§ 12-801. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandPublic SafetyEffective: October 1, 2020
Effective: October 1, 2020
MD Code, Public Safety, § 12-801
Formerly cited as MD CODE Art. 89, § 49B; MD CODE Art. 89, § 49C
§ 12-801. Definitions
(b) “Accessibility lift mechanic” means a person who is engaged in erecting, constructing, wiring, altering, replacing, maintaining, repairing, dismantling, or servicing commercial stairway chairlifts, vertical platform lifts, or incline platform lifts.
(c) “Accessibility lift mechanic specialist” means a person who is licensed as an accessibility lift mechanic and has been certified by the Board to erect, construct, wire, alter, replace, maintain, repair, dismantle, or service private residential elevators.
(e) “Certificate” means a certificate of registration and inspection issued by the Commissioner to operate an elevator unit.
(f) “Cliffside elevator” means an elevator located at, on, or adjacent to the side of a cliff or a natural incline that is intended for use by individuals.
(g) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor and Industry or an authorized representative of the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
(h) “Direct-acting hydraulic elevator” means an elevator in which the energy is applied by a direct hydraulic driving machine.
(i) “Dumbwaiter” means a hoisting and lowering machine equipped with a car of limited capacity and size that moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction and is used exclusively for carrying material.
(j) “Elevator” means a hoisting and lowering machine equipped with a car or platform that moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction and serves two or more floors of a building or structure.
(k) “Elevator contractor” means a person who is engaged in the business of erecting, constructing, wiring, altering, replacing, maintaining, repairing, dismantling, or servicing elevator or accessibility lift units.
(l) “Elevator mechanic” means a person who is engaged in erecting, constructing, wiring, altering, replacing, maintaining, repairing, dismantling, or servicing elevator or accessibility lift units.
(m) “Elevator refinisher” means a person who is engaged in the refinishing of existing metal and wood elements in elevator cabs, including the stripping of old lacquer on wood and bronze items, staining wood to match existing finishes, cleaning, polishing, oxidizing, painting, lacquering, and the removing of scratches to maintain existing finishes.
(n) “Elevator renovator contractor” means a person who is engaged in the business of performing work:
(o) “Elevator renovator mechanic” means a person who performs work:
(p) “Elevator unit” includes a cliffside elevator, an elevator, an escalator, a dumbwaiter, and a moving walk.
(q) “Escalator” means a power driven, inclined, continuous stairway used for raising and lowering passengers.
(r) “License” includes:
(s) “Moving walk” means a type of passenger-carrying device on which passengers stand or walk and in which the passenger-carrying surface remains parallel to its direction of motion and is uninterrupted.
(t) “Safety Code” means the American National Standard/American Society of Mechanical Engineers Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Moving Walks, known as ANSI A17.1-1971, and all subsequent amendments and revisions to it, as adopted by the Commissioner.
(v) “Third-party qualified elevator inspector” means an inspector who:
Credits
Added by Acts 2003, c. 5, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, c. 254, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2003; Acts 2006, c. 39, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2007, c. 408, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007; Acts 2009, c. 145, § 1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2012, c. 306, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2012, c. 307, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013; Acts 2013, c. 441, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; Acts 2014, c. 155, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2019, c. 8, § 5; Acts 2020, c. 569, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2020.
MD Code, Public Safety, § 12-801, MD PUBLIC SAFETY § 12-801
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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