N.Y. Labor Law § 950: Application

§ 950. Application. 1. This article covers licensing of businesses and

occupations that engage in design, construction, installation,

inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, service, and repair of the

following equipment:

(a) hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car or platform

which moves between two or more landings. This equipment includes, but

is not limited to elevators, platform lifts, and non-residential

stairway chair lifts;

(b) power driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between

landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, escalators and

moving walks;

(c) hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car, which serves

two or more landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by

its limited size or limited access to the car. This equipment includes,

but is not limited to, dumbwaiters, material lifts, and dumbwaiters with

automatic transfer devices as defined in section nine hundred fifty-one

of this article; and

(d) automatic guided transit vehicles on guideways with an exclusive

right-of-way. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, automated

people movers.

2. The following equipment is not covered by this article:

(a) personnel and material hoists;

(b) manlifts;

(c) mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms;

(d) powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior

maintenance;

(e) conveyor and related equipment;

(f) cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings;

(g) industrial trucks;

(h) portable equipment, except for portable escalators;

(i) tiering and piling machines used to move materials to and from

storage located and operating entirely within one story;

(j) equipment for feeding or positioning materials including, but not

limited to, machine tools and printing presses;

(k) skip or furnace hoists;

(l) wharf ramps;

(m) railroad car lifts or dumpers;

(n) stairway chairlifts for private residences; and

(o) line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms, and similar

equipment used for installing an elevator by a contractor licensed in

this state.

3. The licensing provisions of this article shall not apply to the

owners or lessees of private residences who design, construct, install,

alter, repair, service, or maintain conveyances that are located or will

be located in such owner or lessee's private residence. However, any

person hired to design, construct, install, alter, repair, service,

maintain, or perform any other work related to such conveyances must

comply with the provisions of this article.

4. No license shall be required for the removal or dismantling of

conveyances.

5. No license shall be required for the outfitting, removal,

refinishing, or replacement of interior finishes, including wall panels,

drop ceilings, handrails and flooring, removal or replacement of

interior lighting, recladding of doors, transoms and front return

panels, finishing, or ornamental work on car operating panels.

6. The provisions of this article and the rules adopted pursuant

thereto shall be the minimum standard required and shall supersede any

special law or local ordinance inconsistent therewith, and no local

ordinance inconsistent therewith shall be adopted, but nothing herein

contained shall prevent the enactment by local law or ordinance of

additional requirements and restrictions.

7. Any municipal corporation may waive licensing fees for any

individual seeking an elevator license, or its equivalent, offered by

such municipal corporation if such individual holds an elevator

mechanic's license pursuant to this article; provided, however, that any

elevator mechanic's license, or its equivalent, offered by a municipal

corporation shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of this

article and nothing herein shall prevent the enactment by local law or

ordinance of additional requirements.