§ 20-24-112. Testing and inspection required
(a) All new and existing elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, except dormant elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, shall be tested and inspected in accordance with the following schedule: (1) (A) Every new or altered elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator shall be inspected and tested in conformity with the applicable rules adopted by the Elevator Safety Board before the […]
§ 20-24-113. Report of inspection
(a) (1) A report of every required inspection or safety test shall be filed with the Department of Labor and Licensing or its authorized representative by the inspector making the inspection or witnessing the test on a form approved by the department or its authorized representative within thirty (30) days after the inspection or test […]
§ 20-24-114. Additional inspections
In addition to required inspections, the Department of Labor and Licensing or its authorized representative may designate a licensed inspector in its employ to make such additional inspections as may be required to enforce this chapter and the rules adopted by the Elevator Safety Board under § 20-24-107(a) and (b).
§ 20-24-115. New construction, relocation, or alteration
(a) (1) On and after the effective date of rules adopted by the Elevator Safety Board under § 20-24-107(a) and (b), detailed plans and specifications of the elevator, dumbwaiter, or escalator to be thereafter installed, relocated, or altered shall be submitted by the contractor, or in the absence of an installing contractor, by a person […]
§ 20-24-116. Operating permits
(a) (1) Operating permits shall be issued by the Department of Labor and Licensing within the time limits specified in this section to the owner or lessee of every new or altered elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator and of every existing elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator when the inspection report indicates compliance with the applicable sections of […]
§ 20-24-117. Fees
(a) The following fees shall be paid to the Department of Labor and Licensing for each passenger, freight, or one-man elevator or dumbwaiter installation permit: (1) Elevators $150.00 (2) Escalators and moving walks 200.00 (3) Dumbwaiters 100.00 (4) Wheelchair lifts 100.00 (5) Workmen’s hoists 200.00 (b) A fee of not less than five dollars ($5.00) […]
§ 20-24-102. State to have exclusive jurisdiction — Exception
(a) No city, town, or other governmental subdivision shall have the power to make any ordinance, bylaw, or resolution providing for the licensing, inspection, construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, or operation of elevators, dumbwaiters, or escalators or for the qualifications and duties of operators thereof within the limits of the city, town, or governmental subdivision, and […]
§ 20-24-118. Braille tags in elevators in publicly owned buildings
(a) In all publicly owned buildings containing passenger elevators, braille tags shall be affixed on or immediately adjacent to all elevator pushbuttons, levers, or switches in order that blind persons may operate the elevators properly without assistance from sighted persons. (b) For the purposes of this section, “publicly owned buildings” includes those buildings which are […]
§ 20-24-103. Penalties — Prosecution of violations
(a) (1) A person, owner, lessee, partnership, association, corporation, licensee, or inspector who violates this chapter or a rule adopted by the Elevator Safety Board is subject to a civil fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense. (2) Each day during which […]
§ 20-24-119. Appeals
(a) Any person aggrieved by an order or act of the Department of Labor and Licensing or its authorized representative under this chapter may, within fifteen (15) days after notice thereof, appeal from the order or act to the Elevator Safety Board, which shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, hold a hearing of which at […]