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Alaska Statutes Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender § 18.60.800. Elevator safety standards

Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) Unless the Department of Labor and Workforce Development establishes by regulation a different edition, the most current edition of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers constitutes the minimum elevator safety code in the state. Section 1001.1, Inspection and Test Periods, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators is not adopted as a part of the minimum elevator safety code in the state.

(b) The Department of Labor and Workforce Development shall

(1) adopt or change regulations to carry out the provisions of AS 18.60.800 - 18.60.820;

(2) inspect and certify elevators to meet the safety requirements, but need not inspect or certify elevators in a municipality that has adopted or prescribed elevator safety standards under (d) of this section if the commissioner determines that inspection and certification by the municipality adequately protect the public;

(3) establish, by regulation, fees for inspections performed under AS 18.60.800 - 18.60.820; and

(4) maintain a record of all inspections performed and of all inspection fees collected.

(c) Inspections of elevators by the department shall be performed in accordance with the procedures set out in the most recent edition of the National Standard Practice for the Inspection of Elevators and Escalators published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

(d) A municipality may adopt the standards established by this section or prescribe standards more stringent than those established by this section.

(e) Renumbered in 2002. See, now, AS 18.60.825.

(f) Inspection fees collected under (b) of this section shall be deposited into the building safety account created under AS 44.31.025.

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