Effective: April 3, 2023 Latest Legislation: House Bill 107 - 134th General Assembly (A) This chapter shall be used to regulate the individuals and entities performing construction, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment, associated parts, and hoistways: (1) Elevators; (2) Power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings, including both of the following: (a) Escalators; (b) Moving walks. (3) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car that serves two or more landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by its limited size or limited access to the car, including both of the following: (a) Dumbwaiters; (b) Material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices. (4) Automatic guided transit vehicles on guideways with an exclusive right-of-way, including automated people movers. (B) This chapter shall not be used to regulate any of the following: (1) Material hoists within the scope of the material hoists safety requirements; (2) Manlifts within the scope of the belt manlifts safety standards; (3) Mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms within the scope of the vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms standards; (4) Powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior maintenance within the scope of the powered platforms for building maintenance safety standards; (5) Conveyors and related equipment within the scope of the conveyors, cableways, and related equipment safety code; (6) Cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of cableways, cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings safety standards; (7) Industrial trucks within the scope of the powered industrial trucks safety standards; (8) Portable equipment, except for portable escalators which are covered by the elevators and escalators safety code; (9) Tiering or piling machines used to move materials to and from storage located and operating entirely within one story; (10) Equipment for feeding or positioning materials at machine tools, printing presses, and similar machines; (11) Skip or furnace hoists; (12) Wharf ramps; (13) Railroad car lifts or dumpers; (14) Line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms, and similar equipment used for installing an elevator by a contractor licensed in this state; (15) Platform lifts and stairway chairlifts within the scope of the safety standard adopted by the American society of mechanical engineers commonly referred to as ASME A18.1 ; (16) Any conveyance installed in a showroom that is for demonstration purposes only. Last updated March 21, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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