(a) Application for a work permit, for a certificate of operation or for the renewal of a certificate of operation shall be made by the owner of the equipment or apparatus on forms furnished by the department. If the applicant is a partnership or group other than a corporation, the application shall be signed by one individual who is a member of the group. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be signed by an officer of the corporation.
(b) A separate application is required for each unit of equipment or apparatus, unless identical units of equipment or apparatus are to be installed, altered or operated in an identical manner in the same building.
(c) Each application shall be signed by the applicant and by an architect, engineer or any other professional approved by the commissioner by rule. The architect, engineer or other professional shall certify the accuracy of the technical information concerning the equipment or apparatus contained in the application, plans and other papers submitted. In the case of an application for the certificate of operation required by this code, the certifying architect, engineer or other professional shall also certify that he or she inspected the equipment and that the equipment satisfies the provisions of this code. The signature of the applicant shall constitute an agreement that the applicant will assume responsibility for the installation, alteration or use of the equipment or apparatus concerned in accordance with the requirements of this code.
(d) Application for the renewal of a certificate of operation shall be filed no later than forty-five days and no earlier than one hundred twenty days prior to the expiration of the certificate of operation.
(e) Application for a work permit or for a certificate of operation is automatically cancelled if a certificate of workers' compensation and a certificate of disability insurance is not filed with the department within sixty days after service on the applicant of a notice of failure to file such certificate, exclusive of the day of service.
(f) Information exempt by law from disclosure as confidential commercial information that may be required, ascertained or discovered by the department shall not be disclosed by any department employee, except that the information may be disclosed by the commissioner if the department is subpoenaed for the information or if in the course of a court proceeding or department or administrative hearing, the information is relevant to the proceeding or hearing.
(Am. L.L. 2015/038, 5/6/2015, eff. 5/6/2016)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1989/014.