198B.490 Administrative regulations -- Review of standards -- Consistency
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(1)The department shall make, alter, amend, or repeal rules and administrative
regulations exclusively for the safety and inspection of passenger elevators
and fixed guideway systems. The department shall have the authority to
prescribe, by administrative regulation, a reasonable fee to be charged for
each inspection. All fees established and regulated by this section shall be paid
to the department, made payable to the Kentucky State Treasurer, except as
may be provided in a specific written agreement between the commissioner
and any agency authorized to inspect elevators or fixed guideway systems by
this chapter.
(2)The department shall consult with engineering authorities and organizations
concerned with standard safety codes, rules, and administrative regulations
governing the operation, maintenance, servicing, construction, alteration,
installation, and inspection of elevators and fixed guideway systems, and the
qualifications that are necessary for an elevator mechanic, contractor, and
inspector.
(3)The department shall promulgate administrative regulations establishing the
approved equipment regulated by KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540. These
administrative regulations shall include the following, except as modified under
subsection
(4)of this section:
(a)Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.1/CSA B44;
(b)Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, ASME A17.3;
(c)Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, ASME
17.7/CSA B44.7;
(d)Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, ASME A18.1;
(e)Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors, ASME OEI-1; and
(f)Automated People Mover Standards, ASCE 21.
(4)The department and the committee shall review the latest editions of any
standard listed in subsection
(3)of this section within twelve
(12)months of
that standard's effective date. Upon completion of reviews, the committee shall
give the department its recommendations, after which the department may
adopt or modify the standard.
(5)All administrative regulations issued by the department relating to KRS
198B.400 to 198B.540 shall be consistent with the standards of safety as
established in 815 KAR 10:060 and the Uniform State Building Code
established in KRS 198B.050.