Ohio Code 993.05 – Electrical requirements, certification
(A) No person shall operate an amusement ride powered from an electric light company source unless the amusement ride operates through a fusible switch, enclosed circuit breaker, or panelboard that has been:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 993.05
- agriculture: includes farming; ranching; aquaculture; algaculture meaning the farming of algae; apiculture and related apicultural activities, production of honey, beeswax, honeycomb, and other related products; horticulture; viticulture, winemaking, and related activities; animal husbandry, including, but not limited to, the care and raising of livestock, equine, and fur-bearing animals; poultry husbandry and the production of poultry and poultry products; dairy production; the production of field crops, tobacco, fruits, vegetables, nursery stock, ornamental shrubs, ornamental trees, flowers, sod, or mushrooms; timber; pasturage; any combination of the foregoing; the processing, drying, storage, and marketing of agricultural products when those activities are conducted in conjunction with, but are secondary to, such husbandry or production; and any additions or modifications to the foregoing made by the director of agriculture by rule adopted in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code. See Ohio Code 1.61
- Amusement ride: includes carnival rides, bungee jumping facilities, and fair rides, but does not include passenger tramways as defined in section 4169. See Ohio Code 993.01
- Inspection: includes a reinspection. See Ohio Code 993.01
- Owner: means any person who owns or leases and controls or manages the operation of an amusement ride, and includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, both profit and nonprofit, and the state and any of its political subdivisions and their departments or agencies. See Ohio Code 993.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) Rated by the underwriters laboratories for service entrance applications;
(2) Installed in compliance with the national electrical code;
(3) Metered through a meter installed by the electric light company.
(B) An amusement ride owner shall not use an electric light company source as described in division (A) of this section unless the owner has written certification that the fusible switch, enclosed circuit breaker, or panelboard satisfies the requirements established in divisions (A)(1) to (3) of this section and that is issued by a person certified under section 3783.03 or licensed under section 4740.06 of the Revised Code. The owner shall make the certificate available to the director of agriculture upon request.
(C) This section does not apply to either of the following types of amusement rides:
(1) Rides that do not require electrical current;
(2) Rides that the director exempts in rules the director adopts.
(D) A person licensed pursuant to section 4740.06 of the Revised Code, when conducting an inspection pursuant to this section, is not violating section 3783.06 of the Revised Code.
(E) As used in this section, “electric light company” has the same meaning as in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code.