Suffolk County Law Regarding Licensed
Occupations Home Improvement Test
Study Guide And Actual Answers.
563-1 Legislative Findings: - Answer The County Legislature hereby finds and determines
that the health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County will be
enhanced if provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in the occupations
regulated by this chapter.
563-2 Business - Answer Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling for
hire.
563-2 COMISSIONER or DIRECTOR - Answer The Commissioner of the Department of Labor,
Licensing and Consumer Affairs.
563-2 CONSUMER - Answer An individual who buys or leases or agrees to buy or lease
consumer goods or services or credit, including a co-guarantor or surety.
563-2 CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS - Answer Those which are primarily
for personal, household or family purposes.
563-2 CONTRACT - Answer An oral or written agreement contained in one or more documents
for the performance of work and includes all labor, goods and services.
563-2 DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Answer Any false, falsely disparaging or misleading oral
or written statement, visual description, or other representation of any kind, which has the
capacity, tendency or effect of deceiving or misleading consumers or the consuming public and
is made in connection with a contract, preparation of or performance of a work estimate or
invoice, in the extension of consumer credit, or in the collection of consumer debts.
563-2 DEPARTMENT or OFFICE - Answer The Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer
Affairs.
, 563-2 PERSON - Answer Includes the definition contained in § 37 of the General Construction
Law of the State of New York, as well as an individual, partnership or other entity.
563-2 TEMPORARY LICENSE - Answer A license issued to a person for a period of time to
perform work in accordance with the conditions as specified by the Director, provided that the
holder thereof pays the required license fee.
563-2 UNCONSCIONABLE TRADE PRACTICE - Answer Any act or practice which unfairly takes
advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability, experience, or capacity of the consumer
563-3 LICENSE REQUIRED - Answer It is unlawful for any person, other than those exempt
under the provisions of § 563-4, to engage in any business in the County regulated by this
chapter without obtaining a license therefor from the Office in accordance with and subject to
the provisions of this chapter.
563-4 EXEMPT EMPLOYEES - Answer A. Employees of any federal, state or local government,
or any agencies thereof, or of a state or local authority.
B. Employees of and on behalf of any gas or electric corporation, waterworks corporation or
telegraph and telephone corporation
C. Maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial, commercial, institutional or other
such establishment within the building or property
563-5 Application procedure; information required; qualifications; issuance of license. - Answer
All applications for licenses shall be submitted in writing on forms furnished by the Office and
shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in the amount set forth in the
appropriate article of this chapter.
563-6
Term of licenses; renewal; conditions; display required. - Answer All licenses, except
temporary licenses, shall be for a period of two years from the date of issuance thereof at the
discretion of the Office and shall expire on the last day of the 24th month of such issuance.
Subsequent renewals shall be for periods of two years.
563-7 Duplicate and supplementary licenses; fees - Answer A duplicate license may be issued
for a license which has been lost, destroyed or mutilated, upon application therefor on a form
prescribed by the Director and the payment of a fee of $25. Each such duplicate license shall
Occupations Home Improvement Test
Study Guide And Actual Answers.
563-1 Legislative Findings: - Answer The County Legislature hereby finds and determines
that the health, safety and general welfare of the consumers of Suffolk County will be
enhanced if provision is made for the licensing of persons engaged in the occupations
regulated by this chapter.
563-2 Business - Answer Includes occupation, profession, trade, craft or any other calling for
hire.
563-2 COMISSIONER or DIRECTOR - Answer The Commissioner of the Department of Labor,
Licensing and Consumer Affairs.
563-2 CONSUMER - Answer An individual who buys or leases or agrees to buy or lease
consumer goods or services or credit, including a co-guarantor or surety.
563-2 CONSUMER GOODS, SERVICES, CREDIT AND DEBTS - Answer Those which are primarily
for personal, household or family purposes.
563-2 CONTRACT - Answer An oral or written agreement contained in one or more documents
for the performance of work and includes all labor, goods and services.
563-2 DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES - Answer Any false, falsely disparaging or misleading oral
or written statement, visual description, or other representation of any kind, which has the
capacity, tendency or effect of deceiving or misleading consumers or the consuming public and
is made in connection with a contract, preparation of or performance of a work estimate or
invoice, in the extension of consumer credit, or in the collection of consumer debts.
563-2 DEPARTMENT or OFFICE - Answer The Department of Labor, Licensing and Consumer
Affairs.
, 563-2 PERSON - Answer Includes the definition contained in § 37 of the General Construction
Law of the State of New York, as well as an individual, partnership or other entity.
563-2 TEMPORARY LICENSE - Answer A license issued to a person for a period of time to
perform work in accordance with the conditions as specified by the Director, provided that the
holder thereof pays the required license fee.
563-2 UNCONSCIONABLE TRADE PRACTICE - Answer Any act or practice which unfairly takes
advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability, experience, or capacity of the consumer
563-3 LICENSE REQUIRED - Answer It is unlawful for any person, other than those exempt
under the provisions of § 563-4, to engage in any business in the County regulated by this
chapter without obtaining a license therefor from the Office in accordance with and subject to
the provisions of this chapter.
563-4 EXEMPT EMPLOYEES - Answer A. Employees of any federal, state or local government,
or any agencies thereof, or of a state or local authority.
B. Employees of and on behalf of any gas or electric corporation, waterworks corporation or
telegraph and telephone corporation
C. Maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial, commercial, institutional or other
such establishment within the building or property
563-5 Application procedure; information required; qualifications; issuance of license. - Answer
All applications for licenses shall be submitted in writing on forms furnished by the Office and
shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in the amount set forth in the
appropriate article of this chapter.
563-6
Term of licenses; renewal; conditions; display required. - Answer All licenses, except
temporary licenses, shall be for a period of two years from the date of issuance thereof at the
discretion of the Office and shall expire on the last day of the 24th month of such issuance.
Subsequent renewals shall be for periods of two years.
563-7 Duplicate and supplementary licenses; fees - Answer A duplicate license may be issued
for a license which has been lost, destroyed or mutilated, upon application therefor on a form
prescribed by the Director and the payment of a fee of $25. Each such duplicate license shall
