Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR › Subtitle 12 - DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Chapter 09.12.60 - Amusement Attractions - General Provisions › Section 09.12.60.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. In this chapter,
				the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Accepted engineering practice" means
				engineering practice that conforms to accepted principles, tests, or standards
				of nationally recognized technical or scientific authorities including, but not
				limited to, ASTM.
(2) "ASTM" means
				ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing and
				Materials.
(3) "Attendant" means an
				employee assigned to assist the operator in attending to the safety needs of
				riders.
(4) "Containing device"
				means a strap, belt, bar, gate, or other safety device designed to prevent
				accidental or inadvertent dislodgement of a rider from an amusement attraction,
				that does not provide physical support.
(5) "Fail-safe" means a characteristic of an
				amusement attraction or component of an amusement attraction that is designed
				so that the normal and expected failure mode results in a safe
				condition.
(6) "Fire official"
				means:
(a) Except in Baltimore City, the
				State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal's designee; and
(b) In Baltimore City, the Baltimore City
				Fire Prevention Bureau.
(7) "Major breakdown" means a stoppage of
				operation from any cause that results in damage, failure, or breakage of a
				structural or stress-bearing part of an amusement attraction.
(8) "Major modification" means any change in
				either the structural or operational characteristics of the amusement
				attraction that will alter its performance from that specified in the
				manufacturer's design criteria.
(9)
				"Nondestructive testing (NDT)" is testing, such as radiographic, magnetic
				particle, ultrasonic, liquid penetrant, electromagnetic, neutron radiographic,
				visual, and leak testing, to detect and locate defects to assess an amusement
				attraction's components.
(10)
				"Operator" means the person having direct control of the starting, stopping, or
				speed of an amusement attraction.
(11) "Owner" has the meaning stated in
				Business Regulation Article, §
										3-101, Annotated
				Code of Maryland.
(12) "Qualified
				person" means a person who:
(a) By extensive
				knowledge, training, and experience has successfully demonstrated the ability
				to solve or resolve problems relating to the work; or
(b) Possesses a recognized degree,
				certificate, or professional standing.
(13) "Rated capacity" means a capacity:
(a) Established by the manufacturer for the
				normal loading and operation of an amusement attraction; or
(b) If the manufacturer has not established a
				capacity, as established by the Commissioner after inspection.
(14) Rider.
(a) "Rider" means any person who is:
(i) Getting on an amusement
				attraction;
(ii) Using an amusement
				attraction; or
(iii) Getting off an
				amusement attraction.
(b) "Rider" does not include employees of the
				amusement attraction owner while engaged in the duties of their
				employment.
(15)
				"Special amusement structure" means a fun house, dark ride, glass house, walk
				through, haunted house, or any other similar amusement
				attraction.