{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-3021","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3021","heading":"Legislative findings - Elevator mechanic's license","body":"required - Temporary cessation of operation - Hearings -\n\nRegistration of elevator - Exemptions - Other laws - Interference\n\nwith Commissioner.\n\nA. The Legislature, finding that the protection of public\n\nhealth and safety requires that elevators and similar devices be\n\ninstalled, maintained, and regularly inspected in compliance with\n\nrecognized safety standards and codes, declares that elevator\n\ncontractors, elevator mechanics, and elevator inspectors shall be\n\nlicensed by this state pursuant to the Elevator Safety Act.\n\nB. 1. Except as otherwise provided for by the Elevator Safety\n\nAct or rules promulgated pursuant thereto, no person shall erect,\n\nconstruct, install, wire, alter, replace, maintain, remove, repair,\n\nor dismantle any elevator unless the person holds a valid elevator\n\nmechanic's license pursuant to the Elevator Safety Act and is\n\nemployed by a person or business entity licensed as an elevator\n\ncontractor pursuant to the Elevator Safety Act.\n\n2. Whenever an emergency exists in this state due to disaster,\n\nact of God or work stoppage, and the number of persons in the state\n\nholding licenses issued by the Commissioner of Labor is insufficient\n\nto cope with the emergency, licensed elevator contractors shall\n\nrespond as necessary to assure the safety of the public. Any person\n\ncertified by a licensed elevator contractor to have an acceptable\n\ncombination of documented experience and education to perform\n\nelevator work without direct and immediate supervision shall apply\n\nfor an emergency elevator mechanic license from the Department of\n\nLabor within five (5) business days after commencing work requiring\n\na license. The Commissioner shall issue emergency elevator mechanic\n\nlicenses. The licensed elevator contractor shall furnish proof of\n\ncompetency as the Commissioner may require. Each such license shall\n\nstate that it is valid for a period of forty-five (45) days from the\n\ndate thereof and for such particular elevators or geographical areas\n\nas the Commissioner may designate and otherwise shall entitle the\n\nlicensee to the rights and privileges of an elevator mechanic\n\nlicense issued pursuant to the Elevator Safety Act. The\n\nCommissioner shall renew an emergency elevator mechanic license upon\n\nproper application during the existence of an emergency. No fee\n\nshall be charged for any emergency elevator mechanic license or\n\nrenewal thereof.\n\n3. A licensed elevator contractor shall notify the Commissioner\n\nof Labor when there are no licensed personnel available to perform\n\nelevator work. The licensed elevator contractor may request that\n\nthe Commissioner issue temporary elevator mechanic licenses to\n\npersons certified by the licensed elevator contractor to have an\n\nacceptable combination of documented experience and education to\n\nperform elevator work without direct and immediate supervision. Any\n\nperson certified by a licensed elevator contractor to have any\n\ncombination of documented experience and education to perform\n\nelevator work without direct and immediate supervision shall\n\nimmediately apply for a temporary elevator mechanic license from the\n\nCommissioner and shall pay such fee as the Commissioner shall\n\ndetermine. Each such license shall state that it is valid for a\n\nperiod not to exceed thirty (30) days and while employed by the\n\nlicensed elevator contractor that certified the individual as\n\nqualified. The Commissioner shall renew such licenses upon proper\n\napplication and payment of any required fees as long as the shortage\n\nof license holders shall continue.\n\n4. The Commissioner of Labor or an authorized representative\n\nmay issue a written order for the temporary cessation of operation\n\nof an elevator if it has been determined after inspection to be\n\nhazardous, unsafe, or in violation of any provisions of the Elevator\n\nSafety Act or rules promulgated by the Commissioner. Operations\nuired fees as long as the shortage\n\nof license holders shall continue.\n\n4. The Commissioner of Labor or an authorized representative\n\nmay issue a written order for the temporary cessation of operation\n\nof an elevator if it has been determined after inspection to be\n\nhazardous, unsafe, or in violation of any provisions of the Elevator\n\nSafety Act or rules promulgated by the Commissioner. Operations\n\nshall not resume until such conditions are corrected to the\n\nsatisfaction of the Commissioner. The Commissioner or an authorized\n\nrepresentative may inspect any elevator without notice. The\n\nCommissioner or an authorized representative may issue a written\n\norder for the temporary cessation of any licensing violations and/or\n\nany violations of any rule or order promulgated pursuant to the\n\nprovisions of the Elevator Safety Act.