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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 2.5 - HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES - SAFETY REQUIREMENTS (§§ 9-2.5-101 — 9-2.5-106) › Section 9-2.5-106 - Compliance with national electrical safety code - due care

Proof of compliance with the requirements of an applicable national electrical safety code standard, as published by the institute of electrical and electronics engineers or a successor entity, that is or was in effect at the time of the installation of the overhead line, establishes the highest degree of care in the defense of a negligence claim asserted by any person or entity that is exempt from this article pursuant to section
9-2.5-105
.
L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 126, § 1, effective August 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 3 - FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - SALE AND USE (§§ 9-3-101 — 9-3-105) › Section 9-3-101 - Use of toxic fire-extinguishing agents prohibited

No person, partnership, association, or corporation shall use or install for use in any place of public assemblage, public or private school, hospital, institution, business or office building, apartment building, penal institution, nursing or convalescent home, factory, mill, workshop, bakery, hotel, motel, store, boarding or bunkhouse, theater, motor vehicle used for the transportation of students or passengers for hire, or establishment wherein laborers are employed any fire extinguisher or fire-extinguishing device containing carbon tetrachloride or an active agent having a level of vapor toxicity equal to or greater than carbon tetrachloride. Fire extinguishers acceptable under this article are those covered in national fire protection association's bulletin #10, dated May 19, 1967, entitled "Standard for the Installation of Portable Fire Extinguishers", and national fire protection association's bulletin #10A, dated May 19, 1967, entitled "Maintenance and Use of Portable Fire Extinguishers".
L. 69: p. 185, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-5-1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 3 - FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - SALE AND USE (§§ 9-3-101 — 9-3-105) › Section 9-3-102 - Sale of illegal fire extinguishers prohibited

No person shall sell, give, or offer for sale any fire extinguisher or fire-extinguishing device containing or designed to contain any active agent prohibited in section
9-3-101
, if such fire extinguisher or fire-extinguishing device is intended for installation and use in any building or motor vehicle referred to in section
9-3-101
, or is a grenade type or fusible link release device for use in any of said buildings or motor vehicles.
L. 69: p. 185, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-5-2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 3 - FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - SALE AND USE (§§ 9-3-101 — 9-3-105) › Section 9-3-103 - Enforcement

The sheriffs of every county in this state, the fire chiefs of every town, city, and fire protection district, and the safety inspectors appointed by the executive director of the department of labor and employment have full and concurrent jurisdiction to investigate violations of this article and enforce the provisions thereof.
L. 69: p. 185, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-5-3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 3 - FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - SALE AND USE (§§ 9-3-101 — 9-3-105) › Section 9-3-104 - Violation - penalty

Any person who violates any provision of this article 3 commits a petty offense.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 101, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 69: p. 185, § 4. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-5-4.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 3 - FIRE EXTINGUISHERS - SALE AND USE (§§ 9-3-101 — 9-3-105) › Section 9-3-105 - District attorney to prosecute

Every district attorney to whom there is presented, or who in any way procures satisfactory evidence of any violation of the provisions of this article, shall cause appropriate proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted in the proper courts, without delay, for the enforcement of the penalties as provided in section
9-3-104
.
L. 69: p. 186, § 5. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-5-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-102 - Boiler inspection section - created - director - chief boiler inspector - inspectors - qualifications

(1)
The director shall carry out the provisions of this article 4. The director may appoint a chief boiler inspector to oversee the boiler inspection section, which is created in the division of oil and public safety. The boiler inspection section is a
type 2
entity, as defined in section
24-1-105
. The chief boiler inspector and each state boiler inspector must be qualified from practical experience in the construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of boilers as a mechanical or safety engineer, steam engineer, boilermaker, or boiler inspector of not less than five years' actual experience to enable him or her to judge the safety of boilers for use as such. Neither the chief boiler inspector nor any state boiler inspector shall be interested directly or indirectly in the manufacture, ownership, or sale of boilers or boiler supplies.
(2)
The chief boiler inspector and state boiler inspectors shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling expenses as provided by law.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 469,§97, eff. 8/10/2022.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 269, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-2. L. 2001: (1) amended, p. 1135, § 57, effective June 5. L. 2011: Entire section amended, (HB 11-1050), ch. 8, p. 16, §2, effective August 10.
2022 Ch. 469, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-104 - Exemptions

