Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

During the pendency of any petition for review in the superior court, the filing of the petition shall not stay the order or regulation under review, but the court may, on application, on notice to the commissioner, and on cause shown, grant an order to restrain the commissioner …

I. In addition to any criminal penalty provided under this chapter, the commissioner may, after a written warning and a hearing, impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, as determined by the commissioner, for any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule…

The owner shall report every elevator and accessibility lift accident, whether or not it results in injury to a person or damage to the equipment, to the commissioner within 48 hours after its occurrence. The inspection certificate for the involved elevator or accessibility lift …

The commissioner may establish rules of proceedings for the conduct of hearings authorized under this chapter.

Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter any elevator or accessibility lift which is periodically inspected and tested for safety under a maintenance contract with the company which installed the elevator or accessibility lift shall be exempt from the annual inspection re…

The commissioner may exempt elevating devices which do not conform with the definitions in RSA 157-B:2 from the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner may adopt rules relative to adequate safety criteria for exempted elevating devices.

The exemption in RSA 157-B:2, IV for accessibility lifts in private residences shall apply to any residential property, including multi-family rental property, provided that the lift serves only one residential unit and meets any applicable safety criteria established by rule pur…

The commissioner may adopt rules under RSA 541-A to facilitate administration and enforcement of this chapter.

In this chapter: I. "Owner" means a person, partnership, association, or corporation who is the holder of title to, or who leases an elevator or accessibility lift from the holder of title to, a building in which there is an elevator or accessibility lift, as defined in this sect…

The provisions of the most recent version of the American Standard Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators and Moving Walks, Material Lifts and Dumbwaiters With Automatic Transfer Devices, Wheelchair Lifts and Stairchair Lifts are the minimum requirements for all eleva…

I. The commissioner may issue and amend reasonable and practicable standards for the use, alteration, repair, operation, and inspection of all elevators and accessibility lifts in existence on January 1, 1968. II. Inspections of elevators and accessibility lifts installed after J…

I. Subsequent to the inspection of an elevator or accessibility lift, an inspector shall file with the commissioner an inspection report on a form prescribed by the commissioner indicating whether or not the elevator or accessibility lift is certifiable and shall provide a copy o…

The commissioner shall charge $100 per hour, with a minimum charge of $100, for inspections performed by employees of the department of labor.

I. The commissioner may suspend an inspection certificate when an elevator or accessibility lift does not meet the requirements of the standards established under this chapter. When an inspection certificate is suspended, the owner shall not permit the use of the elevator or acce…

An elevator inspector shall pass an examination given by the commissioner, except in cases in which an elevator inspector has proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner experience in excess of 5 years within the state. A license shall be issued to the inspector for a 2-year p…

An elevator or accessibility lift mechanic shall pass an examination given by the commissioner provided the person either (a) has at least 2 years of documented experience, with an average of 1,800 hours in each year over the 2-year period, working in this state directly under a …

An elevator inspector holding a mechanic's license under this chapter shall not make any repairs as a result of an annual inspection which such inspector performed.

Detailed plans or specifications of each new or altered elevator or accessibility lift shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative before the construction of the elevator or accessibility lift may be started. Fee for exam…