[§390-3]  Certificates of employment andage.  (a)  Certificates of employment and age shall be issued by personsappointed by the director in the form and under conditions prescribed by thedirector.

(b)  A person designated to issue certificatesof employment may refuse to issue a certificate if in the person's judgment thenature of the employment or the place thereof is such as to injuriously affectthe health, safety or well-being of the minor or contribute toward the minor'sdelinquency.

(c)  Every employer receiving a certificate ofemployment shall return the certificate to the department immediately aftertermination of the employment showing thereon the date of termination.

(d)  The department may destroy or dispose ofany certificate of employment on file which was issued on behalf of a minor whohas attained the age of eighteen years and any application for a certificate ofemployment or age which was filed with the department more than five yearsprior to the destruction or disposition. [L 1969, c 162, pt of §2; gen ch 1985]