(1)
The following are exempt from the provisions of this article:
(a)
Boilers located in private residences;
(b)
Boilers located in apartment houses having less than six family units;
(c)
Any city or town where boiler inspectors of comparable capability to state boiler inspectors are employed, where adequate records of boiler inspections are maintained, and where there is in effect a boiler inspection code comparable to that of the state pursuant to the ordinances of said city or town. A city or town not now providing such service may, upon application to the director of the division of oil and public safety with submission of proof of such comparability, be authorized by the director of the division of oil and public safety to establish a boiler inspection system that is exempt from the provisions of this article.
(d)
Service and domestic-type water heaters;
(e)
Boilers owned or operated by the federal government;
(f)
Locomotive boilers of carriers subject to the federal locomotive inspection law.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 270, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-4. L. 2001: (1)(c) amended, p. 1136, § 59, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-105 - Inspections of boilers

(1)
Inspectors making internal inspections of boilers shall give the owner or user not less than five days' prior notice of the time when they will make such inspections.
(2)
An inspector may, upon seeing conditions that, in the inspector's discretion, indicate that there has been deterioration of any pressure-containing portion of a boiler or pressure vessel, assess the leak tightness capability of a boiler or pressure vessel by conducting a pressure test in accordance with the pressure testing considerations and guidance contained in the national board inspection code. The owner or user of the pressure-retaining boiler or pressure vessel shall provide any necessary labor and equipment required to apply the pressure test prescribed by the inspector.
(3)
If at any time an inspector finds a boiler or pressure vessel which, according to the Colorado boiler and pressure vessel code, is unsafe after inspection of same, he shall condemn and forbid its future use until satisfactory repairs are made or said boiler is replaced.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 271, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-5. L. 2009: (2) amended, (HB 09-1309), ch. 234, p. 1071, §2, effective May 4.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-106 - Owner to report boilers - wrongful use - inspection of new installations

(1)
It is the duty of the owner or user of boilers, except those boilers exempt from the provisions of this article under section
9-4-104
, used or which are to be used in this state, to report to the section the location of newly installed or relocated boilers.
(2)
Before the installers of any boiler have boilers placed in service, they shall notify the section, which, within ten days or as soon thereafter as possible from the date of receiving such notification, shall send an inspector to examine said boilers to determine that the construction, material, bracing, fuel and fluid supply systems, control apparatus, combustion air and ventilating air, electric wiring, piping, and all other parts of such boilers are such as to assure the safety of the boilers.
(3)
Upon completion of installation, all boilers shall be inspected by a state boiler inspector. At the time of inspection, each boiler shall be assigned a serial number by the inspector, which serial number shall be stamped on or affixed to the boiler.
(4)
The serial number and letters, whether stamped on or affixed to the boiler, shall not be less than five-sixteenths of an inch in height, and the serial number shall be preceded by the letters "Colo". The stamping shall not be concealed by lagging or paint and shall be exposed at all times. Metal tags shall be furnished by the section on which the assigned number may be stamped. The tag shall be securely affixed to the boiler in the area of the manufacturer's identification and must be used when the metal of which the boiler is made may be damaged by direct stamping.
(5)
The owners or users of boilers, or engineers in charge of same, shall not allow a greater pressure in any boiler than is stated on the certificate of inspection issued by the section. No person or business entity shall use any boiler that has been condemned as unsafe by a state boiler inspector. No person or business entity shall operate a boiler without a valid certificate of inspection.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 271, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-106.5 - Owner to report boilers taken out of service

