524 CMR, 524 CMR 38.00 - Safety Standards for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts
- § 1 - Introduction
- § 2 - Vertical Platform Lifts
- § 7 - Private Residence Inclined Stairway Chairlifts
- § 10 - Routine, Periodic, and Acceptance Inspections and Tests
The Board incorporates by reference ASME A18.1-2014: Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, with the following Massachusetts modifications for new and existing applicable elevators regulated by 524 CMR.
Notes
REGULATORY AUTHORITY
524 CMR 38.00: M.G.L. c. 143, §§ 62 through 71G.
The Board's incorporation by reference includes the definitions set forth in ASME A18.1-2014: Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, Section 1.3. In the event of any conflict between definitions as provided in said section 1.3 and those set forth elsewhere in 524 CMR, within 524 CMR 38.00 only, the standard's definitions shall control.
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