(a) No person shall, by himself or through any agent or employee, engage as a vending machine operator without a vending machine operator’s license issued in accordance with the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive.

(b) Any person desiring to obtain a vending machine operator’s license shall apply to the commissioner, on forms which the commissioner shall provide, stating (1) the applicant’s name and address or the name and address of each partner, in case of a partnership, or of each principal officer and director, in case of a corporation; (2) the address of the applicant’s principal place of business; (3) the location of each commissary and other establishment, if any, where supplies are kept and where food or beverages are prepared; (4) the identity and form of the food or beverage to be sold or offered for sale in or supplied for vending machines; (5) the number and type of each vending machine which the applicant operates, replenishes or services; (6) a description of each motor vehicle in which the applicant transports food, beverages or supplies from a commissary to vending machines; and (7) such other information as the commissioner may require.

(c) Upon receipt of an application for a vending machine operator’s license, the commissioner shall cause an investigation to be made of the applicant’s commissary, servicing and transport facilities. Upon determining that the provisions of sections 21a-34 to 21a-45, inclusive, and the regulations adopted thereunder and all applicable municipal health ordinances and state and federal laws and regulations have been complied with, the commissioner shall issue an operator’s license.