(1)
It is the duty of the owner or user of boilers used in this state, except those boilers exempt from the provisions of this article under section
9-4-104
, to report to the section the location and state serial number of boilers that have been taken out of service but not removed from the premises. For purposes of this article, a boiler is not "taken out of service" if it is temporarily shut down for routine maintenance or minor repairs.
(2)
The section, under the direction of the director, shall formulate rules for the safe removal from service of boilers condemned pursuant to section
9-4-105(3)
or voluntarily taken out of service by the owner or user.
(3)
A boiler that has been condemned or voluntarily taken out of service may be placed back in service, subject to any applicable requirements for satisfactory repair, imposed pursuant to section
9-4-105(3)
, and subject to compliance with section
9-4-106
. For purposes of section
9-4-106
, such a boiler shall be treated as a new boiler.
L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 164, § 2, effective March 17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-107 - Certificate

(1)
If, upon inspection, a boiler is found to comply with the Colorado boiler and pressure vessel code, the owner or user thereof shall pay directly to the section such fee as is prescribed by section
9-4-109
, and the division of oil and public safety shall issue to such owner or user an inspection certificate bearing the date of inspection and the date of expiration of the certificate and specifying the maximum pressure under which the boiler may be operated.
(2)
An inspection certificate is valid for the period stated on the face of the certificate.
(3)
The certificate of inspection or a copy of the certificate of inspection shall be posted in the room containing the boiler inspected or, in the case of a portable boiler, shall be kept in a metal container to be fastened to the boiler. Failure to properly exhibit the certificate of inspection will result in another inspection of the boiler and demand for inspection fees.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 272, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-7. L. 2001: (1) amended, p. 1136, § 60, effective June 5. L. 2011: (2) and (3) amended, (HB 11-1050), ch. 8, p. 17, §4, effective August 10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-108 - Violation by owner or user - penalty - enforcement

(1)
If the owner of any boiler fails to report the location of such boiler to the section, the owner is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if the owner or his agent fails to have said boiler ready for internal inspection as provided in this article, said owner shall be liable to pay fees and expenses of the inspector incurred in the inspection of any such boiler.
(2)
Any owner who fails or refuses to comply with all requirements or directions of this article pertaining to notification of boiler placement, replacement, or operation; condones operation of condemned boilers; refuses a reasonable request to inspect any boiler used for heating or water supply service or any similar use; refuses to pay inspection and expenses or penalties or license fees; operates any boiler or similar device in defiance of a division of oil and public safety order or an order of the director shall, upon notice, cease to use or operate or allow the use or operation of any approved or nonapproved boiler or water-heating equipment owned by him or her until permission to resume use of such equipment is granted by the director.
(3)
Actions shall be instituted by the attorney general or the district attorney, or may be instituted by the city attorney of any city, to prosecute such acts in violation of this article within his jurisdiction as may come to his knowledge or to enforce the provisions of this article independently and without specific direction of the director. Each such violation shall be a separate offense.
(4)
Any person convicted of a violation of this article 4 commits a petty offense.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 102, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 272, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-8. L. 76: (3) amended, p. 363, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2001: (2) amended, p. 1136, § 61, effective June 5.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-108.5 - Variances

Any owner or user may apply to the director for a rule or order for a variance from the standards, rules, regulations, or requirements of this article, upon providing such information as prescribed by the director. The director shall issue such rule or order if he determines that the proponent of the variance has demonstrated that the construction, installation, and operation of the boiler or pressure vessel will be as safe as if the standards, rules, regulations, or requirements were complied with. The rule or order so issued shall prescribe the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and repair conditions that the owner or user must maintain. Such a rule or order may be modified or revoked upon application by an owner or user or by the director on his own motion at any time after six months from its issuance.
L. 76: Entire section added, p. 363, § 3, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-110 - Special inspectors

