2006 Minnesota Statutes

617.295 EXEMPTIONS.
The following are exempt from criminal or other action hereunder:
(a) Recognized and established schools, churches, museums, medical clinics and physicians,
hospitals, public libraries, governmental agencies or quasi governmental sponsored organizations,
and persons acting in their capacity as employees or agents of such organization. For the purpose
of this section "recognized and established" shall mean an organization or agency having a full
time faculty and diversified curriculum in the case of a school; a church affiliated with a national
or regional denomination; a licensed physician or psychiatrist or clinic of licensed physicians
or psychiatrists; and in all other exempt organizations shall refer only to income tax exempted
organizations which are supported in whole or in part by tax funds or which receive at least
one-third of their support from publicly donated funds.
(b) Individuals in a parental relationship with the minor.
(c) Motion picture machine operators, stagehands, or other theatre employees such as
cashiers, doorkeepers, ushers, and concession employees, if such person or persons have no
financial interest in the entertainment presented other than the salary or wage, or in any theatre or
place where such employee has no financial interest when the employee's services are obtained
solely for salary or wage; provided, that such employee is under the direct supervision of a
theatre manager who is a resident of this state and who is not exempt from action under sections
617.291 to 617.297.
History: 1969 c 1071 s 5; 1986 c 444