(a) A minor under 18 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work in, about or in connection with:

(1) Any occupation prohibited by the United States Secretary of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act [29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq.];

(2) Blast furnaces;

(3) Docks or wharves, other than marinas where pleasure boats are sold or serviced;

(4) Railroads;

(5) The erection and/or repair of electrical wires;

(6) Distilleries where alcoholic beverages are manufactured, bottled, labelled, wrapped or packaged;

(7) The manufacturing of dangerous or toxic chemicals or compounds;

(8) Any other occupation which the Secretary deems injurious to the health, safety, welfare or morals of the minor;

(9) Any occupation as a pilot, firefighter or engineer on any vessel or boat engaged in commerce; or

(10) Any occupation as a messenger for a telegraph, telephone or messenger company in the distribution, delivery, collection or transmission of goods or messages before 6:

(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a minor under 18 years of age who is enrolled in a work-study, student-learner, apprenticeship or similar program where the employment is an integral part of the course of study, and the employment is procured and supervised by the school system or by a federal or state monitored apprenticeship program.

(c) A minor under 18 years of age shall not spend more than 12 hours in a combination of school hours and work hours per day.

(d) A minor under 18 years of age shall have at least 8 consecutive hours of nonwork, nonschool time each 24-hour day.

(e) A minor under 18 years of age shall not be employed or permitted to work more than 5 hours continuously without a nonworking period of at least one half hour.

27 Del. Laws, c. 176, §§ 2-5, 8; Code 1915, §§ 3145, 3148; 29 Del. Laws, c. 232; 33 Del. Laws, c. 202; Code 1935, §§ 3602, 3605; 19 Del. C. 1953, § 512; 57 Del. Laws, c. 669, § 6A; 68 Del. Laws, c. 173, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.