As used in the Elevator Safety Act:

1. "Agency" means the Oklahoma Department of Labor;

2. "Certificate of operation" means a document issued by the Commissioner and affixed to an elevator that indicates that the elevator has been inspected and tested and found to be in compliance with all applicable standards of operation as determined by the Department of Labor;

3. "Certificate of operation - temporary" means a document issued by the Commissioner that permits temporary use of a noncompliant elevator by the general public for not more than thirty (30) days while minor repairs are being completed;

4. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labor or his/her authorized representative;

5. “Chief elevator inspector” means the chief elevator inspector appointed under the Elevator Safety Act;

6. "Deputy inspector" means an inspector appointed by the chief elevator inspector subject to the approval of the Commissioner under the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act;

7.a."Elevator" means any device for lifting or moving people, cargo, or freight within, or adjacent and connected to, a structure or excavation, and includes any escalator, power-driven stairway, moving walkway or stairway chair lift.

b.The term "elevator" does not mean any:

(1)amusement ride or device subject to inspection and regulation under the provisions of Section 460 et seq. of Title 40 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

(2)mining equipment subject to inspection and regulation by the Department of Mines,

(3)aircraft, railroad car, boat, barge, ship, truck, or other self-propelled vehicle or component thereof,

(4)boiler grate stoker or other similar firing mechanism subject to inspection under the provisions of the Oklahoma Boiler and Pressure Vessel Safety Act,

(5)dumbwaiter, conveyor, chain or bucket hoist, construction hoist or similar devices used for the primary purpose of elevating or lowering materials, or

(6)elevator, conveyance, manlift or similar device in grain elevators, grain warehouses, seed processing facilities, feed mills and/or flour mills which is used by employees, but is not accessible to or used by customers or members of the general public.

This list is not exhaustive;

8. "Elevator apprentice" means an unlicensed person registered with the Department of Labor who works under the direct supervision of a licensed elevator mechanic, licensed elevator contractor, or licensed elevator inspector;

9. “Licensed elevator contractor" means a person or business entity that possesses a valid elevator contractor's license issued by the Department of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act and is thus entitled to engage in the business of erecting, constructing, installing, altering, servicing, repairing, or maintaining elevators;

10. "Licensed elevator inspector" means a person who possesses a valid elevator inspector's license issued by the Department of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act and is thus entitled to engage in the business of inspecting elevators;

11. "Licensed elevator mechanic" means a person who possesses a valid elevator mechanic's license issued by the Department of Labor in accordance with the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act and is thus, when employed by a licensed elevator contractor, entitled to install, construct, alter, service, repair, perform electrical work on, test, and maintain elevators; and

12. "Private residence" means a separate dwelling or a separate apartment in a multiple dwelling that is occupied by members of a single-family unit.

Added by Laws 2006, c. 207, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2006. Amended by Laws 2007, c. 42, § 5, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.

NOTE: Laws 2007, c. 38, § 1 repealed by Laws 2008, c. 3, § 31, emerg. eff. Feb. 28, 2008.