13 ncac 15 .0420             PUBLIC PROTECTION

An amusement device shall not be used or operated while any person is so located as to be endangered by it.  Areas in which persons may be so endangered shall be fenced, barricaded, or otherwise guarded against public intrusion. 

When fences are used to comply with this Rule, the fences:

(1)           shall be at least 42 inches high; and

(2)           shall not have horizontal mullions; and

(3)           shall have mullions located to reject a ball:

(a)           six inches in diameter if the fences are used for amusement devices manufactured before January 1, 1993; and

(b)           four inches in diameter if the fences are used for amusement devices manufactured after January 1, 1993.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 95‑111.4;

Eff. August 1, 1987;

Amended Eff. April 1, 2001; May 1, 1992;

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