§ 89-k. Issuance and denial of registration cards. 1. Requirements of registration cards. Unless the department determines that the applicant does not meet the requirements of section eighty-nine-h of this article or is unable to perform security guard functions, it shall issue a registration card in a form prescribed by the department, which shall include, among other information, the expiration date of such card and any renewal thereof, authorizing the applicant to perform security guard functions. If the department determines that an applicant does not meet the requirements of section eighty-nine-h of this article, it shall deny the application for a registration card. Upon issuance of the registration card or denial of the application therefor, the department shall forthwith give notice of such issuance or denial to such applicant and to the security guard company which employs such applicant, by regular mail.

Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 89-K

  • Applicant: shall mean an individual who has filed an application with the department for a security guard registration card. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-F
  • Department: shall mean the department of state. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-F
  • Registration card: shall mean a photographic identification card issued by the department, including a special armed guard registration card signifying that the individual identified thereon has been authorized by the department to perform security guard functions. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-F
  • Security guard: shall mean a person, other than a police officer, employed by a security guard company to principally perform one or more of the following functions within the state:

    a. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-F
  • Security guard company: shall mean any person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, public entity or subsidiary or department of such firm, limited liability company, corporation or public entity employing one or more security guards or being self-employed as a security guard on either a proprietary basis for its own use or on a contractual basis for use by another person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, public entity or subsidiary thereof within the state. See N.Y. General Business Law 89-F

2. Administrative review. Denial of a registration card hereunder shall be reviewable by an administrative hearing as set forth in subdivisions two, three, four and five of section seventy-nine of this chapter.