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RI Gen L § 23-33-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-12 - Inspection - Reinspection - Examination and Licensee fee - Renewal.

§ 23-33-12. Inspection — Reinspection — Examination and Licensee fee — Renewal.(a) (1) For every original inspection made by the inspectors under the provisions of this chapter, the owner shall pay to the division the required fee which shall include the cost of the certificate. The fee shall be paid in the amount of amounts as set forth as follows:Inspection of dumbwaiters . . . . . $ 72.00 Biennial inspection of elevator or escalator . . . . . 200.00 Inspection of elevator . . . . . 120.00 Inspection of escalator or moving walk . . . . . 120.00 Inspection of wheelchair lift . . . . . 72.00 Inspection of vertical reciprocating conveyors . . . . . 72.00 Annual renewal of authorized inspection permit . . . . . 60.00 Authorized inspector's examination fee . . . . . 60.00 This fee shall include the initial inspection. Reinspection of elevators and escalators . . . . . 90.00 Reinspection of all other devices . . . . . 54.00 Delinquent payment fee . . . . . 24.00 Duplicate certificate fee . . . . . 12.00 Company license . . . . . 240.00 Mechanics/Installers license . . . . . 78.00(2) A fee in the amount of one percent (1%) of the contract price shall accompany each application for a permit to install or modernize any device subject to the provisions of this chapter.(b) The inspection fee shall be paid immediately upon the conclusion of the inspection and before a certificate is issued, provided, however, that no inspection fees shall be paid by any city, town, or fire district, or state agency, or by any religious or charitable society, association, or church.(c) A delinquent payment fee shall be due and payable on all invoices received more than thirty (30) days past the billing date.(d) All certificates shall be renewable annually except for those certificates issued to locations with full maintenance contracts. Such locations shall be issued certificates valid for a period of two (2) years, unless the contract becomes null and void, in which case the certificate shall become annually renewable. All certificates shall be valid until revoked.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-12; P.L. 1960, ch. 74, § 11; P.L. 1977, ch. 256, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 510, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 32, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 84, § 1; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 13, § 5.
RI Gen L § 23-33-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-13 - Reports of authorized inspectors - Issuance of certificate - Fee.

§ 23-33-13. Reports of authorized inspectors — Issuance of certificate — Fee.When any authorized inspector shall inspect an elevator, or any other device subject to the provisions of this chapter, the inspector shall immediately make a report of the inspection to the administrator, and if the elevator or device is adjudged to conform in all respects with the code of rules, the administrator, upon payment of a fee of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), shall issue to the owner of the elevator or device a certificate stating the date of the issue of the certificate, which shall be renewable annually, but shall be valid until revoked.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-13; P.L. 1964, ch. 126, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 115, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 72, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-14 - Reports of refusal or cancellation of insurance.

§ 23-33-14. Reports of refusal or cancellation of insurance.Every authorized inspector holding a permit from the chief shall immediately report to the chief the name of the owner or user and the location of every elevator or escalator on which insurance has been refused, cancelled, or discontinued because of existing dangerous defects, and shall within a reasonable time report all other refusals, cancellations, and discontinuances.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-14.
RI Gen L § 23-33-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-15 - Order to cease operation or make repairs.

§ 23-33-15. Order to cease operation or make repairs.If as a result of inspection, the chief shall determine that any elevator or device is in such a condition as to be unsafe, and that the danger is imminent, the chief shall order the operation of that elevator or device to be stopped immediately, and the certificate revoked, and shall physically render the unit inoperable, and thereupon operation shall be stopped until the elevator or device or the defective part or parts thereof shall be repaired or renewed and put in safe condition, and a new certificate thereof under the provisions of this chapter issued by the chief or compliance inspector. Where there is no immediate danger, the chief or compliance inspector shall notify the owner or the owner agent to remedy the defect or defects within such reasonable time as he or she may prescribe, and if the defect or defects are not remedied within the prescribed time, the use of the elevator or device shall be discontinued at the expiration thereof, and the certificate revoked until the elevator or device is put in a safe condition and a new certificate is issued by the chief or compliance inspector.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-15; P.L. 1985, ch. 510, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 53, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-16 - Issuance and posting of certificate.

§ 23-33-16. Issuance and posting of certificate.Whenever a compliance inspector or an authorized inspector shall have inspected any existing elevator or device and shall have found it safe for operation; or whenever any repairs required by the inspector to be made on any existing elevator or device shall have been completed to his or her satisfaction; or whenever in the case of any elevator or device hereafter installed, the chief shall have satisfied himself or herself, by inspection, or otherwise, that it may be safely operated; or whenever in the case of any elevator or device hereafter erected the chief shall have satisfied himself or herself that the elevator or device complies with the standards and rules set forth in the code of rules, the chief shall, upon payment of the required fee stated in § 23-33-12, issue to the owner of the elevator or device the certificate authorizing the operation of the elevator or device, stating the date of the issue of such certificate, which shall be renewable annually, but shall be valid until revoked. Each certificate shall be conspicuously posted by the owner of the elevator or device in the cars of elevators or in conspicuous places contiguous to other devices.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-16; P.L. 1992, ch. 81, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-17 - Notice of new installation - Temporary permit for testing.

