California Labor Code CHAPTER 2 - Elevators, Escalators, Platform and Stairway Chair Lifts, Dumbwaiters, Moving Walks, Automated People Movers, and Other Conveyances

• Section 7300.
  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) It is the purpose of this chapter to promote public safety awareness and to assure, to the...
• Section 7300.1.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “ASCE 21” means the Automated People Mover Standards, as adopted by the American Society of Civil Engineers.(b) “ASME A17.1” means the Safety...
• Section 7300.2.
  Except as provided in Section 7300.3, this chapter covers the design, erection, construction, installation, material alteration, inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, service, and operation of the...
• Section 7300.3.
  Equipment not covered by this chapter includes the following:(a) Material hoists within the scope of standard A10.5 as adopted by the American National Standards Institute.(b) Mobile scaffolds,...
• Section 7300.4.
  This chapter does not apply to work that is not related to standards for conveyances that are (a) incorporated in codes promulgated by the American...
• Section 7301.
  No conveyance shall be operated in this state unless a permit for its operation is issued by or in behalf of the division, and unless...
• Section 7301.1.
  (a) On and after June 30, 2003, no conveyance may be erected, constructed, installed, or materially altered, as defined by regulation of the division, unless a...
• Section 7301.5.
  (a) The standards board shall adopt regulations pertaining to conveyances, including, but not limited to, conveyance emergency and signal devices, and the operation of conveyances under...
• Section 7302.
  The operation of a conveyance without a permit by any person owning or having the custody, management, or control of the operation of the conveyance,...
• Section 7302.1.
  (a) Any person who contracts for or authorizes the erection, construction, installation, or material alteration of a conveyance without a permit in violation of Section 7301.1...
• Section 7302.2.
  The division may assess a civil penalty of not more than seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) against any person, and against any employer or contractor, who...
• Section 7303.
  (a) Whenever any conveyance is operated without a current valid permit issued pursuant to Section 7304, and is in a condition that its use is dangerous...
• Section 7304.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the division shall cause all conveyances to be inspected at least once each year. If a conveyance is found...
• Section 7305.
  If inspection shows that a conveyance is in an unsafe condition, the division may issue a preliminary order requiring repairs or alterations to be made...
• Section 7306.
  Unless the preliminary order is complied with, a hearing before the division shall be allowed, upon request, at which the owner, operator, or other person...
• Section 7307.
  (a) If it thereafter appears to the division that the conveyance is unsafe and that the requirements contained in the preliminary order should be complied with,...
• Section 7308.
  If the operation of a conveyance during the making of repairs or alterations is not immediately dangerous to the safety of persons, the division may...
• Section 7309.
  The division may cause the inspection herein provided for to be made either by its safety inspectors or by any qualified elevator inspector employed by...
• Section 7309.1.
  (a) On and after June 30, 2003, no conveyance subject to this chapter shall be reinspected by any person unless the person is a conveyance inspector...
• Section 7310.
  The division may also issue its permit or a permit may be issued on its behalf based upon a certificate of inspection issued by a...
• Section 7311.
  All persons inspecting conveyances shall first secure from the division a certificate of competency to make those inspections. The division may determine the competency of...
• Section 7311.1.
  (a) On and after June 30, 2003, no conveyance subject to this chapter shall be erected, constructed, installed, materially altered, tested, maintained, repaired, or serviced by...
• Section 7311.2.
  (a) On and after June 30, 2003, except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 7301.5, any person who, without supervision, erects, constructs, installs,...
• Section 7311.25.
  (a) The following meanings apply for purposes of this section:(1) “Agricultural production, processing, and handling facilities” includes grain elevators, feed mills, flour mills, rice mills, rice dryers,...
• Section 7311.3.
  (a) A certificate issued by the division to the certified qualified conveyance inspector, certified qualified conveyance company, or certified competent conveyance mechanic as set forth in...
• Section 7311.4.
  (a) The division shall establish fees for initial and renewal applications for certification under this chapter as a certified qualified conveyance inspector, certified qualified conveyance company,...
• Section 7311.5.
  (a) A person, firm, or corporation that maintains and repairs solely special purpose personnel elevators on cranes that utilize a rack and pinion system in marine...
• Section 7312.
  The division may at any time, upon good cause being shown therefor, and after notice and an opportunity to be heard, revoke any permit to...
• Section 7313.
  Each conveyance inspector shall, within 21 days after he or she makes an inspection, forward to the division on forms provided by it, a report...
• Section 7314.
  (a) The division shall, subject to subdivision (f), fix and collect fees for the inspection of conveyances as it determines to be necessary to cover the...
• Section 7315.
  Fees shall be paid before the issuance of any permit to operate a conveyance, but a temporary permit may be issued pending receipt of fee...
• Section 7316.
  All fees collected by the division under this chapter shall be paid into the Elevator Safety Account which is hereby created for the administration of...
• Section 7317.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the following conveyances are exempt from this chapter:(1) Conveyances under the jurisdiction of the United States government.(2) Conveyances located in a...
• Section 7318.
  Nothing in this chapter limits the authority of the division to prescribe or enforce general or special safety orders.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1149, Sec....
• Section 7319.
  All elevators used for the carriage of passengers shall be provided with a suitable seat for the operator in charge. Failure to comply with this...
• Section 7320.
  The division may assess a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) against any person owning or having custody, management, or control of...
• Section 7321.
  (a) The division may assess a civil penalty not to exceed seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) against any person owning or having custody, management, or control of...
• Section 7321.5.
  The division shall enforce Sections 7320 and 7321 by issuance of a citation and notice of civil penalty in a manner consistent with Sections 6317...
• Section 7322.
  (a) Once an authorized representative of the division has issued an order prohibiting the use of a conveyance as specified in Sections 7301, 7305, 7314, or...
• Section 7323.
  The division shall propose to the standards board for review, and the standards board shall adopt, regulations for the equipment covered by this chapter. Not...
• Section 7324.
  Individuals, firms, or companies certified as described in this chapter shall ensure that installation, service, and maintenance of conveyances are performed in compliance with the...
• Section 7324.1.
  This chapter shall not be construed to relieve or lessen the responsibility or liability of any person, firm, or corporation owning, operating, controlling, maintaining, erecting,...
• Section 7324.2.
  The provisions of this chapter added or amended by the act enacting this section shall not be applied retroactively. Equipment subject to this chapter shall...

Last modified: October 22, 2018