61C-5.001. Safety Standards

(1) Applicability. The safety standards adopted herein shall apply to all elevators covered by Chapter 399, F.S., as follows: (a) The installation, alteration, relocation, and change in classification must comply with Chapter 399, F.S., as well as the edition of the Florida Building Code or the Elevator Safety Code, in effect on the date of receipt of application for the permit to install, alter, relocate, or change in classification. (b) The maintenance, repair and replacement must comply with the maintenance, repair and replacement requirements of the most recent adopted codes and the codes under which the elevator was installed, altered, relocated, or changed classification, as applicable. (c) Inspections and periodic test witnessing must be performed in accordance with the inspection and test requirements of the most recent adopted codes. (2) The following safety standards are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference, effective December 31, 2023: (a) For elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, and moving walks: 1. ASME A17.1-2019, Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, with the following exclusions: The following requirements of ASME A17.1-2019 are specifically excluded from adoption: a. Private Residence Elevators: 5.3, 8.6.7.3, 8.7.5.3, 8.10.5.2, and 8.11.5.2. b. Private Residence Inclined Elevators: 5.4, 8.6.7.4, and 8.7.5.4. c. Marine (Shipboard) Elevators: 5.8, 8.6.7.8, 8.7.5.8, 8.10.5.8, and 8.11.5.8. d. Mine Elevators: 5.9, 8.6.7.9, 8.7.5.9, 8.10.5.16, and 8.11.5.16. e. Wind Turbine Tower Elevators: 5.11, 8.6.7.11, 8.10.5.14, and 8.11.5.14. f. Outside Emergency Elevators: 5.12, 8.6.7.12, 8.7.5.10, 8.10.5.15, and 8.11.5.15. 2. ASME A17.3-2020, Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, with the following exclusions and changes: a. The following requirements of ASME A17.3-2020 are specifically excluded from adoption: (I) Private Residence Elevators: Part X. (II) Emergency Brake: 3.8.5. (III) Ascending Car Overspeed Protection: 3.10.13 and 3.13.1. (IV) Unintended Car Movement: 3.10.14 and 3.13.2. b. The effective date for the following requirement of ASME A17.3-2020 is changed: The effective date for Section 3.10.12 (System to Monitor and Prevent Automatic Operation of the Elevator with Faulty Door Contact Circuits) of ASME A17.3-2020 is changed from December 31, 2023, to August 1, 2025. c. Compliance with Section 3.10.12 may not be enforced until August 1, 2029. (b) For stairway chairlifts and inclined or vertical wheelchair lifts: ASME A18.1-2020, Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts. (3) “ASME” is the recognized abbreviation for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and generally the abbreviation is used in these rules in identifying the publications of the association, which are copyrighted. It would be a violation of federal copyright law to post the materials incorporated in this rule on the Internet for public viewing. Accordingly, the public may purchase a copy of any ASME publication by writing ASME, P.O. Box 2300, Fairfield, NJ 07007-2300, or at www.asme.org. In addition, copies of the incorporated materials are available for viewing during regular business hours at the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, located at 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, and the Florida Department of State located at R.A. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250.