47(2) 48This chapter covers the design, construction, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment and its associated parts and hoistways:71(a) 72Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car or platform which move between two or more landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, elevators, platform lifts, and stairway chairlifts.
103(b) 104Power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, escalators and moving walks.
125(c) 126Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car which serves two or more landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by its limited size or limited access to the car. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, dumbwaiters, material lifts, and dumbwaiters with automatic-transfer devices.
174(3) 175Equipment not covered by this chapter includes, but is not limited to:187(a) 188Personnel hoists and material hoists within the scope of ASME A10, as adopted by the Florida Building Code.
206(b) 207Man lifts within the scope of ASME A90.1, as adopted by the Florida Building Code.
222(c) 223Mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms within the scope of ANSI A92, as adopted by the Florida Building Code.
241(d) 242Powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior maintenance within the scope of ASME A120.1, as adopted by the Florida Building Code.
264(e) 265Conveyors and related equipment within the scope of ASME B20.1, as adopted by the Florida Building Code.
282(f) 283Cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of ASME B30, as adopted by the Florida Building Code.
303(g) 304Industrial trucks within the scope of ASME B56, as adopted by the Florida Building Code.
319(h) 320Portable equipment, except for portable escalators that are covered by the Florida Building Code.
334(i) 335Tiered or piling machines used to move materials to and from storage located and operating entirely within one story.
354(j) 355Equipment for feeding or positioning materials at machine tools and printing presses.
367(k) 368Skip or furnace hoists.
372(l) 373Wharf ramps.
375(m) 376Railroad car lifts or dumpers.
381(n) 382Line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms, and similar equipment used for installing an elevator by a contractor licensed in this state.
404(o) 405Automated people movers at airports.
410(p) 411Elevators in television and radio towers.
417(q) 418Hand-operated dumbwaiters.
420(r) 421Sewage pump station lifts.
425(s) 426Automobile parking lifts.
429(t) 430Equipment covered in s. 1.1.2 of the Elevator Safety Code.
440(u) 441Elevators, inclined stairway chairlifts, and inclined or vertical wheelchair lifts located in private residences.
496(5)(a) 497The construction permitholder is responsible for the correction of violations and deficiencies until the elevator has been inspected and a certificate of operation has been issued by the department. The construction permitholder is responsible for all tests of new and altered equipment until the elevator has been inspected and a certificate of operation has been issued by the department.
556(b) 557The elevator owner is responsible for the safe operation, proper maintenance, and inspection and correction of code deficiencies of the elevator after a certificate of operation has been issued by the department. The responsibilities of the elevator owner may be assigned by lease.
