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
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 920-50-16
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) General.
(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).
(2) Requirements.
(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.
(3) Revocation or suspension of approval as ropeway inspector or qualified engineer.
The Committee may revoke or suspend the approval of any qualified engineer or ropeway inspector who is found by the Committee to have:
(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.
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