $36.00

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes

An individual can obtain a national FBI check through the contact agency's Web Site. The costis $36.00 for volunteers who work with youth. The cost for individuals who do not work withyouth is $42.00. Results are returned within 46 weeks.

Driving Record Checks: Available through Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration's Web Site [220].

$9 non-certified, $12 certified

State Sex Offender Registry: Maryland Sex Offender Registry [221] Minimum Wage:

$8.00 per hour [222]

$10.50 per hour (Prince Georges County)

Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employers and employees (including state and local government employees) unless

specifically exempt; Exemptions: non-administrative resident and day camp employees atorganized camps; volunteers or non-employees for educational, charitable, religious ornonprofit organizations; employees; employees under age 16 in part-time or vacation jobs fornot more than 20 hours a week

Subminimum Wage: Employers covered by the FLSA may pay $4.25/hour to employees under age 20 for the first

90 consecutive calendar days of employment. Commissioner may issue rates for learners andapprentices (but not less than 80% of minimum wage), and for certain handicapped workers(under special certificates; sheltered workshop or work activities certificates issued bylabor department must be filed by employer within 10 days of receipt).

Minimum Wage Source: Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl., 3-401, 3-403, 3-410(2), 3-413, 3-414, 3-419; Prince

Georges County Code, Ch. 18, Bill No. CB-1-2003; Balt. City Ord. 94-442 [223] Overtime PayRequirements:

1 times regular rate after 40-hour week. Agricultural farm workers exempt under FLSA: 1times regular rate after 60 hour week.

Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage; certain amusement or recreational

establishments, including swimming pools Meal/Rest PeriodRequirments:

No general provision. Minors: 30 minute rest period if working 5 consecutive hours.

Student Exemption from Situational. Wages earned by an individual who is enrolled in a full-time educational program




that combines academic instruction with work experience, which is an integral part of theeducational program are exempt.Details. [224]

Other Wages Source: Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. 3-210(a)(1), 3-401, 3-403, 3-415, 3-420 [223] Additional Info:


State Regulations: Massachusetts


Governing Body: Mass. Office of Health and Human Services | Camps - Recreational License Required:

Day Camps: Yes

Resident Camp: Yes


Day Camps and Overnight Camps:

105 CMR 430.00 - Minimum Standards for Recreational Camps for Children [225]

Camps operated by a municipal recreation department are exempt from this licensingrequirement. See Advisory to Municipal Boards of Health and Recreation Departments [226].


Yes


For both staff and volunteers

Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) [227]

Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) [228]

Criminal History Systems Board200 Arlington St.Suite 2200Chelsea, MA 02150ATTN: CORI Unit.(617) 660-4640

Fees range up to $30 depending on party requesting information

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes Driving Record Checks: Request for Driving Record [229] from the Mass. Dept. of Transportation.

$20

State Sex Offender Registry: Massachusetts Sex Offender Registry Board (SORB) [230] Minimum Wage: $9.00 per hour [231]

The Massachusetts minimum wage rate automatically increases to 10 cents above the rate setin the Fair Labor Standards Act if the Federal minimum wage equals or becomes higher thanthe State minimum.

Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employees unless specifically exempt; Exemptions: professional service

employees Subminimum Wage: Not less than 80% of minimum wage for students, learners, apprentices, and handicapped

workers with a special certificate for a fixed period from the Labor Commissioner; applies onlyto first 80 hours of employment in retail, merchandising, and laundry occupations. Certainminimum rates are set: $1.25/hour for ushers, ticket sellers/takers; $36/week for janitors andcaretakers of residential property who are furnished living quarters; $1.60/hour for agriculturalworkers (except minors under 17 and the employers parent, spouse, child, or other immediatefamily member) and $1.85 for all others.


Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 151, 1, 2, 2A, 7, 9 [232]

Minimum Wage Regulations 455 CMR 2.00 [233]


1 times regular rate after 40-hour week (sums paid as commissions, drawing accounts,bonuses, or other incentive pay based on sales or production are excluded from both theregular and overtime rate computation).

Exemptions: Employees in a nonprofit charitable summer camp; laborers in agriculture and farming on a



farm; employees in a nonprofit school or college; those in a business or seasonal operationcarried on not more than 120 days in any ear; those employees exempt from the stateminimum wage; janitors or caretakers of residential property who are furnished with livingquarters and are paid at least $30 a week; bona fide executives, administrators, orprofessionals, or qualified trainees earning more than $80 a week; learners, apprentices orhandicapped persons under a special license


Meal period: 30 minutes after 6 hours of work (violations subject to $300 - $600 fine).


