Safety Standards

(1) All new stairway inclined lifts and platform lifts for transportation of persons with handicaps as defined in T. C. A. Section 68-121-101 shall comply with the Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts dated July 3, 2008, ASME A18.1-2008, effective August 28, 2008, prepared and published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Three Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10016-5590, Telephone (212) 591-7722, www.asme.org., except as modified in subparagraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e). (a) Paragraph 2.1.3 Runway Enclosure Not Provided is deleted in its entirety. (b) Paragraph 2.10.1 Operation shall read as follows: Operation of the lift from the landings and from the platform shall be key-operated control switches in all schools except postsecondary educational institutions and in all churches at all stations, and shall be by means of the continuous-pressure type and the key shall be removable in the off position only. Controls shall be 48 inches (1,220 millimeters) maximum and 15 inches (380 millimeters) minimum above the platform floor or facility floor or ground level. (c) Section 5 Private Residence Vertical Platform Lifts is deleted in its entirety. (d) Section 6 Private Residence Inclined Platform Lifts is deleted in its entirety. (e) Section 7 Private Residence Inclined Stairway Chairlifts is deleted in its entirety.