(1)
In addition to the boiler inspectors authorized by this article, the section shall, upon request of any company authorized to insure against loss from explosion of boilers in this state, issue to any boiler inspectors of said company commissions as special boiler inspectors. Each such inspector, before receiving a commission, shall satisfy the division of oil and public safety that such inspector is properly qualified to perform such inspections. Possession of a valid commission as inspector issued by the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors shall be considered to be proper qualification.
(2)
Such special boiler inspectors shall receive no salary from, nor shall any of their expenses be paid by, the state, and continuance of a special boiler inspector's commission shall be conditioned upon such special boiler inspector's continuing in the employ of the boiler insurance company duly authorized as aforesaid and upon the maintenance of the standards imposed by the division of oil and public safety. Such special boiler inspectors shall perform their functions in accordance with the instructions for special boiler inspectors formulated by the section.
(3)
Such special boiler inspectors shall inspect all boilers insured by their respective companies and, when so inspected, the owners or users of such insured boilers shall pay Colorado boiler inspection fees for the issuance of a certificate of inspection.
(4)
Each company employing such special boiler inspectors, within thirty days following each boiler inspection made by such inspectors, shall file a report of such inspection with the section upon appropriate forms promulgated by the division of oil and public safety.
(5)
If the division of oil and public safety has reason to believe that a special boiler inspector is no longer qualified to hold an appointment or commission, the division of oil and public safety or its selected agent, upon not less than ten days' written notice to the inspector and the inspector's employer, shall hold a hearing at which such inspector and the inspector's employer shall have an opportunity to be heard. If, as a result of such hearing, the division of oil and public safety or its selected agent finds that such inspector is no longer qualified to hold an appointment or commission, the division of oil and public safety, or upon recommendation of its selected agent, shall revoke or suspend such appointment or commission.
(6)
A person whose appointment or commission has been suspended shall be entitled to apply, after ninety days from the date of such suspension, for reinstatement of such appointment or commission.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 275, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-10. L. 2001: (1), (2), (4), and (5) amended, p. 1137, § 63, effective June 5; (3) amended, p. 530, § 2, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-110.5 - Owner-user inspection organizations - registration

(1)
A person, firm, partnership, or corporation operating boilers or pressure vessels may seek approval and registration as an owner-user inspection organization by filing an application with the director on prescribed forms.
(2)
The applicant shall show the name of the organization and its principal address and the name and address of the person or persons having supervision over inspections made by the organization on the application and registration. The applicant shall report changes in supervisory personnel to the director within thirty days after the change.
(3)
Each owner-user inspection organization shall:
(a)
Conduct inspection of its nonexempt boilers and pressure vessels, utilizing only qualified inspection personnel;
(b)
Retain on file at the location where equipment is inspected a true record or copy of the report of each inspection signed by the owner-user inspector who made the inspection;
(c)
Promptly notify the director of any boiler or pressure vessel that does not meet requirements for safe operation;
(d)
Maintain inspection records that include a list of nonexempt boilers and pressure vessels, showing the serial number and the abbreviated description as may be necessary for identification, the date of the last inspection of each unit, the approximate date of the next inspection, and documentation of all repairs. Such inspection records shall be readily available for examination by the director, the chief boiler inspector, or their designee during business hours.
(e)
Transmit a statement annually to the director, on a date mutually agreed upon. The individual having supervision over the inspections made during the period covered shall sign the statement and shall include the number of vessels inspected during the year and shall certify that each inspection was conducted in accordance with the inspection requirements in the Colorado boiler and pressure vessel rules.
(4)
A state-issued certificate of inspection is required for boilers and pressure vessels inspected by an owner-user inspection organization when all of the requirements in this section are met.
(5)
An individual or organization performing an inspection pursuant to this section shall have liability insurance appropriate for the size and scope of the relevant inspection.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1217), ch. 51, p. 184, § 2, effective August 8.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-111 - Penalty - inspector fails to perform duty

