Section 1393. Permit requirements

1.  No  person, firm, corporation, or
  association  shall  operate  a  children's  overnight,  summer  day,  or
  traveling  summer  day  camp  without  first  obtaining a permit from an
  officer.
    2.  An  officer  shall  issue  a  permit  if,  after  inspection,  the
  children's  overnight,  summer  day,  or traveling summer day camp is in
  compliance with this chapter and the sanitary code.  All  permits  shall
  expire  one  year  from the date of issuance of such permit or upon such
  earlier date as specified by such officer which date shall in  no  event
  be earlier than the latest date that such camps may remain open pursuant
  to  regulations  prescribed by the commissioner. Nothing in this section
  shall  be  construed  to  limit  the  responsibilities  and  duties   of
  compliance arising out of any other provision of law.
    3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer in issuing a
  permit  may waive any requirement of the sanitary code setting a minimum
  standard of floor space per camper in a camp's sleeping quarters. Such a
  waiver may be granted upon written application therefor,  and  shall  be
  accompanied  by  a  statement  by  the officer of the specific terms and
  conditions under which the waiver shall have been granted. Such  waivers
  may  be  granted  only  to  camps  constructed  prior  to January first,
  nineteen hundred seventy-five. An officer shall grant such waiver  where
  the  application  therefor  is accompanied by a written certification by
  the local health officer  of  its  need  or  desirability  to  avoid  an
  immediate  undue  hardship  upon  the  operator  which may result in the
  closing of the children's overnight camp to prospective campers,  and  a
  statement  by  the  local  health  officer that the granting of a waiver
  shall not present a hazard to public health and safety. All such waivers
  shall expire on December thirty-first of the  year  in  which  they  are
  granted, but may be renewed for good and sufficient reason.
    4.  The  fee for a permit shall be one hundred dollars, except that no
  fee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight,  summer  day
  or  traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or
  association for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes.
    5. Any enrollment application forms and/or enrollment  contract  forms
  mailed  or  delivered  to a person for purposes of enrollment of a child
  for any children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer  day  camp
  shall contain or be accompanied by a written statement which declares:
    (a)  that  such  camp is required to be licensed by the New York state
  department of health;
    (b) that such camp is required to be inspected twice yearly; and
    (c) the address where inspection  reports  concerning  such  camp  are
  filed.