Suffolk County Home Improvement License – Qs And As
563-1 Correct Ans - Legislative Findings
563-1 Legislative Findings Correct Ans - The County Legislature 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 home improvement.
563-2 Business Correct Ans - Includes occupation, profession, trade,
craft or any other calling for hire
563-2 Commissioner or Director Correct Ans - The Commissioner of
the Department of Consumer Affairs
563-2 Consumer Correct Ans - 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 Correct Ans - Those
which are primarily for personal, household or family purposes.
563-2 Contract Correct Ans - 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 Correct Ans - Any false, falsely
disparaging or misleading oral or written statement, visual description, 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 Correct Ans - The Department of
Consumer Affairs
563-2 Engages Correct Ans - The undertaking, offering to undertake,
solicitation or agreement to perform a contract.
, 563-2 Licensee Correct Ans - A person permitted to engage in a
business licensed pursuant to the provisions of the appropriate article of this
chapter.
563-2 Person Correct Ans - Includes the definition contained in
section 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 Correct Ans - 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 Correct Ans - Any act or practice
which unfairly takes advantage of the lack of knowledge, ability, experience,
or capacity of the consumer or which results in a gross disparity between the
value received by a consumer and the price paid by the consumer.
563-3 Correct Ans - License Required
563-3 License Required Correct Ans - It is unlawful for any person,
other than exempt employees, 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 Correct Ans - Exempt employees and operations
563-4 Exempt employees and operations Correct Ans - 1. employees
of any federal, state or local government.
2. employees of and on behalf of any gas or electric corporation, waterworks
corporation or telegraph and telephone corporation, provided that they are
working on behalf of the corporation.
3. maintenance work by bona fide employees in an industrial, commercial,
institutional or other such establishment within the building or property
limits of the employer.
563-5 Correct Ans - Application procedure: information required;
qualifications; issuance of license.
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