The Florida Senate

399.061  Inspections; correction of deficiencies.--

(1)(a)  For those elevators subject to this chapter for which a service maintenance contract is not continuously in force, the division shall inspect such elevators at least once between July 1 of any year and June 30 of the next year, the state's fiscal year.

(b)  When a service maintenance contract is continuously maintained with an elevator company, the division shall verify with the elevator company before the end of each fiscal year that the contract is in force and is being implemented. An elevator covered by such a service maintenance contract shall be inspected by a state elevator inspector at least once every 2 fiscal years; however, if the elevator is not an escalator or a dumbwaiter and the elevator serves only two adjacent floors and is covered by a service maintenance contract, no inspection shall be required so long as the service contract remains in effect.

(c)  The division may inspect an elevator whenever necessary to ensure its safe operation.

(2)  The division shall employ state elevator inspectors to conduct the inspections required by subsection (1). Each state elevator inspector shall hold a certificate of competency issued by the division.

(3)  Whenever the division determines from the results of any inspection that, in the interest of the public safety, an elevator is in an unsafe condition, the division may seal the elevator or order the discontinuance of the use of the elevator until the division determines by inspection that such elevator has been satisfactorily repaired or replaced so that the elevator may be operated in a safe manner.

(4)  When the division determines that an elevator is in violation of this chapter, the division may issue an order to the elevator owner requiring correction of the violation.

History.--s. 10, ch. 81-120; ss. 7, 17, ch. 83-145; s. 1, ch. 85-236; s. 36, ch. 87-225; s. 5, ch. 90-73; s. 8, ch. 93-16.