{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-3023","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-3023","heading":"Elevator Inspection Bureau - Adoption and promulgation of","body":"rules – Inspections.\n\nA. There is hereby established an Elevator Inspection Bureau in\n\nthe Department of Labor under the direction of the chief elevator\n\ninspector, who shall be responsible to the Commissioner of Labor or\n\na duly authorized representative for the supervision, inspection,\n\nalteration, installation, testing, and maintenance of elevators and\n\nother such devices within the definitions of the Elevator Safety\n\nAct.\n\nThe Elevator Inspection Bureau shall be furnished with\n\nsufficient personnel, deputy inspectors, and clerical aids to\n\nperform the assigned duties within the limits prescribed by the\n\nCommissioner of Labor.\n\nThe chief elevator inspector and deputy inspectors, under the\n\nsupervision of the Commissioner of Labor, shall:\n\n1. Take action necessary for the enforcement of the Elevator\n\nSafety Act and these rules;\n\n2. Make available upon request copies of the rules promulgated\n\nby the agency; and\n\n3. Issue, suspend or revoke for cause certificates, licenses,\n\nand registrations as may be issued by the provisions of the Elevator\n\nSafety Act, and administer other disciplinary actions as prescribed\n\nin rules as promulgated by the Commissioner of Labor.\n\nB. The Commissioner of Labor is authorized to adopt and\n\npromulgate rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.\n\nDefinitions, rules, and regulations so adopted shall be based upon\n\nand follow generally accepted national engineering standards,\n\nformula, and practices. The Commissioner of Labor may adopt an\n\nexisting American national standard known as the Safety Code for\n\nElevators and Escalators of the American Society of Mechanical\n\nEngineers (ASME).\n\nC. Under the provisions of the Elevator Safety Act, the\n\nCommissioner of Labor is responsible to provide rules for the safety\n\nof life, limb, and property and therefore has jurisdiction over the\n\ninterpretation and application of the inspection requirements as\n\nprovided for in the rules. Inspection during construction and\n\ninstallation shall certify as to the minimum requirements for safety\n\nas defined in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Code or\n\nother construction standards acceptable to the Commissioner of\n\nLabor. Inspection requirements of operating equipment shall be in\n\naccordance with generally accepted practice and compatible with the\n\nactual service conditions such as:\n\n1. History of previous experience, previous records of\n\ninspection, performance, and maintenance;\n\n2. Location, with respect to personnel hazard;\n\n3. Quality of inspection and operating personnel;\n\n4. Provisions for related safe operating controls; and\n\n5. Interrelation with other operations outside the scope of the\n\nElevator Safety Act.\n\nD. Inspections required by the Elevator Safety Act shall be\n\nconducted by inspectors licensed by the Department of Labor.\n\nE. Inspections conducted for the issuance of a certificate of\n\noperation for new nonresidential installations shall be performed by\n\nthe Commissioner or his or her designee.\n\nF. Periodic inspections shall be performed by:\n\n1. A licensed third party inspector who at the time of\n\ninspection possesses a valid elevator inspector's license issued by\n\nthe Department of Labor;\n\n2. An elevator inspector employed by the liability insurance\n\ncompany of record of the owner of the elevator or device who at the\n\ntime of inspection is in possession of a valid elevator inspector's\n\nlicense issued by the Department of Labor; or\n\n3. An elevator inspector employed by the Department of Labor.\n\nG. Elevator Inspectors, not employed by the Department of\n\nLabor, shall submit to the Commissioner of Labor, an insurance\n\npolicy or certified copy thereof, issued by an insurance company\n\nauthorized to do business in this state to provide general liability\n\ncoverage of a least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for injury\n\nor death of any number of persons in any one occurrence, with the\nLabor.\n\nG. Elevator Inspectors, not employed by the Department of\n\nLabor, shall submit to the Commissioner of Labor, an insurance\n\npolicy or certified copy thereof, issued by an insurance company\n\nauthorized to do business in this state to provide general liability\n\ncoverage of a least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) for injury\n\nor death of any number of persons in any one occurrence, with the\n\ncoverage of at least Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) for\n\nproperty damage in any one occurrence and proof of workers'\n\ncompensation coverage.\n\nH. Elevators, escalators, and other such devices within the\n\ndefinitions of the Elevator Safety Act shall receive an inspection\n\nfor the purpose of obtaining a certificate of operation:\n\n1. Two-floor to four-floor elevator units, not to exceed two\n\n(2) years;\n\n2. Any wire-rope elevator, regardless of floors, annually;\n\n3. Escalators and moving walkways, annually;\n\n4. Wheelchair lifts, triennially;\n\n5. Temporary elevators shall be inspected at each erection and\n\nevery ninety (90) days or as the code requires; and\n\n6. Any elevator or other such device subject to the provisions\n\nof the Elevator Safety Act located in a structure whose occupants\n\nare mobility restricted, such as hospitals, nursing homes, and\n\nresidential care facilities, shall be inspected annually.","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":"f9a0df4c914ae367911c3046e554aec0a604d47620040b85ee939e2ddeea4320","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-3022","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-3023.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}