Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0800 - Labor and Workforce Development
Subtitle 0800-03 - Boilers, Elevators, Amusement Devices, and other Related Rules
Chapter 0800-03-12 - Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
Section 0800-03-12-.01 - SAFETY STANDARDS
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0800-03-12-.01
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) All new
stairway inclined lifts and platform lifts for transportation of persons with
handicaps as defined in T. C. A. Section68-121-101
shall comply with the Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway
Chairlifts dated July 3, 2008, ASME A18.1-2008, effective August 28, 2008,
prepared and published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Three
Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10016-5590, Telephone (212) 591-7722,
(a)
Paragraph 2.1.3 Runway Enclosure Not Provided is deleted in its
entirety.
(b) Paragraph 2.10.1
Operation shall read as follows: Operation of the lift from the landings and
from the platform shall be key-operated control switches in all schools except
postsecondary educational institutions and in all churches at all stations, and
shall be by means of the continuous-pressure type and the key shall be
removable in the off position only. Controls shall be 48 inches (1,220
millimeters) maximum and 15 inches (380 millimeters) minimum above the platform
floor or facility floor or ground level.
(c) Section 5 Private Residence Vertical
Platform Lifts is deleted in its entirety.
(d) Section 6 Private Residence Inclined
Platform Lifts is deleted in its entirety.
(e) Section 7 Private Residence Inclined
Stairway Chairlifts is deleted in its entirety.
Authority: T.C.A. § 68-121-103.
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