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Subchapter 6. Elevator Safety Orders
Article 15. Special Access Lifts
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§3094.1. Unaltered Existing Lifts.

(a) Existing vertical and inclined platform (wheelchair) lifts and inclined stairway chairlifts with a rise of five feet or less, installed prior to { * }, shall be allowed to continue to operate in accordance with the design requirements to which they were originally installed. * Effective date of these orders to be filled in by the Office of Administrative Law.

(b) Existing vertical and inclined platform (wheelchair) lifts and inclined stairway chairlifts installed pursuant to a permanent variance decision issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board shall be allowed to continue to operate in accordance with the adopted permanent variance decision.

(c) Maintenance and record keeping for lifts indicated in section 3094.1(a) and (b) shall comply with section 3094.5.

(Title 24, Part 7, Section 7-3094.1)

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code; and Section 18943(b), Health and Safety Code.

HISTORY:

1. New section filed 4-9-98; operative 5-9-98 (Register 98, No. 15).

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