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NYC Admin. Code tit. 27, ch. 1, subch. 14, art. 3
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NYC Admin. Code § 27-795 High pressure boiler operating engineer license.

§ 27-795 High pressure boiler operating engineer license. If a boiler produces steam or vapor or has a safety valve setting of more than fifteen psi and rated in excess of ten hp. or if such boiler produces hot water at a pressure of more than one hundred sixty psi or at a temperature over two hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit, such boiler shall be operated by a high-pressure boiler operator licensed in accordance with the requirements of subchapter two of title twenty-six of the administrative code.

NYC Admin. Code § 27-796 Oil burning equipment installer license.

§ 27-796 Oil burning equipment installer license. All oil burning installations, including storage equipment, shall be made by, or under, the direct supervision of a licensed oil burning equipment installer, in accordance with requirements of subchapter two of title twenty-six of the administrative code.

NYC Admin. Code § 27-797 Certificates.

§ 27-797 Certificates. No oil burning equipment hereafter installed shall be operated until an equipment use permit has been issued by the commissioner, the requirements of the air pollution control code have been met as provided in section 27-799 of article four of this subchapter, and until approval for the storage of fuel oil has been given by the fire commissioner, except that temporary operation may be permitted as provided in section 27-188 of article eighteen of subchapter one of this chapter. (a) Every oil burning installation that is not fully automatic or requires preheating shall be operated by, or under, the direct supervision of a person holding a certificate of fitness issued by the fire commissioner. Such person shall be in the building at all times while the burners are in operation, and shall be present in the boiler room during the starting of the operation of a boiler.

NYC Admin. Code § 27-798 Operators inspection after repairs.

§ 27-798 Operators inspection after repairs. After any repairs are made to a boiler or fuel burning equipment for which licensed or qualified operators are required, such operators shall check the repairs, together with the functioning of all controls devices and the positioning of all valves. These licensed or qualified operators also shall be present during the starting of the operation of the equipment and shall be responsible for the proper and safe operation of such equipment.
Source: City of New York, Charter, Administrative Code and Rules (American Legal Publishing XML export, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/newyorkcity/latest/NYCadmin/0-0-0-52109Fetched: 10/24/2026

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