N.Y. General Business Law 482 – Licensing and registration
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§ 482. Licensing and registration. 1. No individual shall use lasers, operate a crane, act as a blaster or as a pyrotechnician without holding a valid certificate of competence issued by the commissioner of labor.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 482
- Blaster: means a person who performs the act of preparation for detonation and the detonation of an explosive. See N.Y. General Business Law 481
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of labor of the state of New York, except that any reference to the commissioner with respect to radioactive material, as defined in this article, or radiation equipment, as defined in this article, shall be a reference to the commissioner of health of the state of New York. See N.Y. General Business Law 481
- Crane: includes but is not limited to cranes and equipment of the following types: a mobile, carrier-mounted, power-operated hoisting machine utilizing a power-operated boom which moves laterally by rotation of the machine on the carrier, tower cranes, hydraulic cranes and power-operated derricks; provided, however, that "crane" shall not include public utility company line trucks used by a public utility company in the construction and maintenance of its generation, transmission and distribution facilities. See N.Y. General Business Law 481
- Pyrotechnician: means a person who performs the preparation for and the firing of pyrotechnics, as defined in Article 16 of the labor law. See N.Y. General Business Law 481
- Radiation equipment: means any equipment or device which can emit ionizing or non-ionizing radiation. See N.Y. General Business Law 481
- Radioactive material: means any material in any form that emits ionizing radiation spontaneously. See N.Y. General Business Law 481
2. No person shall possess or use any radioactive material without a valid license issued by the commissioner of health. Every installation and mobile source consisting of radiation equipment shall be registered with the commissioner of health.
3. No employer, contractor or agent thereof shall knowingly permit any individual to use lasers, operate a crane or act as a blaster or as a pyrotechnician without holding a valid certificate of competence issued by the commissioner of labor.