(a) No person shall perform homework unless he/she holds a valid homeworker certificate issued by the commissioner.

(b) A homeworker certificate shall be issued on the application of an employer who has a permit to distribute homework. Such application shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall contain such information as the commissioner finds necessary to effectuate the purposes of article 13 of the Labor Law and this regulation.

(c) No homeworker certificate shall be issued to, or be valid for, any person who is employed in an employers industrial establishment.

(d) The number of homeworker certificates that an employer may apply for shall not exceed the number of unexpired certificates previously issued by the commissioner that the employer possessed on the effective date of this regulation.

(e) In any industry covered by Federal regulations governing homeworkers issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the industrial homeworker shall, upon request, submit any unexpired Federal certificate for the particular industry issued by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor.