HAR §12-230.1-2. General requirements

(a) All new and existing installations of elevators and kindred equipment shall be reasonably safe to persons and property and in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. (b) Conditions found not in conformity with the provisions of this chapter for which the director had not previously issued a discrepancy letter may be regarded as discrepancies. All discrepancies shall be satisfactorily resolved as soon as possible or within the time specified by the director. Failure to correct discrepancies or failure to abate an unsafe condition within the time specified shall be deemed a violation. (c) All passenger elevators shall have a clearly legible "Smoking Prohibited by Law" or "No Smoking" sign installed inside of the cab. The letters on the sign shall not be less than one inch in height. The sign shall be posted in elevators in buildings open to the public, including elevators in apartments and other multi-unit residential buildings. The international no-smoking symbol 12-230.1-2 §12-230.1-3 may be posted in lieu of the sign provided that the diameter of the circle is not less than four inches. 6/30/14; comp 11/10/16; comp . S (Auth: [Eff HRS §397-4) (Imp: HRS §397-4) FEB f' 2019 §12-230.1-3 Requirements for the installation of new elevators and kindred equipment or the relocation of existing equipment. (a) The design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of elevators, escalators, dumbwaiters, moving walks, and material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices, and its associated parts, shall conform to this chapter and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1-2010, which is adopted by reference and made a part of this chapter with the following amendments: (1) Section 5.2 of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1, Limited-Use/Limited- Application Elevators, is amended to read: "Limited-use/limited-application elevators (see 1.3) are not permitted to be installed or used, unless: (A) The building is required to be accessible in accordance with the Department of Justice's ADA Standards for Accessible Design (2010), or in accordance with section 103-50, Hawaii Revised Statutes; (B) The building is also on the National or Hawaii Register of Historic Places; and (C) Accessibility cannot otherwise be achieved without adversely altering the historically protected features of the structure."; (2) Section 8.6.1.2.l(c) of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers A17.1 is amended to read: "A written Maintenance Control Program in electronic or paper form created for the equipment is the property of the equipment owner, and shall be made available to the department and be located on site."; and Section 8.9.2 of the American Society of Mechanical 12-230.1-3 1332 3 ....