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For the purposes of this Article the following terms shall have the meanings indicated herein:

(a) All definitions contained in the American standard Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators, Moving Walks and Manlifts shall be applicable to this Article.

(b) Director means the Director of the Department of
Public Works.
(c) Department means the Department of Public Works. (d) Inspector means any person, as defined in the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) as a Qualified Elevator Inspector (QEI), who is commissioned by the Director as prescribed in § 67207.

e) ASME A17.1 is the Safety Code for Elevators and
Escalators, an American National Standard;

(f) ASME A17.3 is the Safety Code for Existing
Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard;

(g) ASME A18.1 is the Safety Code for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, an American National Standard.

SOURCE: GC § 36000 added by P.L. 12-216. This entire Article was added by P.L. 12-216 unless otherwise indicated. Subsection (d) amended and subsections (e), (f) and (g) added by P.L. 27-147:2 (Dec. 30, 2004)

NOTE: Pursuant to P.L. 27-147:9, amendments therein became effective on January 1, 2006.