An inspector of boilers, for every failure to perform his or her duties, commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 462,§ 103, eff. 3/1/2022.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 275, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-11.
Section 803(2) of chapter 462 (SB 21-271), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed on or after March 1, 2022.
2021 Ch. 462, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-113 - New power boiler installations

(1)
No power boiler, except those exempt by this article, shall be installed in this state unless it has been constructed, inspected, and stamped in conformity with the rules for construction of power boilers of the A.S.M.E. boiler and pressure vessel code and is registered with the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors, and inspected in accordance with the requirements of this article and the rules and regulations of the section.
(2)
A power boiler having the standard stamping of another state that has adopted a standard of construction equivalent to the standard provided in this article may be accepted by the director; however, the person or firm desiring to install the boiler shall make application for the installation and shall file with this application the manufacturer's data report covering the construction of the boiler in question.
(3)
All new power boiler installations and reinstalled boilers shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the A.S.M.E. boiler and pressure vessel code and, in addition, in accordance with the requirements of this section.
(4)
All power boilers heated with gas, oil, or mechanical firing, except forced flow steam generators designed to operate without a fixed water level and stoker- or hand-fired coal-burning units which are constantly attended, shall be provided with an automatic low-water fuel cutout and with an automatic fuel-regulating control, controlled by boiler pressure or temperature, or both.
(5)
All new power boiler rooms shall be constructed to have at least two means of exit. Each exit shall be remotely located from the other. Each elevation shall have at least two means of egress, each remotely located from the other.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 277, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-115 - New miniature boiler installations

(1)
No miniature boiler, except those exempted by rules promulgated by the division of oil and public safety, shall be installed in this state unless it has been constructed, inspected, and stamped in conformity with the rules of construction of miniature boilers of the A.S.M.E. boiler and pressure vessel code and is registered with the national board of boiler and pressure vessel inspectors and inspected in accordance with this article.
(2)
A miniature boiler having the standard stamping of another state that has adopted a standard of construction equivalent to the standard of the state of Colorado may be accepted by the director; however, the person or firm desiring to install the boiler shall make application for the installation and shall file with this application the manufacturer's data report covering the construction of the boiler in question.
(3)
All new boiler installations and reinstalled boilers shall be installed in accordance with the requirements of the A.S.M.E. boiler and pressure vessel code and this article.
(4)
Upon completion of the installation, all boilers shall be inspected by a state or special boiler inspector. At the time of inspection, each boiler shall be assigned a serial number by the inspector, which serial number shall be stamped on or affixed to the boiler as provided by section
9-4-106(3)
.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 281, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-15. L. 2001: (1) amended, p. 1137, § 64, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 4 - BOILER INSPECTION (§§ 9-4-101 — 9-4-118) › Section 9-4-117 - New heating boilers and hot-water supply boilers installations

No heating boiler or hot-water supply boiler, except those exempt by this article, shall be installed in this state unless it has been constructed, inspected, and stamped in conformity with the rules for construction of low-pressure heating boilers of the A.S.M.E. boiler and pressure vessel code and is approved, registered, and inspected in accordance with the requirements of this article.
L. 71: R&RE, p. 282, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 17-3-17.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5 - STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE HOUSING (§§ 9-5-101 — 9-5-106) › Section 9-5-102 - Disabilities covered - purpose

(1)
This article is intended to provide accessibility standards for residential projects designed to serve persons with nonambulatory disabilities, semiambulatory disabilities, sight disabilities, hearing disabilities, disabilities of incoordination, and aging.
(2)
Design criteria.
Design criteria must comply with ICC/ANSI A117.1.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 19,§ 2, eff. 8/9/2017.
L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1418, § 1, effective April 29. L. 2017: (2) amended, (HB 17-1067), ch. 19, p. 63, § 2, effective August 9.
This section is similar to former §§ 9-5-103 and 9-5-104 as they existed prior to 2003, and the former § 9-5-102 was relocated to §
9-5-103
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5 - STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE HOUSING (§§ 9-5-101 — 9-5-106) › Section 9-5-104 - Responsibility for enforcing standards

