KRS 339.450: Enforcement of law -- Right to enter and inspect premises and records.

(1) It shall be the duty of the Department of Workplace Standards and of the inspectors

and agents of said department, with the assistance of the school directors of pupil

personnel, police officers and juvenile session of District Court probation officers,

to enforce the provisions of KRS 339.210 to 339.450, to make complaints against

persons violating the provisions of those sections, and to prosecute violations

thereof. The Department of Workplace Standards, its inspectors and agents shall

have authority to enter and inspect at any time any place or establishment covered

by KRS 339.210 to 339.450, and to have access to age certificates kept on file by

the employer and such other records as may aid in the enforcement of KRS 339.210

to 339.450. School directors of pupil personnel are likewise empowered to visit and

inspect places where minors may be employed, and shall report any cases of

employment that they find in violation of KRS 339.210 to 339.450 to the

Department of Workplace Standards.

(2) Any person aut horized to enforce KRS 339.210 to 339.450 may require an

employer of a minor for whom an age certificate is not on file either to furnish him

or her within ten (10) days the evidence showing that the minor is at least eighteen

(18) years of age or to cease to employ or permit or suffer such minor to work.

Proof of the making of such demand and of failure to deliver such proof of age shall

be prima facie evidence, in any prosecution brought for violation of KRS 339.210 to

339.450, that such minor is under ei ghteen (18) years of age and is unlawfully

employed.