13 NCAC 15 .0207             SAFETY STANDARDS FOR STAIRWAY CHAIRLIFTS, AND INCLINED AND VERTICAL WHEELCHAIR LIFTS

(a)  The design, construction, installation, alteration, repair, replacement, inspection, maintenance and operation of all installations of inclined stairway chairlifts, and inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts shall conform to the rules in this Section and the A18.1 - American National Standard Safety Code for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, which is hereby incorporated by reference.  This incorporation includes subsequent amendments and editions of this Code.

(b)  The rules of this Chapter shall control when any conflict between these rules and the A18.1 - American National Standard Safety Code for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts exists.

(c)  Copies of the A18.1 - American National Standard Safety Code for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts are available for inspection at the offices of the Division, and may be obtained from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), via U.S. Mail at United Engineering Center, 345 East 47^th Street, New York, New York 10017, via telephone at (800) 843-2763, or via the internet at www.asme.org.  The cost is seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per copy.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 95‑110.5;

Eff. December 1, 2004;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 5, 2016.