Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-197.11: Exceptions

The Commissioner, to the extent necessary in order to prevent

curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall by regulations

provide for:

(a) the employment of learners, of apprentices, and of

messengers employed primarily in delivering letters and messages,

under special certificates issued pursuant to regulations of the

Commissioner, at such wages lower than the minimum wage applicable

and subject to such limitations as to time, number, proportion, and

length of service as the Commissioner shall prescribe; and

(b) the employment of individuals whose earning capacity is

impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury, under

special certificates issued by the Commissioner, at such wages lower

than the minimum wage and for such period as shall be fixed in such

certificates; and

(c) any individual employed by any state, county, city, town,

municipal corporation or quasi-municipal corporation, political

subdivision, or any instrumentality thereof; and

(d) students and regular attendants at any institution of

higher learning, either public or private.