§183. Persons authorized to issue
A. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, employment certificates may
be issued by either of the following:
(1) The parish or city public school superintendent or by his designated
representative.
(2) By the principal of a public or private school or by his designated representative.
B. If the student is a home study program participant, the employment certificate may
be issued by any person authorized to issue an employment certificate pursuant to Subsection
A of this Section.
C. The name of each designated representative shall be submitted in writing for
approval to the secretary of Louisiana Works or his designee. The superintendent of the
parish, city, or other public school governing authority or his designee, or the private school
principal or his designee shall completely fill out and electronically submit the Employment
Certificate Interactive Form located on Louisiana Works' website. The employment
certificate shall be printed online from the website from the information that has been entered
onto the department's employment certificate database. The original employment certificate
shall be signed by the minor and the issuing authority and presented to the minor for delivery
to his employer.
Amended by Acts 1982, No. 498, §1; Acts 1989, No. 512, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts
1992, No. 447, §1, eff. June 20, 1992; Acts 1997, No. 1172, §4, eff. June 30, 1997; Acts
2001, No. 1032, §9; Acts 2003, No. 671, §1, eff. June 27, 2003; Acts 2007, No. 113, §3;
Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2011, No. 177, §1; Acts 2012, No. 837, §1.