§ 83 — Application of article

§ 83. Application of article. Nothing in this article shall apply to\nany detective or officer belonging to the police force of the state, or\nany county, city, town or village thereof, appointed or elected by due\nauthority of law, or to any person in the employ of any police force or\npolice department of the state, or of any county, city, town or village\nthereof while engaged in the performance of their official duties; nor\nto any person, firm, limited liability company, partnership,\ncorporation, or any bureau or agency, whose business is exclusively the\nfurnishing of information as to the business and financial standing, and\ncredit responsibility of persons, firms, or corporations, or as to the\npersonal habits and financial responsibility of applicants for\ninsurance, indemnity bonds or commercial credit or of claimants under\ninsurance policies, nor to any person licensed as a certified public\naccountant while engaged in the practice of public accountancy as\ndefined in article one hundred forty-nine of the education law or any\nfirm, limited liability company, partnership or corporation registered\nas a certified public accounting firm by the commissioner of education\nwhile performing services regulated under article one hundred forty-nine\nof the education law or Part 70 of the regulations of the commissioner\nof education; and whose business does not embrace other activities\ndescribed in section seventy-one of this article; or whose business is\nlicensed by the commissioner of labor under the provisions of section\ntwenty-four-a or subdivision three-b of section fifty of the workers'\ncompensation law or whose business is representing employers or groups\nof employers insured under the workers' compensation law in the state\ninsurance fund; nor to any corporation duly authorized by the state to\noperate a central burglar or fire alarm protection business; nor to any\nperson while engaged in the business of adjuster for an insurance\ncompany nor to any public adjuster licensed by the superintendent of\nfinancial services under the insurance law nor to any person regularly\nemployed as special agent, detective or investigator exclusively by one\nemployer in connection with the affairs of that employer only nor to any\ncharitable or philanthropic society or association duly incorporated\nunder the laws of the state and which is organized and maintained for\nthe public good and not for private profit, nor shall anything in this\narticle contained be construed to affect in any way attorneys or\ncounselors at law in the regular practice of their profession, but such\nexemption shall not enure to the benefit of any employee or\nrepresentative of such attorney or counselor at law who is not employed\nsolely, exclusively and regularly by such attorney or counselor at law.\nNo person, firm, limited liability company, partnership, corporation or\nany bureau or agency exempted hereunder from the application of this\narticle shall perform any manner of private investigator, bail\nenforcement agent or watch, guard or patrol agency service as described\nin section seventy-one of this article, for any other person, firm,\nlimited liability company, partnership, corporation, bureau or agency\nwhether for fee, hire, reward, other compensation, remuneration, or\nconsideration or as an accommodation without fee, reward or remuneration\nor by a reciprocal arrangement whereby such services are exchanged on\nrequest of parties thereto. The commission of a single act prohibited by\nthis article shall constitute a violation thereof.\n Nothing in this article shall be construed to affect or prohibit the\nright of any person to form or become affiliated with or to continue as\na member of any union, association, society or organization of his own\nchoosing.\n