2011 Connecticut Code
Title 29 Public Safety and State Police
Chapter 538 Elevators, Escalators and Lifts
Sec. 29-195. (Formerly Sec. 19-414). Inspection by the department.

      Sec. 29-195. (Formerly Sec. 19-414). Inspection by the department. Each elevator or escalator shall be thoroughly inspected by a department elevator inspector at least once each eighteen months, except elevators located in private residences shall be inspected upon the request of the owner. More frequent inspections of any elevator or escalator shall be made if the condition thereof indicates that additional inspections are necessary or desirable.

      (1949 Rev., S. 3770; P.A. 84-86, S. 1; P.A. 00-165, S. 3; P.A. 09-35, S. 1.)

      History: Sec. 19-414 transferred to Sec. 29-195 in 1983; P.A. 84-86 required elevators or escalators subject to full-maintenance contracts to be inspected once every two years; P.A. 00-165 changed frequency of inspections from 12 to 18 months, deleted provisions re inspection of elevator or escalator subject to full-maintenance contract and added provisions re inspection of private residence elevators upon request of the owner; P.A. 09-35 replaced reference to private residence elevators defined in regulations with reference to elevators located in private residences re exemption from inspection.