The following positions are prohibited by the U.S. Department of State for the J-1 Summer Work and Travel (SWT) Program:

• In positions that could bring notoriety or disrepute to the Exchange Visitor Program;

• In sales positions that require Students to purchase inventory that they must sell in order to support themselves;

• In domestic help positions in private homes (e.g., child care, elder care, gardener, chauffeur);

• As pedicab or rolling chair drivers or operators;

• As operators or drivers of vehicles or vessels for which drivers' licenses are required regardless of whether they carry passengers or not;

• In positions related to clinical care that involves patient contact;

• In any position in the adult entertainment industry (including, but not limited to jobs with escort services, adult book/video stores, and strip clubs);

• In positions requiring work hours that fall predominantly between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.;

• In positions declared hazardous to youth by the Secretary of Labor at Subpart E of 29 CFR part 570;

• In positions that require sustained physical contact with other people and/or adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Universal Blood and Body Fluid Precautions guidelines (e.g., body piercing, tattooing, massage, manicure);

• In positions that are substantially commission-based and thus do not guarantee that Students will be paid minimum wage in accordance with federal and state standards;

• In positions involved in gaming and gambling that include direct participation in wagering and/or betting;

• In positions in chemical pest control, warehousing, catalogue/online order distribution centers;

• In positions with travelling fairs or itinerant concessionaires;

• In positions for which there is another specific J category (e.g., camp counselor, intern, trainee);

• After November 1, 2012, in positions in the North American Industry Classification System's (NAICS) Goods-Producing Industries occupational categories industry sectors 11, 21, 23, 31-33 numbers (set forth at http://www.bls.gov/iag/tgs/iag_index_naics.htm).