Section 27-3016. Suspension, revocation or voluntary surrender of master electrician's and special electrician's licenses and suspension or revocation of approval of master electrician business

a.  1.  After  notice  and the opportunity for a hearing in accordance
  with the rules  of  the  department,  master  electrician's  or  special
  electrician's licenses and/or approvals of master electrician businesses
  may  be suspended or revoked by the commissioner or the commissioner may
  impose penalties, which shall not exceed five thousand dollars for  each
  violation,  for  violation of this chapter or of any of the rules of the
  department and, among other things, for any of the following causes:
    (i) Failure to file an application for a permit or inspection.
    (ii) Failure, upon receipt of a  notice  of  violation,  to  take  the
  action called for in such notice.
    (iii)  Performance  of  electrical  work  in  a manner contrary to the
  requirements of the electrical code or  the  electrical  code  technical
  standards.
    (iv) Contract work by holders of special electrician's licenses.
    (v) Fraudulent dealing or misrepresentation.
    (vi)   Subject   to  applicable  provisions  of  the  correction  law,
  conviction of a crime by a court of competent jurisdiction.
    (vii) False statement in an application for a license or  the  renewal
  of  a  license or in an application for approval of a master electrician
  business or other application or certification required by this code  or
  the  rules of the commissioner, or in any proof or instrument in writing
  in connection therewith.
    (viii) Failure to  pay  outstanding  fees  owed  pursuant  to  section
  27-3018 of this chapter.
    2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of paragraph one of this
  subdivision if, after due inspection, the commissioner determines that a
  licensee  and/or  a master electrician business has performed electrical
  work which is  not  in  compliance  with  the  electrical  code  or  the
  electrical  code  technical  standards  and  which  has  resulted  in  a
  condition severely hazardous to life or property, the  commissioner  may
  suspend  his  or  her  license  and/or  the  authorization  of  a master
  electrician business  represented  by  such  licensee  without  a  prior
  hearing.  Notice  of  such  suspension  shall  be served on the licensee
  and/or the master electrician business. The commissioner  shall  provide
  the licensee and/or the master electrician business with the opportunity
  for a hearing within five days after such suspension.
    b.  In  the  event  the holder of a master electrician's license is no
  longer engaged in a master electrician business or a special electrician
  is engaged during normal working hours in a business activity that  does
  not involve the installation, alteration, or repair of electrical wiring
  for  light, heat or power, then he or she shall so notify the department
  and submit his or her license and seal for voluntary surrender with  the
  provision that (i) such license and seal will be restored without fee or
  examination  if  such  application is made prior to the date on which it
  would have otherwise expired, or (ii) if application is made after  such
  date   a   new   license  and  seal  will  be  issued,  without  written
  re-examination, after the submission of satisfactory evidence  that  the
  applicant  has been engaged in the electrical field during the period of
  surrender; provided that at the time of the submission  of  the  license
  for voluntary surrender:
    1.  All  outstanding  fees required by section 27-3018 of this chapter
  are paid, and
    2. There are no outstanding  violation  notices  for  electrical  work
  performed under such license, and

    3.  Open applications filed under such license have been scheduled for
  inspection in accordance with department procedures, re-filed by another
  licensee or have been withdrawn.
    c. During any period of voluntary surrender, or upon the suspension or
  revocation,  of a master electrician's or special electrician's license,
  the holder shall surrender his or her seal to the department.  Upon  the
  death  of  a holder, his or her seal shall be immediately surrendered to
  the department.