KRS 198B.510: Certificates of operation -- Renewal -- Elevator or fixed guideway system

installations -- Certification of compliance -- State inspectors.

(1) No certificate of operation for any passenger elevator or fixed guideway system

shall be issued until th e elevator or fixed guideway system has been inspected and

the inspection report filed with the department. The certificate of operation, when

issued, shall bear the date of inspection, and shall be renewed as of the date of the

subsequent inspection, provided the inspection is made at least one (1) year after the

issuance of this certificate. If the inspection is made during the year the certificate is

in force, the renewal date shall be one (1) year from the date of the certificate being

renewed and the renewal certificate shall show the date of inspection.

(2) All new elevator or fixed guideway system installations shall be performed by a

licensed elevator contractor. Subsequent to installation, the elevator contractor shall

certify compliance with the applicable sections of KRS 198B.400 to 198B.540. The

licensed elevator contractor shall complete and submit the initial registration for

each new installation.

(3) (a) A state inspector shall inspect, in accordance with KRS 198B.400 to

198B.540, all newly in stalled elevators, platform lifts, and stairway chairlifts

in private residences.

(b) A state inspector may inspect, in accordance with KRS 198B.400 to

198B.540, any existing installed elevators, platform lifts, and stairway

chairlifts in private residence s at the request of the owner of the private

residence.