Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 1597.2. Purpose; administration and enforcement; initial study

A. (1) The purpose of this Subpart is to provide for the safety of the persons utilizing and working with conveyance devices, as well as to promote public safety awareness by requiring conveyance device inspections by licensed elevator inspectors.

(2) The use of unsafe and defective conveyance devices increases the probability of injury to the persons exposed to these unsafe devices. The prevention of these injuries is in the best interest of the people of this state.

(3) Adequate protection for safety should be afforded in every conveyance device to which this Subpart applies. The study shall include a determination of whether such protection standards shall comply with the latest editions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.1; ASME Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, A17.7; the ASME Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, A17.3; the ASME Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, A18.1; ASME Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors, QEI-1; and Automated People Mover Standards, ASCE 21.