Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 408. Labor § 408.804

Sec. 4. (1) “General inspector” means an individual who holds a general certificate of competency and is employed by this state as an elevator inspector or in an elevator inspection supervisory capacity.

(2) “Incline lift” means an elevator that is designed and operated to transport individuals or material from 1 level to another.The term does not include the enclosure or building, an incline lift under the jurisdiction of the ski area safety board, or a residential stairway chairlift or residential platform lift.

(3) “Inspector” means a general or special inspector.

(4) “Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, governmental entity, or any other legal entity.

(5) “Residential stairway chairlift or residential platform lift” means an inclined stairway chairlift or inclined and vertical platform lift in or at a private residence that is intended only for transportation of an individual whose mobility is impaired, meets the requirements of section 14a,  1 and is manufactured in compliance with the American society of mechanical engineers standard 18.1-2008 or any revision to that standard approved by the department. The term does not include an elevator, escalator, moving walkway, material lift, dumbwaiter, personnel hoist, powered platform and equipment for exterior and interior building maintenance, amusement device, or stage or orchestra lift or any portable equipment used to lift or transport individuals or material.

(6) “Special inspector” means an individual who holds a special certificate of competency and is commissioned under this act.

(7) “Standard” means the American standard safety code for elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and moving walks, A 17.1-1965.

(8) “State construction code” means the code, as that term is defined in section 2a of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1502a.