As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Amusement ride means a ride or device, or a combination of rides or devices, as defined by rule of the division; except that amusement ride shall not include inflatable amusement rides.
(2) Certificate of inspection means documentation of an amusement ride inspection conducted by an inspector.
(3) Director means the director of the division or his or her designee.
(4) Division means the division of oil and public safety within the department of labor and employment.
(5) Injury means an injury that results in death or requires medical treatment administered by a physician or by registered professional personnel under the standing orders of a physician. For purposes of this subsection (5), medical treatment does not include first aid treatment or one-time treatment and subsequent observation of minor scratches, cuts, burns, splinters, or other minor injuries that do not ordinarily require medical care even though treatment is provided by a physician or by registered professional personnel.
(6) Inspection means a procedure conducted by an inspector to determine whether an amusement ride is being constructed, assembled, maintained, tested, operated, or inspected in accordance with the division's standards, the manufacturer's standards and criteria, or the insurer's standards, whichever is the most stringent, and that determines the current operational safety of the amusement ride.
(7) Inspector means a person certified to inspect amusement rides under criteria determined by rule of the division.
(8) Operator means an individual, corporation, or company or agent thereof who owns or controls, or has the duty to control, the operation of an amusement ride.
(9) Registration means the filing of a properly completed application with the division and approval of the application by the director.
Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1021, � 3, effective May 21.
8-20-1002. Duties of director - standards - certification of inspectors - fees - rules. (1) The director shall promulgate rules for the registration, construction, repair, and maintenance of amusement rides and for the financial responsibility of operators. The rules shall require operators to submit a periodic certificate of inspection to the division for each amusement ride. The director shall establish minimum standards for the certification of inspectors and shall require each operator to submit the inspector's qualifications to the division with an annual registration application. The inspector for each amusement ride shall be an independent third-party inspector.
(2) The director shall establish annual registration fees by rule to cover the costs of the division's oversight of amusement rides. All fees collected by the division pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the public safety inspection fund created by section 8-1-151.
(3) The director may prohibit the operation of an amusement ride that does not meet the registration, construction, repair, inspection, and maintenance requirements established by the division pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
Source: L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1022, � 3, effective May 21.