NAC455C.510. Operating permits: Requirements for issuance; location; limited permit; denial, suspension or revocation; operation before issuance.

     1. The Enforcement Section shall issue an operating permit to the owner of an elevator within the period set forth in subsection 2 if the report of inspection indicates the elevator is in compliance with NAC 455C.400 to 455C.528, inclusive. The operating permit must set forth the number assigned by the Enforcement Section and the serial number assigned by the manufacturer of the elevator. The operating permit must be kept at the same location as the elevator.

     2. The Enforcement Section shall issue an operating permit within:

     (a) Thirty days for existing installations; and

     (b) Fifteen days for new elevators,

Ê after the date of the inspection, unless the time is extended by the Enforcement Section. An elevator for which a permit is required must not be operated unless the operating permit has been issued.

     3. The Enforcement Section may issue a limited operating permit to allow an elevator to be used during construction.

     4. The Enforcement Section shall not issue an operating permit for a period that exceeds:

     (a) One year for elevators, dumbwaiters and wheelchair lifts.

     (b) Six months for escalators or moving walks.

     (c) The period designated by the Enforcement Section for related equipment.

     (d) Ninety days if the operating permit is a limited operating permit issued to allow an elevator to be used during construction.

     5. If the report of an inspection of an elevator indicates a violation of NAC 455C.400 to 455C.528, inclusive, or of the detailed plans and specifications approved by the Enforcement Section pursuant to NAC 455C.506, the Enforcement Section shall give notice to the owner of the elevator and may give notice to any other appropriate person of the changes necessary for compliance. If the owner makes the changes required by the Enforcement Section, the Enforcement Section shall issue an operating permit to the owner within:

     (a) Thirty days for existing installations; and

     (b) Fifteen days for new elevators,

Ê after the date the changes were completed, unless the time is extended by the Enforcement Section.

     6. If the report of an inspection of an elevator indicates that the elevator is unsafe and that its continued operation may be dangerous, the Enforcement Section shall refuse to issue, or shall suspend or revoke, the operating permit and shall require the owner of the elevator to ensure that the elevator will not be used until the elevator has been made safe and is in compliance with the requirements of NAC 455C.400 to 455C.528, inclusive.

     7. A report of inspection shall be deemed to be an operating permit and authorizes the operation of an elevator until the operating permit is issued, if:

     (a) The report of inspection recommends the issuance of an operating permit; and

     (b) The elevator complies with the requirements of NAC 455C.400 to 455C.528, inclusive.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R101-02, eff. 12-15-2004)

Notation

REVISER’S NOTE.

      The regulation of the Division of Industrial Relations of the Department of Business and Industry filed with the Secretary of State on December 15, 2004 (LCB File No. R101-02), the source of this section, contains the following provision not included in NAC:

      “An owner of a boiler, elevator or pressure vessel who, on December 15, 2004, holds an operating permit for a boiler, pressure vessel or elevator issued pursuant to chapter 618 of NAC, is not required to obtain an operating permit for the boiler, elevator or pressure vessel until the operating permit issued pursuant to chapter 618 of NAC expires.”