N.Y. General Business Law § 483: Administration

§ 483. Administration. 1. a. The commissioner of labor is hereby

authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may

be necessary and proper for the administration and enforcement of this

article with respect to lasers, crane operators, blasters and

pyrotechnicians.

b. Pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five of the public health

law, the public health and health planning council, subject to the

approval of the commissioner of health, is hereby authorized and

directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and

proper for the administration and enforcement of this article with

respect to radioactive material and radiation equipment. Such

regulations may require the posting of a bond or other security.

2. Such regulations may provide for examinations, categories of

certificates, licenses, or registrations, age and experience

requirements, payment of fees, and may also provide for such limitations

and exemptions as the commissioner finds necessary and proper. In the

case of blasters and pyrotechnicians, such regulations may require

fingerprinting, and in the case of users of radioactive material, such

regulations may require the posting of a bond or other security.

3. Any member of a blaster examining board, crane operating examining

board or other board created pursuant to rules and regulations of the

commissioner to implement this article shall serve without salary or

other compensation.

4. The laser operating examining board is hereby abolished and any

reference to the laser operating examining board, in law or regulation,

shall be deemed a reference to the commissioner of labor. Any

inconsistent regulation or part thereof shall be deemed repealed as of

the effective date of this subdivision.