Guam § 67210 - Required Inspections.

§ 67210. Required Inspections.

Safety inspections of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators,

moving walks and manlifts, as required under this Article, may be

made by authorized employees of the Department; individuals

providing inspection services for a fee; or by employees of

insurance companies upon the following conditions:

(a) Required safety inspections shall be made only by

commissioned inspectors.

(b) Acceptance inspections of new installations and

major alterations shall be made only by commissioned

inspectors in the employ of the Department who shall witness

all required tests made by [the] person or firm installing the

elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk or manlift.

(c) Reports of all required safety inspections shall

conform to the requirements of, and shall be made on forms

approved by, the Department.

(d) A copy of all reports shall be forwarded to the

Department within 30 days after the safety inspection is

made, unless an extension of time is granted by the

Department. Where notations of discrepancies,

recommendations, or requirements are made, such notations

shall refer to the applicable rule of the current American

Standard Safety Code for elevators, Dumbwaiters,

Escalators, Moving Walks, Manlifts or of this Article.

(e) Insurance companies shall promptly report to the

Department the name of the owner or lessee and the location

of every elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving walk or

manlift on which insurance has been issued, cancelled or

discontinued, giving the reason for cancellation or

discontinuance.

(f) Commissioned inspectors shall promptly report to

the Department the name of the owner or lessee and the

location of every elevator, dumbwaiter, escalator, moving

walk or manlift for which they have refused to recommend

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issuance of a permit to operate, giving the reason for such

refusal.

(g) The owner or lessee of any elevator, dumbwaiter,

escalator, moving walk or manlift operated within Guam,

except those exempted by § 67204, shall cause the same to

be inspected as follows:

(1) Elevators, escalators, manlifts and moving

walks twice in each 12 month period. The period

between the first inspection, or the inspection used as

the basis for the issuance of a permit to operate, and the

second or interim inspection each year shall not exceed

seven months nor be less than five months.

(2) Dumbwaiters, annually.

2021 NOTE: Reference to “territory” replaced with “Guam” pursuant to

1 GCA § 420.