\n\n5. Any alleged violator of paragraph 2 of this subsection shall\n\nbe afforded an opportunity for a fair and swift administrative\n\nhearing. The hearing may be conducted by the Commissioner or\n\nhis/her designated hearing officer in conformity with, and records\n\nmade thereof as provided by, Sections 308a through 323 of Title 75\n\nof the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\n6. Any order issued by the Commissioner or an authorized\n\nrepresentative may be enforced in the district court in an action\n\nfor an injunction or writ of mandamus upon the petition of the\n\ndistrict attorney or Attorney General, upon the request of the\n\nCommissioner. Provided further, an injunction without bond may be\n\ngranted by the district court to the Commissioner, for the purpose\n\nof enforcing the Elevator Safety Act.\n\nC. Except as otherwise provided by the Elevator Safety Act,\n\nevery elevator in this state shall be subject to the provisions as\n\nrequired by the Elevator Safety Act. The owner or lessee of every\n\nelevator in service or put into service shall register the elevator\n\nwith the Department of Labor, giving the type, rated load and speed,\n\nname of manufacturer, location of the elevator, and purpose for\n\nwhich used, as well as such other information as the Commissioner of\n\nLabor may require. Elevators newly constructed or installed shall\n\nbe registered and inspected before being put into service.\n\nD. The provisions of the Elevator Safety Act shall not apply to\n\nelevators that are:\n\n1. In or adjacent to buildings or excavations owned by and/or\n\nunder the operational control of the government of the United States\n\nor located on federal property and/or a sovereign tribal nation.\n\nSuch elevators shall be inspected if the authorized representative\n\nof the owner request such an inspection in writing and agrees to pay\n\ninspection fees established pursuant to the Elevator Safety Act;\n\n2. In an existing owner-occupied private residence or an\n\nexisting building of not more than two floors owned by a municipal\n\npublic trust that is used solely for independent living apartments\n\nfor persons sixty-two (62) years of age or older; provided, such\n\nelevators shall be inspected if the property owner so requests and\n\npays inspection fees established pursuant to the Elevator Safety\n\nAct. Inspection of an elevator pursuant to this paragraph shall not\n\ncause any other provision of the Elevator Safety Act to apply to the\n\nowner with respect to the private residence or building; or\n\n3. Located in or adjacent to a building or structure within a\n\nmanufacturing, utility or industrial facility. Such elevators shall\n\nbe inspected if the authorized representative of the facility\n\nrequests such an inspection in writing and agrees to pay inspection\n\nfees established pursuant to the Elevator Safety Act.\n\nE. Nothing in the Elevator Safety Act shall be construed as\n\nprohibiting municipalities, counties, or other political\n\nsubdivisions of the state from enacting and enforcing licensure\nntative of the facility\n\nrequests such an inspection in writing and agrees to pay inspection\n\nfees established pursuant to the Elevator Safety Act.\n\nE. Nothing in the Elevator Safety Act shall be construed as\n\nprohibiting municipalities, counties, or other political\n\nsubdivisions of the state from enacting and enforcing licensure\n\nrequirements or safety standards exceeding those required by the\n\nElevator Safety Act.\n\nF. Provisions of Section 863.1 et seq. of Title 19 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes that are in conflict with provisions of the\n\nElevator Safety Act shall prevail over provisions of the Elevator\n\nSafety Act unless the provisions of Section 863.1 et seq. of Title\n\n19 of the Oklahoma Statutes are less stringent than the provisions\n\nof the Elevator Safety Act.\n\nG. No person, firm, or corporation shall interfere with,\n\nobstruct, or hinder by force or otherwise the Commissioner of Labor\n\nor an authorized representative while in the performance of their\n\nduties, or refuse to properly answer questions asked by such\n\nofficers pertaining to the laws over which he or she has supervision\n\nunder the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act, or refuse them\n\nadmittance to any place where an elevator is located which is\n\naffected by the Elevator Safety Act.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"d203cf6578cc7ea7f30dc508228caae92ea1b32d351973132dbd0dff592f9982","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-3020","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-3022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}