Unknown. You can call the Seasonal Employer Certification number for your specificquestions. 617-626-5451

Other Wages Source:

Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 136, 6,13 [234]

Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 149, 30B, 100, 101 [235]

Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 151, 1A [236]



State Regulations: Michigan


Governing Body: State of Michigan | Department of Human Services [237] License Required: Yes License Information: Camps | Licensing & Requirements [238]

Children's and Adult Foster Care Camps | Original License Application Packet [239] Camp Licensing Rules | Sample [240]


Yes


Yes, for all camp staff.

Michigan State Police714 S. Harrison RoadEast Lansing, MI 48823Phone (517) 322-2521 [241]

FOIA - Freedom of Information Requests for the Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing [242]

$10 Per checkFree for non-profit organizations

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: Department of State. A request form [243] is available online.

$8.00 per record; $9.00 if certifiedPersonal records can be requested for $9.00

State Sex Offender Registry: Michigan State Police | Sex Offender Registry [244] Minimum Wage: $8.15 per hour [245] Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employers with at least 2 employees at one time, age 16 or older, within a calendar

year and all employees unless specifically exempt; Exemptions: summer camp employees ifemployed not longer than 4 months; employees exempt from FLSA (unless federal law wouldresult in the employees being paid a lower minimum wage rate; however, certain domesticemployees who provide companionship services and those who provide child care services,(other than live-in domestics) are subject to the minimum wage requirements unless he/she isunder age 18, provides services on a casual basis, or provides services that do not regularlyexceed 20 hours per week)

Subminimum Wage: Lower rates may be set by wage deviation board for apprentices, learners, and handicapped

workers. Employees age 16 and 17 may be paid 85% of state minimum wage; employeesage 16 and 17 may be paid a training wage ($4.25/hour) for the first 90 days of employment,followed by the 85% subminimum wage rate, but employees age 18 and 19 must be paid thefull state minimum wage rate after receiving the training wage for the first 90 days.

Minimum Wage Source: Michigan [246] Minimum Wage Law [247] Overtime Pay 1 times regular rate after 40-hour week. Employees may exchange up to 240 hours of



Requirements: overtime pay for compensatory time off.

Exemptions: Those employers subject to the FLSAs minimum wage requirements; those employees

exempt from the FLSAs minimum wage requirements (however, certain domestic employeeswho provide companionship services and those who provide child care service (other thanlivein domestics) are subject to the overtime requirements unless he/she is under age 18,provides services on a casual basis, or provides services that do not regularly exceed 20hours per week); employees in bona fide executive, administrative, or professional capacities,including academic administrators or elementary or secondary school teachers; employees ofamusement or recreational establishments operating not more than 7 months in a calendaryear; and agricultural employees


No general provision. Minors: 30 minute meal and rest period for minors working shift of morethan 5 continuous hours. Details [248]


Situational. Exclusions - Students working 30 hours or less per week, for the school they areattending.Details. [249]

Other Wages Source: Michigan Complied Laws, Chapter 408, Section 408.4 [250]14 [251] Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Minnesota


Governing Body: Minnesota Department of Health | Environmental Health Division [252] License Required: Yes - Separate license required for youth cams providing lodging, camps providing food

service or camps with a pool or spa License Information:

Lodging in Minnesota | Youth Camps [253]

Licensing and Plan Review [254]

Minnesota Statues, Chapter 157 (Section 157.16 [255])

Additional relevant statutes and rules: Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 144 (Sections 144.71-144.74 [256]) [256] and Minnesota Administrative Rules, Chapter 4630 (4630.2300-4630.4750)[257]


No


Via Internet: Minnesota Public Criminal History [258]

Also see: Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13 (13.87 [259])

Minnesota Department of Public SafetyBureau of Criminal Apprehension [260]CJIS Section1430 Maryland Ave. E.St. Paul, MN 55106651-793-7000

State Allows FBI Checks: No Driving Record Checks: Driver and Vehicle Records [261] are available through the Driver & Vehicle Services website.

$9.50 record copy; $10.50 certified record copy

State Sex Offender Registry: Minnesota Predatory Offender Registry [262] Minimum Wage:

$8.00 per hour [263]* for "large employers," defined as any enterprise whose annual grossvolume of sales made or business done is not less than $500,000.

