N.Y. General City Law § 45-b*2: Further requirements relating to the business of plumbing

* § 45-b. Further requirements relating to the business of plumbing.

1. No person otherwise qualified shall engage in the trade, business or

calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing

or master plumber until he has first procured from the board of health

or the examining board of plumbers if so designated by local law in such

city a metal plate or sign appropriately lettered or marked "licensed

plumber;" such plate or sign to be conspicuously posted in the window of

the place where such business is conducted. Any person retiring,

abandoning or not actually engaged in such trade, business or calling

hereinbefore mentioned, shall surrender to the board of health or the

examining board of plumbers if so designated by local law of the city

such metal plate or sign and shall not again engage in such trade,

business or calling until he has again procured a metal sign as herein

provided.

2. Within thirty days after this section takes effect, the board of

health or the examining board of plumbers if so designated by local law

in every city of this state shall prepare metal plates or signs, at

least fourteen inches wide and not less than twenty-two inches in length

appropriately lettered or marked "licensed plumber," the lines of each

letter to be four inches long and five-eighths of an inch wide; such

plate or sign shall, on some part thereof, contain an identification

number, which number together with the name and location of the place of

business of the person to whom issued shall be recorded in the office of

such board of health or the examining board of plumbers if so designated

by local law. Every person now actually engaged or about to engage in

the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing as employing

or master plumber, who has otherwise complied with the provisions of law

relating to the conduct of such business upon the payment of five

dollars to the board of health or the examining board of plumbers if so

designated by local law of such city shall have issued to him a sign or

plate hereinbefore described. Any person to whom such plate or sign has

been issued who shall loan, rent, sell or transfer the same to another

person whether such person be entitled to receive a similar plate or

sign or not, or otherwise wilfully violates the provisions of this

section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not

exceeding fifty dollars for the first offense, and not less than one

hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for a subsequent

offense, and in addition thereto shall forfeit his license and

certificate of qualifications.

The provisions of this section shall apply to all cities of the state,

excluding the city of New York.

* NB There are 2 § 45-b's