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TN Code § 68-121-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-109. Maintenance in Safe Operating Condition

  Every elevator, dumbwaiter and escalator shall be maintained by the owner or lessee in a safe operating condition and so that it conforms to the rules and requirements of the board as adopted under § 68-121-103.   Every aerial passenger tramway shall be maintained by the owner or lessee in a safe operating condition and so that it conforms to the rules and requirements of the board as adopted under §§ 68-121-101, 68-121-103, 68-121-108, and this section.    As provided in the applicable codes of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) as adopted by the Tennessee elevator safety board, each elevator shall have a means of two-way communication. The code requirement of two-way communication may be satisfied with a dedicated line, a line consolidation technology that enables the simultaneous operation of more than one (1) communication device, or an intercom system where a central answering location is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day.   If the state chooses to upgrade its two-way communication system in elevators in state facilities, funds in the facilities revolving fund may be used for such upgrade.
TN Code § 68-121-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-110. Licensing Inspectors — Qualifications — Examinations — Fee — Revocation of License

  No person shall be licensed as an elevator inspector to inspect elevators, escalators or new or altered dumbwaiters, unless the person is an employee of the state authorized to inspect elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters or an employee authorized to inspect elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters for any insurance company insuring such elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters in this state; provided, that the person has satisfied the board that the person has had experience in inspecting elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters, has satisfactorily passed a written examination given by the board testing the person's knowledge of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted by the board under § 68-121-103; provided, however, that the board may license a person as an elevator inspector without such examination, if the person holds a license as an inspector of elevators for a state or city that has a standard of examination substantially equal to that provided for in this section. A written application for such examination and license shall be made upon a form to be supplied by the board upon request, and shall be accompanied by a statement of the applicant's experience, together with an examination fee of five dollars ($5.00). The examination shall be given not more than six (6) months from the date the applicant makes such application. If the applicant has the experience and successfully passes the examination, the applicant shall, upon payment to the board of a license fee of five dollars ($5.00), be entitled to a license as an elevator inspector as a matter of right, and the license shall be renewable annually at a fee of two dollars ($2.00). There shall be no limit to the number of times an applicant may seek a license as herein provided, except that a rejected applicant may not make a new application within six (6) months from the date on which the applicant is notified that the applicant has failed to qualify. A fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid to the board for each subsequent examination.   If the board has reason to believe that a licensed inspector is no longer qualified to hold such licensed inspector's license, it shall give such inspector reasonable notice of the time and place of a hearing at which the board shall inquire into the inspector's fitness and competency to act as an elevator inspector. If the board finds that such inspector is no longer qualified to act as an elevator inspector, it shall revoke such inspector's license forthwith, and such inspector shall not thereafter make any inspection required under this chapter.
TN Code § 68-121-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-111. Municipal Laws or Ordinances Unaffected

 This chapter shall not have the effect of replacing any municipal law or ordinance in municipalities having regulations controlling the design, construction, location, installation, inspection and operation of elevators, dumbwaiters or escalators where such local laws, ordinances or regulations are in substantial conformity with the commonly accepted standards of safety concerning the design, construction, location, installation, inspection and operation of elevators, dumbwaiters or escalators and in substantial conformity with the published standards of the American Standard Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters and Escalators, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the local officials or boards of such municipalities from the exclusive right to regulate or enforce all such local laws, ordinances or regulations now in force or hereafter enacted as may comply with the standards above defined, and no provision of this chapter shall be construed as permitting the erection of elevators, dumbwaiters or escalators without first obtaining a building or like permit from the proper municipal authorities in compliance with local laws and ordinances provided therefor.
TN Code § 68-121-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-112. Appeals

  Any person aggrieved by an order or act of the commissioner or department under this chapter may, within fifteen (15) days after notice thereof, appeal from such order or act to the board.   The board shall hear the appeal in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 68-121-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-114. Violations to Be Prosecuted

 Prosecutions for violations of this chapter shall be instituted by the commissioner, and shall be in the form of summary proceedings before a court of competent jurisdiction. Upon conviction, after a hearing, the penalties provided for in § 68-121-115 shall be imposed and shall be final, subject to appeal to a court of proper jurisdiction in the manner prescribed by law.
TN Code § 68-121-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-115. Penalties for Violations of Chapter or Permit Fee Requirements

  Any person, firm or corporation that violates any of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted by the board, or who fails or neglects to pay the fees as required in this chapter, commits a Class C misdemeanor.   The fee for any inspection or operating permit under this chapter shall be increased fifty percent (50%), if such fee is not paid within sixty (60) days from the date of the invoice for such inspection or permit.   Notwithstanding subsection (a) to the contrary, any person who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification in an application, record, report, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 68-121-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-116. Amusement Devices — Legislative Findings

  The legislature finds that:  An unsafe amusement device is likely to cause serious and preventable injuries to members of the public; and   For the welfare of the people of the state, these injuries must be prevented and the public must be protected from unsafe amusement devices.     The purpose of regulating amusement devices is to ensure, as far as reasonably possible, the safety of the public in the use of amusement devices in the state by providing for:  Adoption of safety regulations for the owner's duty of reasonable care;   An effective enforcement and compliance program;   Reporting procedures on the safety of amusement devices; and   Safety provisions governing riders' use of amusement devices.
TN Code § 68-121-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-117. Violations — Penalties