(1)
The responsibility for enforcement of this article is as follows:
(a)
For factory-built residential structures as defined in section
24-32-3302(10)
, C.R.S., the division of housing created in section
24-32-704
, C.R.S.;
(b)
In a political subdivision that does not have a local building code, the division of housing created in section
24-32-704
, C.R.S.;
(c)
For all other housing or in a political subdivision that has adopted a building code, by the building department, or its equivalent, of the political subdivision having jurisdiction.
L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1419, § 1, effective April 29. L. 2004: (1)(a) amended, p. 1189, § 12, effective August 4.
This section is similar to former § 9-5-110 as it existed prior to 2003, and the former § 9-5-104 was relocated to §
9-5-102
.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5 - STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE HOUSING (§§ 9-5-101 — 9-5-106) › Section 9-5-105 - Exemptions for certain privately funded projects

(1)
Accessible dwelling units shall be provided as required in this article; except that this article does not apply to privately funded projects for the construction of a detached residence or residences or to other types of residential property containing less than seven residential units. For the purpose of determining the number of accessibility points required pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the accessible dwelling unit types shall have the following point values:
Accessible dwelling unit type:
Accessibility point value per dwelling unit:
Type A dwelling unit
6
Type A multistory dwelling unit
5
Type B dwelling unit
4
Type B multistory dwelling unit
3
Type B visitable ground floor
1
(2)
Residential projects.
(a)
A project shall be assigned accessibility points based on the number of units contained within the project as follows:
Number of units within the project:
Accessibility points required:
0-6
0
7-14
6
15-28
12
29-42
18
43-57
24
58-71
30
72-85
36
86-99
42
100-114
48
115-128
54
129-142
60
143-157
66
158-171
72
172-185
78
186-199
84
etc.
+6 additional points every 14 units or fraction thereof
(b)
A project shall include enough accessible dwelling units to achieve at least the specified number of accessibility points required pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2). A project may use any combination of accessible dwelling unit types to comply with this section.
L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1420, § 1, effective April 29.
This section is similar to former § 9-5-111 as it existed prior to 2003.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5 - STANDARDS FOR ACCESSIBLE HOUSING (§§ 9-5-101 — 9-5-106) › Section 9-5-106 - Implementation plan

The builder of any project regulated by this article shall create an implementation plan that guarantees the timely and evenly phased delivery of the required number of accessible units. Such plan shall clearly specify the number and type of units required and the order in which they are to be completed. Such implementation plan shall be subject to approval by the entity with enforcement authority in such project's jurisdiction. The implementation plan shall not be approved if more than thirty percent of the project is intended to be completed without providing a portion of accessible units required by section
9-5-105
; except that, if an undue hardship can be demonstrated, or other guarantees provided are deemed sufficient, the jurisdiction having responsibility for enforcement may grant exceptions to this requirement. The implementation plan shall be approved by the governmental unit responsible for enforcement before a building permit is issued.
L. 2003: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1421, § 1, effective April 29.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-101 - Short title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Elevator and Escalator Certification Act".
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1412, § 1, effective 1/1/2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-102 - Legislative declaration

The general assembly hereby declares that in order to ensure minimum safety standards throughout Colorado, the regulation of conveyances is a matter of statewide concern. Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent a local jurisdiction from regulating conveyances.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1412, § 1, effective 1/1/2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-104 - Scope

