NY Agric & Mkts L § 57 (2021)
2021 New York Laws AGM - Agriculture and Markets Article 4 - Dairy Products. 57 - Licensing of Persons in Charge of Milk-Gathering Stations, Manufactories or Plants; Licensing of Persons Sampling Milk And/or Cream And/or Determining

§ 57. Licensing  of  persons  in  charge  of  milk-gathering stations,   manufactories or plants; licensing of persons sampling milk and/or cream   and/or determining weight or volume of milk and/or cream; and of persons   making milk component tests. 1. No person shall take charge,  either  as   superintendent,  manager  or  otherwise,  of any milk-gathering station,   manufactory or plant where milk and/or cream is received from  producers   for   sale  or  resale  or  for  manufacture,  unless  licensed  by  the   commissioner.2. No person shall measure, weigh, or otherwise determine  the  volume   or  weight of milk and/or cream received from or offered for sale by the   producer thereof or sample such milk and/or cream, or handle, or prepare   such milk and/or cream samples when such samples are to be used for  the   purpose  of  determining  the  amount  of a milk component or components   contained therein, and/or to determine the bacterial count  thereof,  or   for  any  other  purpose where the result of such test or examination is   used as a basis  for  payment  for  such  milk  and/or  cream,  for  the   classification   of  such  milk  and/or  cream,  for  the  rejection  or   acceptance of such milk and/or cream, or for official inspection, or for   public record, unless licensed by the  commissioner  provided,  however,   that  the provisions of this section shall not be deemed to apply to any   person employed by the state  department  of  health  or  any  municipal   department  of  health  in  New  York state when performing his official   duties for such health agency. Such license shall  be  designated  as  a   "milk receiver's license."3.  No  person  shall prepare or test milk and/or cream samples by any   method, for the purpose of determining the amount of any milk  component   contained  therein, where the result of such test is used as a basis for   payment for such milk and/or cream, or for official  inspection  or  for   public record, unless licensed by the commissioner.4.  Application  for  a license, or licenses shall be made upon a form   prescribed by the commissioner. The applicant shall furnish satisfactory   evidence of good moral character, and shall give proof of his ability to   perform  the  functions  for  which  a  license  is  applied,   to   the   satisfaction  of  the commissioner. The commissioner, in his discretion,   may combine in one license authority to perform any of the functions for   which a license is required pursuant to the provisions  of  subdivisions   one,  two and three of this section. A license shall be for a period not   exceeding five years, and may be  renewed,  in  the  discretion  of  the   commissioner, for successive periods of not exceeding five years each.Each license shall be kept at the place where the licensee is employed   and shall be open to inspection.A license may be revoked by the commissioner, after a hearing upon due   notice  to  the  licensee,  for  false  statement  in  the  application,   dishonesty, incompetency, inaccuracy or a violation of the provisions of   this article, and a license to take charge of a milk-gathering  station,   manufactory  or  plant may also be revoked for dishonesty, incompetency,   inaccuracy, or a violation of the provisions  of  this  article  by  any   person  working  under  the direction of the licensee and subject to his   orders.