(a) No person under 14 years of age shall distribute, sell, expose, or offer for sale newspapers, magazines, periodicals, candy, or other articles, be employed or permitted or suffered to work in any other trade or occupation performed in any street or public place.
(b) The following organizations are exempt from the requirements of subsection (a): Educational, charitable, religious, scientific, historical, literary, or nonprofit organizations where the employer-employee relationship does not, in fact, exist or where the services rendered to such organization are on a voluntary basis or any other activity as designated by the commissioner.