Section 198B.490 - Administrative regulations - Review of standards - Consistency with building code(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.Amended by 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 169,§ 26, eff. 6/29/2017.Effective:7/1/2011
Amended 2010, Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 268, effective 7/15/2010; and ch. 116, sec. 26, effective7/1/2011. -- Amended 2006, Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 8, effective 7/12/2006. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 89, effective 7/15/1980. --Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 123, sec. 5, effective 6/17/1978. -- Amended 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 232, sec. 2. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 12.