§ 480. Legislative findings. The legislature hereby finds that the use
of lasers and radioactive materials, the operation of cranes, the
detonation of explosives, and the preparation and firing of pyrotechnics
involve such elements of potential danger to the lives, health and
safety of the citizens of this state and to their property that special
regulations are necessary to insure that only persons of proper ability
and experience shall engage in such uses and operations.

The legislature hereby declares that this article shall be deemed an
exercise of the police power of this state for the protection of the
lives, health and safety of citizens in this state and of their
property.