(1)
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, this article applies to the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment:
(a)
Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car or platform that moves between two or more landings. Such equipment includes elevators and platform lifts, personnel hoists, and dumbwaiters.
(b)
Power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings. Such equipment includes, but is not limited to, escalators and moving walks.
(c)
Automated people movers as defined in ASCE 21.
(2)
This article 5.5 does not apply to the following:
(a)
Material hoists;
(b)
Manlifts;
(c)
Mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms;
(d)
Powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior maintenance;
(e)
Conveyors and related equipment;
(f)
Cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings;
(g)
Industrial trucks within the scope of ASME publication B56;
(h)
Items of portable equipment that are not portable escalators;
(i)
Tiering or piling machines used to move materials between storage locations that operate entirely within one story;
(j)
Equipment for feeding or positioning materials at machine tools, printing presses, and other similar equipment;
(k)
Skip or furnace hoists;
(l)
Wharf ramps;
(m)
Railroad car lifts or dumpers;
(n)
Line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms, and similar equipment used by a certified conveyance contractor for installing a conveyance;
(o)
Conveyances at facilities regulated by the mine safety and health administration in the United States department of labor, or its successor, pursuant to the "Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977", Pub.L. 91-173, codified at
30 U.S.C. sec. 801
et seq., as amended;
(p)
Elevators within the facilities of gas or electric utilities that are not accessible to the public;
(q)
A passenger tramway as defined in section
12-150-103 (5)
;
(r)
Conveyances in a single-family residence; or
(s)
Stairway chair lifts as defined in ASME A18.1 - 2005.
(3)
This article shall not be construed to prohibit a local jurisdiction from regulating conveyances if the local jurisdiction has standards that meet or exceed the standards established by this article.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 136, §28, eff. 10/1/2019.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1414, § 1, effective 1/1/2008. L. 2010: IP(1), (1)(a), IP(2), (2)(q), and (2)(r) amended and (2)(s) added, (HB 10-1231), ch. 75, pp. 254, 255, §§ 2, 3, effective August 11. L. 2019: IP(2) and (2)(q) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 1650, p. 1650, § 28, effective October 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-105 - Similar or higher standards authorized

This article shall not be construed to prevent the use of systems, methods, or devices of equivalent or superior quality, strength, fire resistance, code effectiveness, durability, and safety to those required by this article if technical documentation demonstrates such equivalency or superiority.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1415, § 1, effective 1/1/2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-106 - License required

(1)
(a)
A person shall not erect, construct, alter, replace, maintain, remove, or dismantle a conveyance within a building or structure unless the person is licensed as a conveyance mechanic and is working under the supervision of a certified conveyance contractor. A person shall not wire a conveyance unless the person is licensed as a conveyance mechanic and is working under the supervision of a certified conveyance contractor. No other license shall be required for work described in this paragraph (a).
(b)
A person shall not be required to be a certified conveyance contractor or licensed conveyance mechanic to remove or dismantle conveyances that are destroyed as a result of a complete demolition of a secured building or structure or where the hoistway or wellway is demolished back to the basic support structure and no access that endangers the safety of a person is permitted.
(c)
A conveyance helper or apprentice shall not be required to be licensed when working under the supervision of a licensed conveyance mechanic.
(2)
A person shall not inspect a conveyance within a building or structure, including but not limited to a private residence, for purposes of the issuance of a certificate of operation unless licensed as a conveyance inspector.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1415, § 1, effective 1/1/2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-107 - License qualifications - contractor - mechanic - inspector