   It is an offense, punishable as provided in § 68-121-115, for:  The owner of any amusement device to operate, or permit any person to operate, any amusement device, unless an annual permit has been issued by the department to the owner of the amusement device, which permit shall be valid in any and all counties in the state for one (1) year from the date the permit is issued.   Any person to operate an amusement device, if the person:   Has knowledge that the annual permit required, pursuant to subdivision (a)(1)(A), has not been issued to the owner;   Has no authority to operate the amusement device; or   Operates the amusement device beyond the authorization given to the person by the owner.       If the amusement device is not at a fixed location within this state, then the owner of the amusement device shall only be required to obtain one (1) such annual permit and the permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous location.     The department is authorized to charge a fee to be set by the department for the issuance of an annual permit, but the department shall not issue the permit until the owner furnishes to the department proof of insurance for, and proof of inspection of the amusement device or devices by any authorized insurer, or its designated representative. The proof of insurance shall be in an amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence, insuring the owner or operator against liability for bodily injury and property damage arising from the use of the amusement device.    If the annual permit is issued for an individual amusement device, the permit shall be prominently displayed on the amusement device.   If the annual permit is issued for amusement devices to an enterprise that has multiple amusement devices owned or managed by one (1) owner, the permit shall be filed at the main office of the site where the amusement devices are located, and shall be available for inspection by any public official during the normal business hours of the office and by members of the public during the normal business operating hours of the amusement devices.     The policy or bond required by this section shall be a standardized form approved by the department and obtained from one (1) or more insurers or sureties approved by the department.
TN Code § 68-121-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-118. Responsibilities of Owner or Operator of Amusement Device — Report of Fatalities, Physical Injuries or Incidents — Inspections — Penalties

  The owner or operator of an amusement device shall immediately cease to operate any amusement device upon which a fatality, serious physical injury, or serious incident has occurred. An owner shall report any accident involving a fatality, serious physical injury, or serious incident resulting from the operation of an amusement device to the commissioner, in writing, within twenty-four (24) hours and contact a qualified inspector from the list maintained by the commissioner pursuant to § 68-121-119 to conduct an inspection.   The cessation shall remain in force until an inspection has been performed by a qualified inspector, the inspector has determined that the amusement device or related equipment is safe for public use, and the department has authorized the owner or operator to resume operation of the amusement device.   The qualified inspector shall initiate the inspection within twenty-four (24) hours of receipt of the report of a fatality, serious physical injury, or serious incident caused by the operation of an amusement device and shall perform the inspection in a manner that proceeds with all practicable speed and minimizes the disruption of the remainder of the amusement devices at the site where the amusement device is located, as well as unrelated commercial activities. The cost of an inspection shall be paid for by the owner of the amusement device. The amusement device may resume operation, upon authorization from the department, immediately following the reasonable determination by a qualified inspector that a principal cause of the serious physical injury was the victim's failure to comply with the posted safety rules or with verbal instructions. If an owner or operator of an amusement device fails to comply with any requirement listed in this section, that owner or operator shall incur a penalty of three hundred dollars ($300) each day, enforceable by the department, until full compliance is achieved. Any penalties deposited or collected shall be deposited into the general fund.
TN Code § 68-121-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-119. Qualified Inspectors

  The commissioner shall compile a list of persons who have been found to be qualified inspectors. The list shall be posted on the web site maintained by the department.   The commissioner may employ or contract with qualified inspectors to conduct inspections of amusement devices pursuant to this chapter. However, if the commissioner does not employ or contract with qualified inspectors, then owners and operators shall provide the commissioner with all resulting inspection reports.
TN Code § 68-121-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-120. Operation of Amusement Device — Inspections — Permit

  A person shall not operate an amusement device unless the owner of the amusement device has the device inspected at least once annually by a qualified inspector, who is either provided by the commissioner or whom the owner or insurer has selected from the lists maintained on the department's website pursuant to § 68-121-119, and has obtained written documentation from the qualified inspector that the inspection has been made and the amusement device meets American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) standards or the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) industry standards. The owner of the amusement device is solely responsible for the cost of an inspection conducted pursuant to this subsection (a).   The inspection required pursuant to subsection (a) must be conducted, at a minimum, to meet the manufacturer's or engineer's specifications and to follow the applicable ASTM standards or ACCT industry standards.   The commissioner may conduct a spot inspection of any amusement device without notice at any time while the amusement device is operating or will be operating in this state. The commissioner's designee may order temporary suspension of an operating permit if it has been determined after a spot inspection that an amusement device or devices are hazardous or unsafe. Operation of the amusement device shall not resume until the hazardous or unsafe condition has been corrected and subjected to reinspection by the commissioner for an inspection fee established by rule.   An operator of an amusement device must be competent and at least sixteen (16) years of age. An operator shall operate no more than one (1) amusement device at any one (1) time and shall be in attendance at all times the device is in operation.
TN Code § 68-121-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-121. Maintenance, Inspection, and Accidents Records for Amusement Device — Proof of Inspection

