(A) This chapter shall be used to regulate the individuals and entities performing construction, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment, associated parts, and hoistways:
(1) Elevators;
(2) Power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings, including both of the following:
(a) Escalators;
(b) Moving walks.
(3) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped with a car that serves two or more landings and is restricted to the carrying of material by its limited size or limited access to the car, including both of the following:
(a) Dumbwaiters;
(b) Material lifts and dumbwaiters with automatic transfer devices.
(4) Automatic guided transit vehicles on guideways with an exclusive right-of-way, including automated people movers.
(B) This chapter shall not be used to regulate any of the following:
(1) Material hoists within the scope of the material hoists safety requirements;
(2) Manlifts within the scope of the belt manlifts safety standards;
(3) Mobile scaffolds, towers, and platforms within the scope of the vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating work platforms standards;
(4) Powered platforms and equipment for exterior and interior maintenance within the scope of the powered platforms for building maintenance safety standards;
(5) Conveyors and related equipment within the scope of the conveyors, cableways, and related equipment safety code;
(6) Cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings within the scope of cableways, cranes, derricks, hoists, hooks, jacks, and slings safety standards;
(7) Industrial trucks within the scope of the powered industrial trucks safety standards;
(8) Portable equipment, except for portable escalators which are covered by the elevators and escalators safety code;
(9) Tiering or piling machines used to move materials to and from storage located and operating entirely within one story;
(10) Equipment for feeding or positioning materials at machine tools, printing presses, and similar machines;
(11) Skip or furnace hoists;
(12) Wharf ramps;
(13) Railroad car lifts or dumpers;
(14) Line jacks, false cars, shafters, moving platforms, and similar equipment used for installing an elevator by a contractor licensed in this state;
(15) Platform lifts and stairway chairlifts within the scope of the safety standard adopted by the American society of mechanical engineers commonly referred to as ASME A18.1 ;
(16) Any conveyance installed in a showroom that is for demonstration purposes only.
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