N.J. Stat. § 34:2-21.57: Definitions.

1. As used in P.L.1962, c.91 (C.34:2-21.57 et seq.):

"Professional employment" means employment for pay as an actor or performer in a theatrical production.

"Theatrical production" means and includes stage, motion picture, and television performances and rehearsals therefor.

"Prohibited performance" means and includes appearances as a rope or wire walker or rider, gymnast, wrestler, boxer, contortionist, acrobat, rider of a horse or other animal unless the minor is trained to safely ride such horse or animal, or rider of any vehicle other than that generally used by a minor of the same age, or appearance in any illegal, indecent, or immoral exhibition, practice, or theatrical production or in any practice, exhibition, or theatrical production dangerous to the life, limb, health, or morals of a minor, or appearance or exhibition of a minor with a physical or mental disability. “Prohibited performance” also means and includes, but is not limited to, the following:

The exposure of a minor between 15 days of age to six months of age to light exceeding 100 foot-candles for more than 30 seconds at a time;

The exposure of a minor between 15 days and two years of age to atmospheric smoke;

Requiring, coercing, or otherwise permitting a minor to pose nude or perform acts which are sexually explicit; and

A minor’s presence on a set while adults are posing nude or performing acts which are sexually explicit.

L.1962, c.91, s.1; amended 1981, c.147, s.1; 1981, c.331, s.4; 2017, c.131, s.132; 2025, c.382, s.1.