$6.50 per hour [263]* for "small employers," defined as any enterprise whose annual grossvolume of sales made or business done is less than $500,000.

Coverage and Exemptions: Covers all employees unless specifically exempt; Exemptions: staff members of a nonprofit

organization employed on a seasonal basis in an organized childrens resident or day camp;bona fide executives, administrators, and professionals; volunteers for nonprofit organizations;minors under age 18 working less than 20 hours a week on municipal recreational programs

Subminimum Wage: $4.90/hour for employees under age 20 for the first 90 consecutive days of employment. The

Department may issue rules for the handicapped, apprentices, and learners.



Minimum Wage Source: Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Acts (Minnesota Statutes 177.24) [264] Overtime PayRequirements:

1 times regular rate after 48-hour week. State and political subdivision employees: 1 hoursoff for each hour worked over 48 in any workweek instead of overtime pay.

Exemptions: Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage (except corn detasslers under age

18); seasonal employees for a carnival, fair, or ski facility Meal/Rest PeriodRequirements:

Meal period: sufficient time to eat a meal during shift of 8 or more hours; need not be paidtime; collective bargaining agreements may provide otherwise. Rest period: adequate time tovisit restroom in each 4 consecutive hours of work (collective bargaining agreements mayprovide otherwise); reasonable time to express breast milk for nursing mothers (doesnt needto be paid time).


Unclear. Contact the Unemployment Office at 651-259-7329.

Other Wages Source: Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 177 (177.21-177.35) [265] Additional Info: Minnesota state minimum-wage laws [266]


State Regulations: Mississippi


Governing Body: Miss. Dept. of Health | Child Care & Youth Camp Licensure [267] License Required: Yes License Information:

How to Get a Child Care License [268]

Youth Camp Regulations [269]


No


Mississippi Criminal Information Center [270]Records DivisionP.O. Box 958Jackson, Mississippi 39205(601) 987-1212

$32 for each request. Details [271]

Department of Health Fingerprint Background Check Information [272]

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes Driving Record Checks: Available online from the Dept. of Public Safety website. [273]

$11

State Sex Offender Registry: Mississippi Sex Offender Registry [274] Minimum Wage: N/A [275]* Federal Minimum Wage Applies Coverage and Exemptions: No specified state-level exemptions. Federal FLSA exemptions applies for those covered by


for those covered by Act. Minimum Wage Source: U.S. Department of Labor [275] Overtime PayRequirements:



exemptions apply for those covered by Act. Meal/Rest PeriodRequirements:





Situational. Exemptions - Services performed in the employ of a school by a student or thespouse of the student under certain circumstances; or by an individual who is a student at anonprofit or publich institution, is under the age of 22, and is enrolled in a program whichcombines academic instruction with work experience.Details. [276]

Other Wages Source: Not available Additional Info: None


State Regulations: Missouri


Governing Body: Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services License Required:

Day Camps: No

Resident Camps: No


Resident and Day Camps:

Note "summer camp" exemption in 210.211.1 Licensing & Regulations [277]

Child Care Laws, Regulations & Guidelines [278]


No


Missouri State Highway PatrolCriminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division [279]P.O. Box 568Jefferson City, MO 65102(573) 526-6153

Missouri Automated Criminal History Site (MACHS) [280]

$20 per fingerprint check, $11 per name check; $16.50 ($15.00 for volunteers) for FBIbackground check for qualified entities.

State Allows FBI Checks: Yes Driving Record Checks: Available through the Motor Vehicle and Driver Licensing Division website [281].

$5.88, $0.50 fax transmission fee

State Sex Offender Registry: Missouri Sex Offender Registry [282] Minimum Wage: $7.65 [283] Coverage and Exemptions:

Covers all employers and employees as defined by the FLSA.

Exemptions: individuals employed for less than 4 months a year by a resident camp or daycamp, or employees of an educational conference center operated by an educational,charitable, or nonprofit organization; students in a work-study program; bona fide executive,administrative, or professional employees; volunteers or nonemployees for an educational,charitable, religious, or nonprofit organization; employees of a retail or service business withan annual gross income of less than $500,000 [284]

Details [284]

Subminimum Wage:

A subminimum wage rate for learners and apprentices was rescinded in 2009. Section290.517, RSMo and 8 CSR 30-4.060(6) both require a hearing addressing the specificexception requested before a training wage lower than the applicable minimum wage rate maybe paid Until then, covered nonexempt employees need to be paid the applicable minimumw

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