§ 23-33-17. Notice of new installation — Temporary permit for testing.No elevator or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter shall be erected in any building within the limits of this state unless it shall be constructed, installed, and equipped in compliance with the rules set forth in the code; and any person erecting or installing any elevator or other device shall immediately notify the division and the chief shall thereupon satisfy himself or herself, either by inspection or by guaranty from the manufacturer of the device, that the elevator or device complies with the requirements of this chapter. Upon being so satisfied, the chief shall furnish to the owner of the elevator or device a permit authorizing the installation of the elevator or device, and the right to operate the elevator or device temporarily for test purposes. The permit shall be conspicuously posted adjacent to the elevator or device being installed. The permit shall not authorize the regular operation of the elevator or device for the usual function of carrying freight or passengers.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 8; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-17; P.L. 1992, ch. 81, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-18 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-18 - Assistance to owners - Appeal of decisions to commission.

§ 23-33-18. Assistance to owners — Appeal of decisions to commission.Any owner of an elevator or device may consult with the director of labor and training or the chief inspector for advice and assistance in complying with the provisions of the code of rules and of this chapter. In case the owner shall be dissatisfied with any decision of the director or chief regarding the operation, inspection, and maintenance under the code of rules, the owner may, within thirty (30) days of the decision, appeal to the occupational safety and health review board for a variation or modification of the decision under the provisions of §§ 28-20-19 and 28-20-29.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-18; P.L. 1992, ch. 81, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-19 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-19 - Appeals to superior court.

§ 23-33-19. Appeals to superior court.Any owner of any elevator or device aggrieved by any decision of the occupational safety and health review board refusing to grant a variation or modification of the code of rules governing the construction, inspection, maintenance, and operation, may, within thirty (30) days after the decision, commence action in the superior court against the director of labor and training for a review of the decision under the provisions of § 28-20-20.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-19; P.L. 1992, ch. 81, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-21 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-21 - Severability.

§ 23-33-21. Severability.If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the sections, and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-21; P.L. 1992, ch. 81, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-22 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-22 - Repealed.

§ 23-33-22. Repealed.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 108, § 15; P.L. 1902, ch. 973, § 1; G.L. 1909, ch. 129, § 15; G.L. 1923, ch. 171, § 15; G.L. 1938, ch. 356, § 15; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-22; Repealed by P.L. 1992, ch. 52, § 1, effective June 11, 1992.
RI Gen L § 23-33-22.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-22.1 - Warning signs near elevators in nursing homes.

§ 23-33-22.1. Warning signs near elevators in nursing homes.A conspicuous warning sign stating "In Case of Fire Do Not Use Elevator" shall be placed next to the places of ingress or egress to every elevator used for conveying persons or goods in any building used primarily as a nursing home or as a home for the elderly and/or people with disabilities.History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 38, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 83, § 57; P.L. 1999, ch. 130, § 57.
RI Gen L § 23-33-23 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-23 - Safety devices on elevators.

§ 23-33-23. Safety devices on elevators.All hoistway or elevator openings through floors shall be fully enclosed by two (2) hour fire rated construction with one and one half (1½) hour fire rated doors. Any passenger elevator which is not constructed so as to allow egress of persons from the elevator in any position in which it might be stopped, by accident or otherwise, shall be constructed or arranged so that the roof or the top of the elevator, or a sufficient portion thereof to allow egress of persons from it, may be conveniently opened from the top of the car; all elevators shall be equipped with an alarm warning device, or other means which shall emit a signal when the elevator is stuck between floors; and no elevator shall be thereafter used or operated which shall not be so constructed or arranged. Every elevator, except plunger elevators, shall be provided with some approved safety arrangement to prevent falling, and every elevator shall be fitted with some suitable device to prevent the elevator car from being started until the door or doors opening into the elevator shaft are closed; and no person under the age of eighteen (18) years shall take charge of or operate any elevator.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 108, § 16; P.L. 1901, ch. 921, § 1; P.L. 1902, ch. 973, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1121; G.L. 1909, ch. 129, § 16; P.L. 1910, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 171, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 356, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-23; P.L. 1975, ch. 220, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 51, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-24 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-24 - Inspections - Notice of violations.

§ 23-33-24. Inspections — Notice of violations.It shall be the duty of the compliance inspectors appointed or empowered by law to inspect all elevators and other devices subject to the provisions of this chapter in every building within their jurisdiction in any city or town, and it shall be the duty of the compliance inspectors to notify the lessee and owner, or some one of the owners, of every building in which an elevator or other device shall be used or operated contrary to the provisions of this chapter, of the violation and require the lessee or owner or some one of the owners of the building, within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the notice, to comply with the provisions of those sections, and it shall be the duty of the lessee and owner, or owners, to comply with that requirement.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 108, § 16; P.L. 1902, ch. 973, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1121; G.L. 1909, ch. 129, § 16; P.L. 1910, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 171, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 356, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-24; P.L. 1992, ch. 48, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-25 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-25 - Access of owners to leased premises.