(1)
(a)
To be licensed, a person shall apply solely with the administrator. An applicant shall not be licensed as a conveyance mechanic unless the applicant possesses a certificate of completion of a conveyance mechanic program as approved by the administrator.
(b)
In lieu of qualifying pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), an applicant shall qualify if the applicant holds a valid license from another state having standards that, at a minimum, are substantially similar to those imposed by this article as determined by the administrator.
(c)
In lieu of qualifying pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), an applicant shall qualify if the applicant:
(I)
Has passed an examination, as determined by the administrator, on the codes and standards that apply to conveyances; and
(II)
Furnishes to the administrator acceptable evidence that the applicant worked as a conveyance mechanic for at least three years without direct supervision.
(d)
Repealed.
(2)
(a)
An applicant shall not be licensed as a conveyance inspector unless the applicant is certified to inspect conveyances by a nationally recognized conveyance association.
(b)
Repealed.
(c)
In lieu of qualifying pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), an applicant appointed or designated as a conveyance inspector shall qualify if the applicant is eligible to, and intends to, become nationally certified within one year. A license issued pursuant to this section shall expire upon the termination of employment with the local jurisdiction or after one year from the date of licensure, whichever occurs first. A license issued pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall not be eligible for renewal unless the applicant has obtained national certification.
(3)
(a)
A person who is not qualified to be a conveyance contractor shall not be certified as a conveyance contractor.
(b)
To qualify to be a certified conveyance contractor, an applicant shall demonstrate the following qualifications:
(I)
The applicant shall employ at least one licensed conveyance mechanic; and
(II)
The applicant shall comply with the insurance requirements in section
9-5.5-115
.
(c)
Repealed.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1416, § 1, effective 1/1/2008. L. 2008: (2)(c) added, p. 1996, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2010: (3)(c) repealed, (HB 10 -1231), ch. 75, p. 255, §4, effective August 11.
(1) Subsection (1)(d)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (1)(d), effective July 1, 2008. (See L. 2007, p. 1416.)
(2) Subsection (2)(b)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(b), effective July 1, 2011. (See L. 2007, p. 1416.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-109 - License discipline

(1)
A certification issued pursuant to this article may be suspended or revoked upon a finding by the administrator of any of the following:
(a)
A false statement in the application concerning a material matter;
(b)
Fraud, misrepresentation, or bribery in applying for certification;
(c)
Failure to notify the owner or lessee of a conveyance and the administrator or approved local jurisdiction, if any, of a condition not in compliance with this article; or
(d)
A violation of any provision of this article or of any rule adopted pursuant to this article.
(2)
The suspension or revocation of a license shall be made as a result of a notice of violation in accordance with section
8-20-104
, C.R.S.
(3)
The administrator shall not issue a license to a person whose license has been revoked within the last two years.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1418, § 1, effective 1/1/2008. L. 2010: (1)(c) amended, (HB 10 -1231), ch. 75, p. 255, §5, effective August 11.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-110 - Accident reports

The owner shall report to the administrator or an approved local jurisdiction, within twenty-four hours, any accident that results in serious injury to an individual.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1419, § 1, effective 1/1/2008.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 9 - SAFETY - INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-10-101) › BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT (§§ 9-1-101 — 9-5.7-104) › Article 5.5 - ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR CERTIFICATION (§§ 9-5.5-101 — 9-5.5-120) › Section 9-5.5-111 - Registration of existing conveyances - fund

(1)
On or before August 1, 2008, the owner or lessee of every existing conveyance shall register the conveyance with the administrator. The registration shall include the type, rated load and speed, name of manufacturer, location, intended purpose for use, and such additional information as the administrator may require. Conveyances constructed or completed after July 1, 2008, shall be registered before they are placed in service.
(2)
(a)
The administrator shall set annual fees on conveyances for which the administrator has issued the current certificate of operation in an amount necessary to offset the costs of registration and of the administration of this article in accordance with section
24-4-104
, C.R.S.
(b)
Fees collected pursuant to this article shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the conveyance safety fund, referred to in this article as the "fund", which is hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly and shall be used to implement this article. The moneys in the fund and interest earned on the moneys in the fund shall not revert to the general fund or be transferred to any other fund.
(3)
Repealed.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 423, §6, eff. 7/2/2021.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 178, §4, eff. 6/29/2020.
Amended by 2015 Ch. 322, §4, eff. 6/5/2015 and applicable to fiscal years beginning on or after 7/1/2014.
L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1419, § 1, effective 1/1/2008. L. 2015: (2)(b) amended, (HB 15-1261), ch. 1313, p. 1313, § 4, effective June 5. L. 2020: (3) added, (HB 20-1406), ch. 811, p. 811, § 4, effective June 29.