N.Y. GBS Law § 483
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Administration
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§ 483. Administration. 1. a. The commissioner of labor is hereby\nauthorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may\nbe necessary and proper for the administration and enforcement of this\narticle with respect to lasers, crane operators, blasters and\npyrotechnicians.\n b. Pursuant to section two hundred twenty-five of the public health\nlaw, the public health and health planning council, subject to the\napproval of the commissioner of health, is hereby authorized and\ndirected to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and\nproper for the administration and enforcement of this article with\nrespect to radioactive material and radiation equipment. Such\nregulations may require the posting of a bond or other security.\n 2. Such regulations may provide for examinations, categories of\ncertificates, licenses, or registrations, age and experience\nrequirements, payment of fees, and may also provide for such limitations\nand exemptions as the commissioner finds necessary and proper. In the\ncase of blasters and pyrotechnicians, such regulations may require\nfingerprinting, and in the case of users of radioactive material, such\nregulations may require the posting of a bond or other security.\n 3. Any member of a blaster examining board, crane operating examining\nboard or other board created pursuant to rules and regulations of the\ncommissioner to implement this article shall serve without salary or\nother compensation.\n 4. The laser operating examining board is hereby abolished and any\nreference to the laser operating examining board, in law or regulation,\nshall be deemed a reference to the commissioner of labor. Any\ninconsistent regulation or part thereof shall be deemed repealed as of\nthe effective date of this subdivision.\n
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