(a) the name, residence address and business address of the applicant;
(b) the number of years the applicant has engaged in the business or practice of designing, constructing, erecting, installing, inspecting, testing, repairing, altering, maintaining, or servicing conveyances covered by this article;
(c) the approximate number of persons, if any, to be employed by the applicant for an elevator contractor's license;
(d) evidence that the applicant is or will be covered by general liability, personal injury and property damage insurance; and
(e) any other information which the commissioner may require. Upon approval of an application for a license the commissioner shall issue such license which shall be valid for two years. The fees for such license and renewal thereof shall be set by the commissioner. Any denial for such application shall set forth the reasons therefor. 2. Application for permits. Every application for a permit under this article shall include plans and specifications stamped and signed by a professional engineer and/or an architect licensed pursuant to article one hundred forty-five and/or article one hundred forty-seven of the education law. Every application for a permit under this article shall include the following:
(a) copies of the specifications and accurately scaled and fully dimensioned plans showing the location of the installation in relation to the plans and elevation of the building;
(b) the location of the machinery room and the equipment to be installed, relocated or altered;
(c) all structural supporting members thereof, including foundations;
(d) a list of all materials to be employed and all loads to be supported and conveyed;
(e) any other information that the commissioner may require to ensure that such plans and specifications are sufficiently complete and illustrate all details of construction and design;
(f) any required permitting fees, which are subject to return upon denial of a permit application; and
(g) the department shall maintain and publish a registry of all licensed elevator mechanics, contractors and inspectors, which shall list and identify, all licensed elevator mechanics, contractors, and inspectors doing business in this state. The department shall make the registry available on its website. Upon approval of an application for a permit the commissioner shall issue such permit. Such permit shall state the time by which the work shall commence and also when such permit expires. If after the work has been started, work is suspended or abandoned for a period of sixty days, or such shorter period of time as the commissioner may specify at the time the permit is issued, the permit shall expire. Upon expiration of a permit for which work has not been completed, the commissioner may extend such permit. 3. Licensing and permitting exemptions. Whenever an emergency exists in this state due to a disaster or act of God, which imperils the health, safety or welfare of an individual or individuals and placing such individual or individuals in imminent danger of injury or death and the number of persons in the state holding licenses granted by the board is insufficient to cope with such emergency, any person certified by a licensed elevator contractor to have an acceptable combination of documented experience and education to perform elevator work without direct and immediate supervision shall seek an emergency elevator mechanic's license from the commissioner within five business days after commencing work requiring a license. The commissioner shall issue emergency elevator mechanic's licenses to address the emergency that exists. The licensed elevator contractor shall furnish proof of competency as the commissioner may require. Each such license shall recite that it is valid for a period of fifteen days from the date thereof and for such particular elevators or geographical areas as the commissioner may designate to address the emergency situation and otherwise shall entitle the licensee to the rights and privileges of an elevator mechanic's license issued in this article. The commissioner shall renew an emergency elevator mechanic's license during the existence of an emergency as needed. No fee shall be charged for any emergency elevator mechanic's license or renewal thereof. 4. Restricted license. A restricted class of lift mechanic license shall be known as "accessibility technician". Such class of license shall be restricted to performing work involving platform lifts including those installed in private residences which are covered by the provisions of ASME (American society of mechanical engineer) codes and standards A18.1-2005. An applicant for such restricted license shall complete an application approved by the board and shall have at least three years verified work experience in constructing, maintaining and repairing those lifts covered by ASME A18.1-2005 and shall provide to the commissioner a certificate of completion of an accessibility training program for lifts under the scope of A18.1-2005 such as the certified accessibility training provided by the national association of elevator contractors, or an equivalent program as deemed by the department. * NB Effective and Repealed January 1, 2022 * § 953. License procedure. All applications for licenses shall be submitted to the department in writing on forms furnished by the commissioner and shall contain the information set forth in this section as well as any additional information that the commissioner may require. The commissioner shall also set fees for licensing under this section. Upon approval of an application for a license the commissioner shall issue such license which shall be valid for two years. The fees for such license and renewal thereof shall be set by the commissioner. Any denial for such application shall set forth the reasons therefor. 1. Applications for business licenses. Every application for a license under this article shall include the following:
(a) the name, residence address, and business address of the applicant;
(b) the number of years the applicant has engaged in the business or practice of elevator contracting;
(c) the approximate number of persons, if any, to be employed by the applicant;
(d) evidence that the applicant is or will be covered by general liability, personal injury, and property damage insurance; and
(e) any other information which the commissioner may require. 2. Application for occupational licenses. Every application for a license under this article shall include the following:
(a) the name and residential address of the applicant;
(b) the relevant experience of the applicant, including years, or hours, or both, of experience in performing elevator and conveyance work, or elevator inspection work, or both and the nature of such experience, and the names of the elevator contractors or elevator inspection contractors that the applicant has worked for, including the license numbers of such contractors;
(c) any training completed by the applicant, including certificates of completion;
(d) any continuing education completed by the applicant, including certificates of completion;
(e) the name and license number, if known, of the elevator contractor or elevator inspection contractor that the applicant works for or seeks to work for; and
(f) any other information which the commissioner may require. 3. The department shall maintain and publish a registry of all licenses issued pursuant to this section and shall make the registry available on its website. * NB Effective January 1, 2022