Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.801
Elevators; applicability of definitions in American standard safety code.
The definitions in section 3 of the standard are applicable to this act, except where they conflict with definitions in this act.
Michigan Compiled Laws — ELEVATOR SAFETY BOARD (Act 227 of 1967)
Michigan · statute · 227 of 1967, Mich. Comp. Laws · 24 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.802
Definitions.
(1) "Approved" means that which the director designates as acceptable to the department. (2) "Board" means the elevator safety board. (3) "Department" means the department of labor. (4) "Director" means the director of labor or his duly designated representative. (5) "Division" means the elevator safety division of the…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.803
Definitions; E.
(1) "Elevator" means the machinery, construction, apparatus, and equipment of an incline lift, escalator, moving walk, or device serving 2 or more landings used in raising and lowering a car, cage, or platform which is guided. The term includes a passenger elevator, freight elevator, gravity elevator, workmen's elevato…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.804
Definitions; G to S.
(1) "General inspector" means an individual who holds a general certificate of competency and is employed by this state as an elevator inspector or in an elevator inspection supervisory capacity. (2) "Incline lift" means an elevator that is designed and operated to transport individuals or material from 1 level to anot…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.805
Inapplicability of act to certain municipalities.
This act does not apply to or in any city, village or township having elevator inspection regulations under ordinances comparable to this act.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.806
Elevators; compliance with American standard safety code; adoption by rule; conflicts; applicability to residential incline elevator for use by members of homeowners association accessing shoreline of Great Lake or connecting waterway; "homeowners association" defined.
(1) An elevator shall be constructed, equipped, maintained, repaired, and used with respect to the supporting members, car or platform, hoistways, guides, cables, doors and gates, safety stops and mechanisms, electrical apparatus and wiring, mechanical apparatus, counterweights, and all other appurtenances in accordanc…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.807
Elevator safety board; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy; compensation and expenses.
(1) The elevator safety board consisting of 11 members is created, 1 of whose members is the director. The governor shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the senate, the other 10 members for terms of 4 years. The governor shall fill a vacancy on the board for the remainder of the unexpired term with a represent…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.808
Elevator safety board; powers and duties generally; rules establishing fee schedules; conducting business at public meeting; notice of meeting.
(1) The board shall have the following powers and duties: (a) To promulgate rules for the inspection, design, construction, installation, alteration, maintenance, and use of elevators in this state pursuant to Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being sections 24.201 to 24.315 of the Michigan Compiled L…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.809
Enforcement of act and rules.
The director shall enforce the provisions of this act and the rules promulgated by the board pursuant to this act and where, owning to special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions of these rules will result in unnecessary hardship or involve practical difficulties, the director, upon application in speci…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.810
General and special inspectors; qualifications; application requirements for examination as elevator inspectors; acceptance or rejection of applications; issuance of certificates of competency; reexamination.
(1) A person is not authorized to serve as a general inspector unless he has had 3 years' experience in elevator construction or the equivalent as determined by the board, and holds a general certificate of competency issued by the director. A person is not authorized to serve as a special inspector unless he has had 3…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.811
Special inspectors; designation by insurers or local units; commissions; renewal fees; compensation.
From the holders of special certificates of competency in the inspection of elevators, a company authorized to insure elevators in this state, may designate persons who are commissioned by the state to inspect elevators in the state covered by such company's policies. A local government having an approved elevator insp…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.812
Elevator contractors' licenses; applications, qualifications, expiration; exemptions.
A person, firm or corporation who is to install, construct, repair, alter and maintain an elevator shall secure from the director an elevator contractor license. The license shall be issued by the director, after his receipt of an acceptable application in writing and of the fee, to a person, firm or corporation found…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.813
Certificates of competency, commissions and licenses; reissuance when lost or destroyed.
A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license shall be reissued upon receipt of an application by the director and payment of the renewal fee without another examination, when it is proven to the director's satisfaction that the document is lost or destroyed.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.814
Certificates of competency, commissions and licenses; suspension or revocation; grounds, hearing, notice.
A certificate of competency, commission or elevator contractor license may be suspended or revoked by the director upon recommendation of the board for incompetence, neglect, misrepresentation or failure to comply with the requirements of this act, or with the rules made by the board. Such a document shall not be suspe…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.814a
Residential chairlift or residential stairway platform lift; installation, construction, repair, alteration, or maintenance; requirements.
(1) An individual shall not install, construct, repair, alter, or maintain a residential stairway chairlift or residential platform lift unless that individual meets all of the following: (a) He or she is 1 of the following: (i) Certified by the manufacturer of the residential stairway chairlift or residential platform…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.815
Permit for installation or alteration; plans and specifications; approval; form; fee; emergency alterations; issuance by municipality; receipt of completed application; time period for issuance; report; “completed application” defined.
(1) A person shall not install or alter an elevator without first obtaining a permit from the department. The department shall only issue a permit to a person that is licensed by the director as an elevator contractor. Elevator hoistway enclosures shall meet the requirements of the standard. The licensee shall submit d…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.816
Fees for services; determination; payment; deposits.
(1) Fees for the following matters shall be determined by the board subject to section 15: (a) Commission. (b) Certificate of competency examination. (c) Elevator contractor license. (d) Contractor examination. (e) Permit, each elevator or device. (f) Certificate of operation. (g) Appeal for hearing before board. (h) I…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.817
Inspections; entry on premises, assistance.
The director and his inspectors during reasonable hours may enter any premises within this state without hindrance for the purpose of examining equipment covered by this act in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board. The holder of a certificate of operation shall provide assistance required by the director…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.818
Certificates of operation; annual issuance.
The director shall issue a certificate of operation annually in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.819
Sealing elevator out of service; grounds.
A general inspector may seal an elevator out of service in accordance with the rules promulgated by the board or when any of the following conditions exist: (a) When in case of emergency, in the opinion of the general inspector, the elevator is in such condition as to render it unsafe for operation. (b) Failure to secu…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.820
Smoking or carrying lighted tobacco in passenger elevators prohibited; posting sign; receptacles.
(1) A person shall not smoke or carry lighted tobacco in any form in a passenger elevator in any building, structure, or premises in this state. A person who has control or management of any building, structure, or premises equipped with a passenger elevator shall not permit smoking or the carrying of lighted tobacco i…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.821
Violations of act or rules; penalties.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person, firm, or corporation who violates this act or a rule promulgated by the board, or who fails or neglects to pay the fees authorized in this act, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not more than $50.00, and for each subsequent offense by a fine of not…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.822
Saving clause.
A prosecution arising from a violation of the act repealed herein pending at the time this act becomes effective, or a prosecution which may be started within 1 year after the effective date of this act in consequence of any violation of the repealed act which was committed previous to the effective date of this act, s…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.824
Elevator safety board; membership, rules and fees, continuation.
The membership of the board as now constituted shall continue to serve in accordance with their terms of office and the rules and fees heretofore established in Act No. 360 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being sections 408.364 and 408.365 of the Compiled Laws of 1948, shall remain in full force and effect unti…