Oklahoma § 59-3022 - Definitions

§ 59-3022. Definitions

As used in the Elevator Safety Act:

1. "Agency" means the Oklahoma Department of Labor;

2. "Certificate of operation" means a document issued by the

Commissioner and affixed to an elevator that indicates that the

elevator has been inspected and tested and found to be in compliance

with all applicable standards of operation as determined by the

Department of Labor;

3. "Certificate of operation - temporary" means a document

issued by the Commissioner that permits temporary use of a

noncompliant elevator by the general public for not more than thirty

(30) days while minor repairs are being completed;

4. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor or his/her

authorized representative;

5. “Chief elevator inspector” means the chief elevator

inspector appointed under the Elevator Safety Act;

6. "Deputy inspector" means an inspector appointed by the chief

elevator inspector subject to the approval of the Commissioner under

the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act;

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7.

a.

"Elevator" means any device for lifting or moving

people, cargo, or freight within, or adjacent and

connected to, a structure or excavation, and includes

any escalator, power-driven stairway, moving walkway

or stairway chair lift.

b.

The term "elevator" does not mean any:

(1) amusement ride or device subject to inspection

and regulation under the provisions of Section

460 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

(2) mining equipment subject to inspection and

regulation by the Department of Mines,

(3) aircraft, railroad car, boat, barge, ship, truck,

or other self-propelled vehicle or component

thereof,

(4) boiler grate stoker or other similar firing

mechanism subject to inspection under the

provisions of the Oklahoma Boiler and Pressure

Vessel Safety Act,

(5) dumbwaiter, conveyor, chain or bucket hoist,

construction hoist or similar devices used for

the primary purpose of elevating or lowering

materials, or

(6) elevator, conveyance, manlift or similar device

in grain elevators, grain warehouses, seed

processing facilities, feed mills and/or flour

mills which is used by employees, but is not

accessible to or used by customers or members of

the general public.

This list is not exhaustive;

8. "Elevator apprentice" means an unlicensed person registered

with the Department of Labor who works under the direct supervision

of a licensed elevator mechanic, licensed elevator contractor, or

licensed elevator inspector;

9. “Licensed elevator contractor" means a person or business

entity that possesses a valid elevator contractor's license issued

by the Department of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the

Elevator Safety Act and is thus entitled to engage in the business

of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing,

repairing, or maintaining elevators;

10. "Licensed elevator inspector" means a person who possesses

a valid elevator inspector's license issued by the Department of

Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act and is

thus entitled to engage in the business of inspecting elevators;

11. "Licensed elevator mechanic" means a person who possesses a

valid elevator mechanic's license issued by the Department of Labor

in accordance with the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act and is

thus, when employed by a licensed elevator contractor, entitled to

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install, construct, alter, service, repair, perform electrical work

on, test, and maintain elevators; and

12. "Private residence" means a separate dwelling or a separate

apartment in a multiple dwelling that is occupied by members of a

single-family unit.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 207, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006. Amended by Laws

2007, c. 42, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

NOTE: Laws 2007, c. 38, § 1 repealed by Laws 2008, c. 3, § 31,

emerg. eff. Feb. 28, 2008.