* § 696-h. Regulations. 1. The commissioner may promulgate such
regulations as he or she deems appropriate to carry out the purposes of
this article and to safeguard minimum compensation standards.

* NB Effective until January 1, 2026

* § 696-h. Savings clause. 1. If any provision of this article or the
application thereof to any person, occupation or circumstance is held
invalid, the remainder of the article and the application of such
provision to other persons, employees, occupations, or circumstances
shall not be affected thereby.

2. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of
this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to
be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the
remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been
rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that
this article would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had
not been included herein.

* NB Effective January 1, 2026