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  inconsistent regulation or part thereof shall be deemed repealed  as  of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