§ 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inconsistent regulation or part thereof shall be deemed repealed as of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.