Delaware Administrative Code
Title 24 - Regulated Professions and Occupations
Department of State
Division of Professional Regulation
6100 - Board of Elevator Mechanics
Section 6100-2.0 - Definitions

The following words and terms mean the following:

"ASME" means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

"Board" means the Delaware Board of Elevator Mechanics.

"CE" means continuing education.

"Elevator" or "escalator" means a hoisting and lowering device equipped with a car or platform that moves in guides for the transportation of individuals or freight in a substantially vertical direction through successive floors or levels of a building or structure; or a power driven, inclined, continuous stairway used for raising or lowering passengers; or a type of passenger carrying device on which passengers stand or walk, and in which the passenger carrying surface remains parallel to its direction of motion and is uninterrupted, and includes elevators, escalators, moving walkways, dumbwaiters, wheelchair lifts, manlifts, stairway chairlifts that are not within a dwelling unit and any device within the scope of ASME A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators), ASME A18.1 (Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts), or ASME A90.1 (Safety Standards for Belt Manlifts), published by the ASME, 2004 Edition, which are incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. "Elevator" or "escalator" does not include any conveying devices, process equipment, and mine elevators. Conveying devices include personnel hoists, material hoists, conveyors, and any other device outside of the scope of ASME A17.1, A18.1, or A90.1. "Dwelling unit" is a single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for 1 or more persons living as a single housekeeping unit, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation, and also includes outside access dedicated solely to that unit.

"Elevator services" or "elevator work" means to perform, install, maintain, troubleshoot or supervise any, which may include, but is not limited to, the installation, erection, modernization or repair of any elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter, material lift, vertical reciprocity conveyor (VRC) or conveyance. All elevator services or elevator work must be performed in accordance with the standards established in the ASME code and International Building Code (IBC) that have been adopted by the authority having jurisdiction and in any applicable local building code.

"IUEC" means International Union of Elevator Constructors.

"Stairway chairlift" means a lifting device that has a foot rest and seat, which is attached to stairs.