2006 New York Code - Requirements Of Certificate Of Completion.

 
    * § 26-204.1 Requirements of Certificate of Completion. a. It shall be
  unlawful  for  an  individual  to  erect, dismantle, repair, maintain or
  modify any supported scaffold,  or  to  be  on  any  supported  scaffold
  assisting   in   the   erection,  dismantling,  repair,  maintenance  or
  modification of any supported scaffold for which a  permit  is  required
  unless  such individual has been issued a supported scaffold certificate
  of completion under the provisions of this article.
    b. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly permit or cause an
  individual who has not been issued a supported scaffold  certificate  of
  completion under this article, to erect, dismantle, repair, maintain, or
  modify  any  supported  scaffold,  or  to  be  on any supported scaffold
  assisting  in  the  erection,  dismantling,   repair,   maintenance   or
  modification  of any supported scaffold in violation of subdivision a of
  this section. Each day on which a person shall knowingly permit or cause
  an individual who has not been issued a supported  scaffold  certificate
  of  completion  to  erect,  dismantle,  repair,  maintain, or modify any
  supported scaffold or to be on any supported scaffold assisting  in  the
  erection,  dismantling,  repair,  maintenance  or  modification  of  any
  supported scaffold, for which a permit  has  been  issued,  shall  be  a
  separate violation of this section.
    c.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  an  individual  to use any supported
  scaffold, which has been issued a permit,  assisting  in  the  erection,
  dismantling,  repair,  maintenance  or  modification  of any building or
  structure other than a supported scaffolding unless such individual  has
  been  issued  a  supported  scaffold  user  certificate  pursuant to the
  provisions of this article.
    d. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly permit or cause an
  individual who has not been issued a supported scaffold user certificate
  under this article to use any supported scaffold, which has been  issued
  a permit, assisting in the erection, dismantling, repair, maintenance or
  modification  of  any  building  or  structure  other  than  a supported
  scaffolding in violation of subdivision c of this section. Each  day  on
  which a person shall knowingly permit or cause an individual who has not
  been  issued  a  valid  supported  scaffold  user certificate to use any
  supported scaffold, which has been issued a  permit,  assisting  in  the
  erection,  dismantling,  repair,  maintenance  or  modification  of  any
  building or structure other than a  supported  scaffolding  shall  be  a
  separate violation of this section.
    e.  For  the  purposes  of this article, "supported scaffold" shall be
  defined as one or more platforms supported by outrigger beams, brackets,
  poles, legs, uprights, posts, frames, or  similar  rigid  support  forty
  feet  in  height  or  more  and  including, but not limited to, sidewalk
  bridge scaffolds, single pole scaffolds,  tube  and  coupler  scaffolds,
  fabricated  frame  scaffolds,  tubular welded frame scaffolds, outrigger
  scaffolds, needle  beam  scaffolds,  mobile  scaffolds,  repair  bracket
  scaffolds, mast climber scaffolds that are mechanized or motorized, back
  structures  for  personnel  hoists  and/or  material  hoists  and system
  scaffolds. Any sidewalk shed  that  provides  a  base  for  a  supported
  scaffold will subject the entire structure, including the sidewalk shed,
  to the requirements of this article.
    * NB Effective November 19, 2006