Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES › Building Code Council › State Elevator Code › Subtitle 8 - DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH › Part 11 - ELEVATORS AND RELATED SYSTEMS › Chapter 230.1 - ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS, DUMBWAITERS, MOVING WALKS, AND MATERIAL LIFTS AND DUMBWAITERS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSFER DEVICES › Section 12-230.1-4 - Requirements for existing elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, moving walks, and material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices

Current through June, 2024
(a) All existing elevators, escalators,
						moving walks, and dumbwaiters and material lifts without automatic transfer
						devices shall comply with the code in effect at the time of installation or
						alteration as illustrated in Exhibit A, titled "Existing Elevator and Kindred
						Equipment Code Application Dates", dated January 1, 2017, which is made a part
						of this chapter and located at the end of this chapter, provided that for those
						years where the Hawaii Registration number (HAW) did not specify code year, the
						code version of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1 in effect at
						the time of installation or alteration shall apply. The director shall have the
						discretion to apply a specific code to any elevator and related system if the
						applicable code cannot be readily ascertained. If the installation or
						alteration permit was issued after 1997, then the elevator or kindred equipment
						shall comply with American Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.3-2011, which is
						adopted by reference and made a part of this chapter.
(b) The following provisions of American
						Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1-2010 are adopted by reference and shall
						apply to existing elevators and kindred equipment as stated:
(1) Part 1, General, shall apply to all
						existing elevators, escalators, moving walks, and dumbwaiters, and material
						lifts;
(2) Section 5.10, Elevators
						Used for Construction, shall apply to all existing elevators used for
						construction;
(3) Section 8.1,
						Security, shall apply to all existing elevators, escalators, and moving
						walks;
(4) Section 8.6,
						Maintenance, Repair, Replacement and Testing, shall apply to all existing
						elevators, escalators and moving walks, and dumbwaiters and material lifts with
						automatic transfer devices with the following amendment: Section 8.6.1.2.l(c)
						of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1 shall not
						apply;
(5) Section 8.7,
						Alterations, shall apply to all existing elevators, escalators, moving walks,
						and material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices;
(6) Section 8.8, Welding, shall apply to all
						existing elevators, escalators, moving walks, and material lifts and
						dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices;
(7) Section 8.9, Code Data Plate, shall apply
						to all existing elevators, escalators, moving walks, and material lifts and
						dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices, except section 8.9.2 is amended to
						read: "The data plate shall be in plain view and securely attached to the
						controller door. An additional data plate shall be installed in the vicinity of
						the top key operated starting switch on the exterior of escalators and moving
						walks.";
(8) Section 8.10,
						Acceptance Inspections and Tests, shall apply to all existing elevators,
						escalators, moving walks, and material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic
						transfer devices; and
(9) Section
						8.11, Flood Resistances, shall apply to all existing elevators, escalators,
						moving walks, and material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer
						devices.