§ 23-33-25. Access of owners to leased premises.The owner or owners of any building or premises under lease, and their servants and agents, may enter upon the leased building or premises for the public welfare, with the purpose of making the building comply with the provisions of this chapter, and may remain thereon during such time as may reasonably be required for the performance of such work as may be necessary to effect that purpose, interfering with the lessee no more than may be necessary.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 108, § 16; P.L. 1902, ch. 973, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1121; G.L. 1909, ch. 129, § 16; P.L. 1910, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 171, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 356, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-25; P.L. 1992, ch. 81, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-26 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-26 - Civil liability for injuries resulting from noncompliance.

§ 23-33-26. Civil liability for injuries resulting from noncompliance.In all cases in which any person shall suffer injury or in which the death of any person shall ensue in consequence of the failure of the lessee or owner or owners of any building to comply with the provisions of this chapter, or in consequence of the failure of the lessee or owner or owners to comply with the written notice and requirement of any compliance inspector, when made in conformity to the provisions of this chapter the lessee and owner or owners shall be jointly and severally liable to any person so injured in an action for damages for the injury; and in case of death the lessee and owner or owners shall be jointly and severally liable in damages for the injury caused by the death of the person, to be recovered by action in the same manner and for the benefit of the same persons as is provided in § 10-7-2; which action, when the lessee and the owner are nonresidents, may be commenced by attachment. It shall be no defense to the action that the person injured, or whose death ensues, had knowledge that any elevator or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter was being operated in the building contrary to the provisions of this chapter, or that the person continued to ride in or on the elevator or device with that knowledge.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 108, § 16; P.L. 1902, ch. 973, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1121; G.L. 1909, ch. 129, § 16; P.L. 1910, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 171, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 356, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-26; P.L. 1992, ch. 81, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-27 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-27 - Fine for noncompliance.

§ 23-33-27. Fine for noncompliance.The lessee or owner or owners of any building, or, in case the lessee or owner, or any of them, be non compos mentis or a minor, the guardian of any such lessee or owner, or in case the lessee or owner, or any of them, be a nonresident, the agent of any such lessee or owner, having charge of the property, who shall neglect or fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be fined in accordance with the provisions of § 22-33-20 for each day that an elevator or other device shall be used or operated in the building contrary to the provisions of this chapter. In case there shall be several such lessees or owners or agents in charge of any building in which an elevator or other device shall be used or operated contrary to the provisions of this chapter proceedings may be had against any or all of them jointly, or against any one of them, for the recovery of the fine.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 108, § 16; P.L. 1901, ch. 921, § 1; P.L. 1902, ch. 973, § 2; C.P.A. 1905, § 1121; G.L. 1909, ch. 129, § 16; P.L. 1910, ch. 549, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 171, § 16; G.L. 1938, ch. 356, § 16; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-27; P.L. 1994, ch. 181, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-33-28 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-28 - Municipal regulation.

§ 23-33-28. Municipal regulation.No city or town shall have power to make any ordinance, bylaw or resolution concerning elevators, escalators, or other devices subject to the provisions of this chapter regarding the inspection, licensing, construction, installation, maintenance, or repair of any elevator, escalator or other device subject to the provisions of this chapter within the limits of the city or town, and any ordinance, bylaw or resolution heretofore made or passed or concerning any of the matters subject to this chapter, shall be void and of no effect. Any application made to municipalities shall be immediately forwarded for consideration and inspection to the division of occupational safety.History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 40, § 26; G.L. 1909, ch. 50, § 27; G.L. 1923, ch. 51, § 27; G.L. 1938, ch. 333, § 28; impl. am. P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-28; P.L. 1992, ch. 47, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 326, § 43.
RI Gen L § 23-33-29 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-33 - Elevators, Escalators, and Dumbwaiters|Section 23-33-29 - Relief from personal responsibility.

§ 23-33-29. Relief from personal responsibility.The director of the department of labor and training, the administrator of the division of occupational safety, the chief elevator inspector and his or her compliance inspectors charged with the enforcement of this code, while acting for the state, shall not thereby render himself or herself liable personally, and he or she is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damages that may accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required or permitted in the discharge of his or her official duties. Any suit instituted against any officer or employee because of an act performed by him or her in the lawful discharge of duties and under the provisions of this code shall be defended by the legal representative of the state in the case of the director or his or her agents or representatives, until the final determination of the proceedings. In no case shall the director or any of his or her subordinates be liable for costs or damages in any action, suit or proceeding that may be instituted pursuant to the provisions of this code. The director or his or her agents, acting in good faith and without malice and within the scope of their employment shall be free from liability for acts performed under any of its provisions or by reason of any act or omission in the performance of his or her official duties in connection therewith.History of Section.P.L. 1992, ch. 49, § 1.