2006 New York Code - Registration Requirements.

 
    §  27-140.1 Registration requirements. (a) No person, other than those
  described in subdivision (c)  of  this  section,  may  present,  submit,
  furnish or seek approval of applications for approval of plans or remove
  any  documents  from  the  possession  of  the department, without first
  having registered with the department  his  or  her  name,  address  and
  company  affiliation  on  a  form  to  be  furnished  by the department.
  Consistent  with  article  twenty-three-A   of   the   correction   law,
  registration  may  be  denied  to any person who has been convicted of a
  criminal offense relating to bribing or receipt of a  bribe,  giving  or
  receiving   unlawful   gratuities,   official   misconduct,   or   other
  corruption-related acts.  The  commissioner,  after  due  notice  and  a
  hearing  before  the  office  of  administrative  trials  and  hearings,
  pursuant to section one thousand forty-eight of the  charter  and  rules
  established thereunder, shall have the power to revoke, suspend or limit
  the  registration  of  any  person  upon  a finding that such person has
  willfully or negligently violated the rules of  the  department  or  has
  engaged  in  any  misconduct arising out of his or her business dealings
  with the department. Misconduct shall be defined by  the  rules  of  the
  commissioner promulgated pursuant to subdivision (d) of this section.
    (b)  No  person  shall use the term "registered with the department of
  buildings", "registered" or any similar representation in such a  manner
  as  to  convey  the  impression  that such person is registered with the
  department of buildings unless such person is registered  in  accordance
  with the provisions of this section.
    (c)  The  following  persons  are  exempt  from the provisions of this
  section:
    (i) the owners of the premises for which the building applications are
  filed including, in  the  case  of  partnerships  or  corporations,  the
  general partners or the principal officers of the corporation. Principal
  officers  of a corporation shall include the president, vice presidents,
  secretary and treasurer;
    (ii) the lessees of such premises authorized  by  the  owner  to  file
  building applications;
    (iii)  condominium  unit owners authorized by the condominium board of
  managers to file building applications;
    (iv) cooperative shareholders authorized by the cooperative  board  of
  directors to file building applications;
    (v) registered architects licensed by the New York state department of
  education;
    (vi)  professional engineers licensed by the New York state department
  of education;
    (vii) attorneys admitted to practice in New York state;
    (viii) master plumbers licensed pursuant to article two of  subchapter
  two of chapter one of title twenty-six of this code;
    (ix)  master  fire suppression piping contractors licensed pursuant to
  article two of subchapter two of chapter one of title twenty-six of this
  code; and
    (x) master electricians licensed pursuant to subchapter one of chapter
  three of title twenty-seven of this code.
    (d) The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules  for  the  proper  and
  efficient administration and enforcement of this section.