For the fulfillment of the functions assigned by this chapter, the Right to Employment Administration may promote and develop employment programs for workers over sixteen (16) years of age in the agriculture, construction, repairing, maintenance and ornamentation of public works or buildings or of public interest, including highways, streets, roads, parks, recreation facilities and other public properties; in the cleaning, improvement and conservation of forests, beaches, places of exceptional beauty and recreation zones; in the conservation of lands, water, fishing, and other wildlife; in activities of environmental sanitation; in artisan projects; in cultural activities; in the rendering of services in offices or of personal attention such as housekeepers, nursing of the sick, the children or the old in hospitals, nurseries, health homes, and private homes when these projects are carried out under the sponsorship of nonprofit organizations or by public entities; in the protection of students against the traffic risks in the immediate school areas; in training or retraining projects in any type of occupation; in education, in the teaching of the illiterate or other persons; in the improvement and expansion of public services; and in projects analogous to those mentioned.
History —June 21, 1968, No. 115, p. 253, title II, § 1, eff. 30 days after June 21, 1968.