  Each owner or operator shall retain on the premises or with a traveling or portable amusement device for at least twenty-four (24) months, all maintenance, inspection and accident records for each amusement device. The owner shall make the records for the amusement device under inspection for failure or malfunction available to the commissioner or the board upon request. The documents may be kept electronically or digitally.   An owner or operator of an amusement device, as applicable, shall prominently display or have available on location the amusement device's proof of inspection, which shall include the date of the last inspection of the amusement device.
TN Code § 68-121-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-122. Itinerary of Traveling or Portable Amusement Devices — Filing and Content

  The owner or operator of traveling or portable amusement devices shall file an itinerary with the department on a form prescribed by the commissioner no less than thirty (30) days before the operation of an amusement device for use by the public.   The itinerary shall include the following:  The name of the amusement device owner;   The carnival, fair, or activity sponsor;   The address and telephone number of the site;   The dates open to the public; and   The name of the contact person on site.
TN Code § 68-121-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-123. Operation of Amusement Device During Pendency of Cessation — Remedies

 In addition to any and all other remedies, if an owner, operator or person in charge of any amusement device continues to operate any amusement device during the pendency of a cessation pursuant to § 68-121-118 or § 68-121-120, then the commissioner may petition the circuit court, in an action brought in the name of the state, for a writ of injunction to restrain the use of the alleged defective amusement device.
TN Code § 68-121-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 121 - Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, and Aerial Tramways|§ 68-121-124. Liability for Accidents

 The state and its officers and employees or members of the board shall not be construed to assume liability arising out of an accident involving an amusement device by reason of administration of this chapter.
TN Code § 68-141-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 141 - Poison Control|§ 68-141-101. Establishment of Poison Control Centers

 The department of health is authorized to establish and maintain a system of poison control centers in Tennessee that:   Serves public and health care professionals in urban and rural areas;   Designates regions within the network; and   Designates regional poison control centers within the network.
TN Code § 68-141-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 141 - Poison Control|§ 68-141-102. Designation of Regional Control Centers — Criteria

 The commissioner of health may consider the following criteria in designating regional control centers:   Compliance or expected compliance with the state poison control standards;   Location in relation to the geographical distribution of persons served;   Whether the facility is presently providing poison control services; and   The capacity of such providers to deliver and coordinate poison prevention awareness programs to the general public.
TN Code § 68-141-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 141 - Poison Control|§ 68-141-103. Prohibited Activities — Exceptions

  No person or persons, business, agency, organization or other entity, whether public or private, may hold itself out as providing a poison advice service or use the term “poison control center,” “poison center,” or any other term that implies that it is qualified to provide advice on the treatment of poison exposures in its advertising, name, or in printed material information it furnishes to the general public unless that entity meets one of the following conditions:  Has been designated by the commissioner of health a regional poison control center; or   Is a company or organization which provides a poison information service for products or chemicals which it manufactures or distributes.     Nothing in this section prohibits a qualified health care professional, within such professional's level of professional expertise, from providing advice regarding poisoning or poisons to such professional's patient or patients upon request or whenever such professional deems it warranted in the exercise of such professional's professional judgment, as otherwise permitted by law.
TN Code § 68-141-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 141 - Poison Control|§ 68-141-104. Designation as Regional Control Center — Standards

 The commissioner of health may establish minimum standards for designation as a regional control center. Such standards may require regional poison control centers to do all of the following:   Answer requests by telephone for poison information and make recommendations for appropriate emergency management and treatment referrals of poisoning exposures. These services, provided twenty-four (24) hours a day, may involve the following:  Determining whether a true poisoning emergency exists;   Determining whether treatment can be accomplished at the scene of the incident, or whether transport to an emergency treatment facility is required;   Recommending treatment measures to appropriate personnel; and   Carrying out follow-up to assure that adequate care is provided;     Utilize physicians, pharmacists, nurses and supportive personnel trained in various aspects of toxicology, poison control, poison prevention and poison information retrieval;   Provide public awareness programs on poison prevention and utilization of regional poison control centers; and   Maintain a data collection program of poison exposures and prepare an annual report.
TN Code § 68-141-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 141 - Poison Control|§ 68-141-105. Services — Confidentiality

 A regional poison control center may provide the services described in § 68-141-104, either directly or through contract with other facilities or agencies. Appropriate measures shall be taken to ensure the confidentiality of information about individuals to whom treatment for poison exposures is provided in accordance with guidelines established by the commissioner of health.
TN Code § 68-141-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 68 - Health, Safety and Environmental Protection|Chapter 141 - Poison Control|§ 68-141-106. Tennessee Poison Control Network Advisory Committee

 The commissioner of health may appoint the members of the Tennessee poison control network advisory committee, which is created to advise the department on matters pertaining to the designation, standards and coordination of regional poison control centers participating in the Tennessee poison control network. The committee shall consist of no more than nine (9) members, which shall include the commissioner or the commissioner's designee, at least one (1) representative from each regional poison control center, knowledgeable members of the general public, and representatives of governmental agencies involved in poison safety or public health. Members of the committee shall receive no compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.