Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Transportation
Title R920 - Operations, Traffic and Safety
Rule R920-50 - Ropeway Operation Safety
Section R920-50-16 - Ropeway Inspector and Qualified Engineer

(a) Any person performing inspection services must be a ropeway inspector as required by this rule, and any person performing design services must be a qualified engineer, as required by this rule.

(b) The Committee must maintain up-to-date lists of qualified engineers and ropeway inspectors. These lists must be open to inspection by the public.

(c) Any person desiring to be approved by the Committee as a ropeway inspector or qualified engineer must submit a written request to the Committee enumerating the person's professional experience and attesting to meeting the requirements stated in Subsection R920-50-17(2).

(a) An applicant must satisfy the Committee that by the applicant's education, training, and experience gained by participation in ropeway inspections or designs as a principal or an assistant to a recognized ropeway inspector or ropeway designer, the applicant is qualified to be, respectively, an approved inspector or designer or both.

(b) An applicant must satisfy the Committee that the applicant has a working familiarity and understanding of drawings and design data as are furnished to design, construct, test, and inspect passenger ropeways, and that the applicant has an understanding and working knowledge of the Governing Standard and this rule.

(c) The Committee may approve qualifications based on experience gained by an applicant through work under the direct supervision of a qualified ropeway inspector or qualified ropeway designer.

(d) The Committee may approve employees of the state or individuals retained by the state as qualified ropeway inspectors. State employed engineers or retained engineers may be given certain assignments where time is of the essence, or a private engineer is not available or willing to undertake the inspection or investigation. It will be the policy of the Committee to use the services and talents of qualified private engineers wherever possible.

(a) practiced any fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in applying for approval;

(b) caused damage to another by gross negligence in the practice of passenger ropeway designing, construction, or inspection; or

(c) been engaged in acts of unlawful or unprofessional conduct.