As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
2.Board.
2-A.
Chief inspector.
"Chief inspector" means an individual in the employ of the State whose duties include the examination and inspection of elevators and tramways and who has been designated as chief inspector by the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation.
3.Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation.
3-A.
Construction hoist.
"Construction hoist" means a hoist that is not an integral part of a building or structure; is installed inside or outside the building or structure during the construction, alteration or demolition of the building or structure; and is used to raise and lower workers
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Approved.
2.
Board.
2-A.
Chief inspector.
"Chief inspector" means an individual in the employ of the State whose duties include the examination and inspection of elevators and tramways and who has been designated as chief inspector by the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation.
3.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation.
3-A.
Construction hoist.
"Construction hoist" means a hoist that is not an integral part of a building or structure; is installed inside or outside the building or structure during the construction, alteration or demolition of the building or structure; and is used to raise and lower workers, other personnel and materials. "Construction hoist" does not include:
3-B.
Construction hoist operator.
"Construction hoist operator" means a person who operates or is responsible for the operation of a construction hoist.
4.
Department.
"Department" means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation.
4-A.
Deputy inspector.
"Deputy inspector" means an individual in the employ of the State whose duties include the examination and inspection of elevators and tramways under the direction of the chief inspector.
4-B.
Direct supervision.
"Direct supervision" means that a helper is working in the presence of a licensed elevator or lift mechanic at all times.
4-C.
Director.
"Director" means the Director of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation within the department.
5.
Elevator.
"Elevator" includes an escalator or a manlift and means a guided hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car, platform or load-carrying unit, including doors, well, enclosures, means and appurtenances. "Elevator" does not include an inclined stairway chairlift, a conveyor, chain or bucket hoist or a tiering, piling or feeding device. For the purposes of this subsection, "inclined stairway chairlift" means a mechanized chair apparatus running on a track or rail along the side of a staircase.
5-A.
Elevator contractor.
"Elevator contractor" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or company engaged in the installation, sale, service, maintenance or inspection of elevators in this State.
6.
Escalator.
"Escalator" means a power-driven, inclined and continuous stairway used for raising or lowering passengers.
7.
Freight elevator.
7-A.
Helper.
"Helper" means a person who is not licensed under this chapter as an elevator mechanic or lift mechanic and who assists in the installation, service or maintenance of elevators located in this State while working under the direct supervision of a licensed elevator mechanic or licensed lift mechanic.
7-B.
Licensed private elevator inspector.
"Licensed private elevator inspector" or "licensed private elevator and lift inspector" means an individual who has been licensed by the director to inspect elevators pursuant to this chapter and who is not a state employee whose duty is to inspect elevators.
8.
Licensed private tramway inspector.
"Licensed private tramway inspector" means an individual who has been licensed by the director to inspect tramways pursuant to this chapter and who is not a state employee whose duty is to inspect tramways.
9.
Manlift.
"Manlift" means a device, consisting of a power-driven, endless belt or chains, provided with steps or platforms and handholds attached to it for the transportation of personnel from floor to floor.
10.
Operator.
"Operator" means the person or persons who physically operate an elevator or tramway.
11.
Owner.
"Owner" means a firm, person, partnership, association, corporation or state or political subdivision that owns an elevator or tramway.
12.
Passenger elevator.
13.
Physically disabled person.
"Physically disabled person" means a person who has a physiological disability, infirmity, malformation, disfigurement or condition that eliminates or severely limits the person's ability to have access to the person's environment by normal ambulatory function, necessitating the use of crutches, a wheelchair or other similar device for locomotion.
14.
Skier.
"Skier" means any person who engages in any of the activities described in section 15217, subsection 1, paragraph B.
15.
Ski area.
"Ski area" means the ski slopes and trails, adjoining skiable terrain, areas designated by the ski area operator to be used for skiing as defined by section 15217, subsection 1, paragraph B and passenger tramways administered or operated as a single enterprise within this State.
16.
Ski industry.
"Ski industry" means the activities of all ski area operators.
17.
Ski area operator.
"Ski area operator" means a person or organization having operational responsibility for a ski area, including an agency or a political subdivision of this State.
18.
State inspector.
19.
Tramway.
"Tramway" means a device used to transport passengers uphill on skis or in cars on tracks or suspended in the air by the use of steel cables, chains or belts or by ropes usually supported by trestles or towers with one or more spans. "Tramway" includes the following:
20.
Tramway passenger.
"Tramway passenger" means a person being transported or conveyed by a tramway, waiting in the immediate vicinity for transportation or conveyance by a tramway, moving away from the disembarkation or unloading point of a tramway to clear the way for the following passengers or boarding, embarking upon or disembarking from a tramway.