Daily maximum hours of employment; exceptions

A. No employee other than a fireman, law enforcement officer or farm or ranch hand whose duties require them to work longer hours, or employees primarily in a stand-by position, shall be required to work for any employer within the state more than sixteen hours in any one day of twenty-four hours except in emergency situations. B. Any person violating any of the provisions of this act [section] shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1953 Comp., § 59-3-27, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 169, § 1.