Title 24 — Professions and Occupations

§ 6101. Purpose. (a) The Board of Elevator Mechanics’ primary objective, to which all other objectives and purposes are secondary, is to protect the general public, specifically those persons who are the direct recipients of services regulated by this chapter, from unsafe practic…

§ 6102. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Board of Elevator Mechanics established in this chapter. (2) “Division” means the Division of Professional Regulation. (3) “Elevator mechanic” means an individual who is licensed by the Board to plan, estimate, l…

§ 6103. Board of Elevator Mechanics; appointments; composition; qualifications; term; vacancies; suspension or removal; unexcused absences; compensation. (a) There is created a state Board of Elevator Mechanics, which shall administer and enforce this chapter. (b) The Board shall…

§ 6104. Organization; meetings; officers; quorum. (a) The Board shall hold regularly-scheduled business meetings at least once in each quarter of a calendar year, and at such other times as the president deems necessary or as requested by a majority of the Board. (b) The Board an…

§ 6105. Powers and duties. (a) The Board of Elevator Mechanics has the authority to perform the following: (1) Formulate rules and regulations with proper notice to those affected. All rules and regulations must be promulgated in accordance with the procedures specified in the Ad…

§ 6106. License required. (a) No individual may engage in the practice of providing elevator services or hold oneself out to the public in this State as being qualified to act as a licensed elevator mechanic, or otherwise assume or use any title or description conveying or tendin…

§ 6107. Qualifications of applicant (a) An applicant, who is applying for licensure as an elevator mechanic under this chapter, shall submit evidence, verified by oath and satisfactory to the Board, that such individual: (1) An applicant shall have knowledge of elevator installat…

§ 6108. Reciprocity. (a) Upon payment of the appropriate fee and the submission and acceptance of an application, the Board shall grant a license to an applicant who presents proof of current licensure in good standing in another state, the District of Columbia, or territory of t…

§ 6109. Issuance and renewal of licenses. (a) The Board must issue a license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter for licensure as an elevator mechanic and who pays the applicable fee established. (b) A license may be renewed biennially, in a manner as det…

§ 6110. Fees. The amount to be charged for each fee imposed under this chapter shall approximate and reasonably reflect all costs necessary to defray the expenses of the Board, as well as the proportional expenses incurred by the Division in its service on behalf of the Board. Th…

§ 6111. Grounds for discipline. (a) A licensed elevator mechanic shall be subject to disciplinary actions under § 6113 of this title, if, after a hearing, the Board finds that the p licensee has: (1) Employed, or knowingly cooperated in, fraud or material deception in order to ac…

§ 6112. Complaints. All complaints shall be received and investigated by the Division under § 8735 of Title 29 and the Division shall be responsible for issuing a final written report at the conclusion of its investigation.83 Del. Laws, c. 469, § 1; 84 Del. Laws, c. 493, § 1;

§ 6113. Disciplinary sanctions. (a) The Board may impose any of the following sanctions, singly or in combination, when it finds that 1 of the conditions or violations set forth in § 6111 of this title applies to an individual or licensee regulated by this chapter: (1) Issue a le…

§ 6114. Hearing procedures. (a) If a complaint is filed with the Board pursuant to § 8735 of Title 29 alleging a violation of this chapter, a time and place shall be set to conduct a hearing on the complaint. Notice of the hearing shall be given and the hearing shall be conducted…

§ 6115. Reinstatement of a suspended license; removal from probationary status. (a) As a condition to reinstatement of a suspended license, or removal from probationary status, the Board may reinstate such license if, after a hearing, the Board is satisfied that the licensee has …

§ 6116. Duty to report. (a) An owner, operator, manager, or supervisor of a business performing elevator services shall have a duty to report to the Board, if such owner, operator, manager, or supervisor has knowledge that an individual working for or under that owner’s, operator…

§ 6117. Penalty; misdemeanor. An individual not currently licensed as an elevator mechanic or exempt from licensure under this chapter, who is determined to be performing elevator work, or assuming or using a title or description conveying, or tending to convey, the impression th…

§ 6118. Exemptions. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the performance of service and repair of any elevator in any structure by individuals working in a manufacturing or industrial facility, who are all of the following: (1) Recognized by their company as a pe…