Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-193: Certificate of age for minors in certain occupations.

(a) The superintendent of schools of any local or regional board of education, or an agent designated by such superintendent, or the supervisory agent of a nonpublic school shall, upon application and in accordance with procedures established by the State Board of Education, furnish, to any person desiring to employ a minor under the age of eighteen years (1) in any manufacturing, mechanical or theatrical industry, restaurant or public dining room, or in any bowling alley, shoe-shining establishment or barber shop, a certificate showing that such minor is sixteen years of age or older, (2) in any mercantile establishment, as a staff member at a youth camp, as defined in section 19a-420, who will not be employed by a municipality, or as a lifeguard who will not be employed by a municipality, a certificate showing that such minor is fifteen years of age or older, and (3) at any municipal or private golf course, a certificate showing that such minor is fourteen years of age or older.

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to apply to any person desiring to employ a minor through a youth development program of a regional workforce development board.

(c) The State Board of Education shall establish procedures governing the issuance of such certificates.