(a) Except as provided in § 6.13 (relating to qualifications and supervision of trainees), an individual, corporation, partnership, firm or other entity may not:
- (1) Employ an unlicensed individual to operate a crane.
- (2) Allow or direct an unlicensed individual to operate a crane.
- (3) Retain or hire an unlicensed individual as an independent contractor to operate a crane.
- (b) If an individual, corporation, partnership, firm or other entity has been found by the Board on three or more occasions during a 4-year period to have violated subsection (a), the Board may declare the individual, corporation, partnership, firm or other entity to be a chronic aider and abettor of unlicensed crane operation.
- (c) The Board may bar all crane operators from accepting employment, or accepting retention as an independent contractor with a chronic aider and abettor of unlicensed crane operation.
- (d) An entity which has been declared a chronic aider and abettor of unlicensed crane operation may petition the Board 1 year after being barred to request that the bar be removed.
- (e) The Board may impose restrictions on licensees, demand posting of a bond or other security by the petitioner, or place other restrictions on the petitioner to assure future compliance.
Cross References
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 6.16 (relating to licensure by endorsement); and 49 Pa. Code § 43b.28 (relating to schedule of civil penalties—crane operators).