Ariz. Admin. Code § R20-5-507 - Safety Code for Elevators, Escalators, Dumbwaiters, Moving Walks, Material Lifts, Special Purpose Personnel Elevators, and Dumbwaiters with Automatic Transfer Devices

A. Every owner or operator of an elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter, moving walk, material lift, special purpose personnel elevator, or dumbwaiter with automatic transfer device installed, repaired, or altered on or after January 1, 2023, shall comply with the ASME A17.1-2019 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators) or ASME A17.7-2007 (Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators) as referenced in ASME A17.1-2019, which are incorporated by reference. For purposes of a repair or alteration, compliance with the specified standard shall apply, to the extent possible, to the scope of the repair or alteration. These incorporations by reference do not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter.

B. Every owner or operator of an elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter, moving walk, material lift, special purpose personnel elevator, or dumbwaiter with automatic transfer device installed, repaired, or altered between May 5, 2009, and December 31, 2022, shall comply with either:

(1) ASME A17.1-2019 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators);

(2) ASME A17.1-2007 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators); or

(3) ASME A17.7-2007 (Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators), as referenced in ASME A17.1-2019 and ASME A17.1-2007, which are incorporated by reference. For purposes of a repair or alteration, compliance with the specified standard shall apply, to the extent possible, to the scope of the repair or alteration. These incorporations by reference do not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter.

C. Every owner or operator of an elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter, moving walk, material lift, special purpose personnel elevator, or dumbwaiter with automatic transfer device installed, repaired, or altered before May 5, 2009, shall comply with either:

(1) ASME A17.1-2019 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators);

(2) ASME A17.1-2007 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators);

(3) ASME A17.7-2007 (Performance-Based Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators), as referenced in ASME A17.1-2019 and A17.1-2007; or

(4) the version of ASME A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators) in effect at the time of installation, which are incorporated by reference. For purposes of a repair or alteration, compliance with the specified standard shall apply, to the extent possible, to the scope of the repair or alteration. These incorporations by reference do not include any later amendments or editions of the incorporated matter.

D. For installations of a residential elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter, moving walk, material lift, or dumbwaiter with an automatic transfer device, installed after February 6, 2020, the distance between the hoistway face of the hoistway doors and the hoistway edge of the landing sill shall not exceed 19 mm (0.75 in.) for swinging doors and 57 mm (2.25 in.) for sliding doors.

E. A copy of the referenced material is available for review at the Industrial Commission of Arizona, 800 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007, and may be obtained from ASME at Three Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016-5990 or at www.asme.org.

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Ariz. Admin. Code § R20-5-507

Former Rule R4-13-507 repealed, new Section R4-13-507 adopted effective November 9, 1979 (Supp. 79-6). Amended effective March 30, 1981 (Supp. 81-2). Amended effective June 23, 1983 (Supp. 83-3). Amended effective July 24, 1985 (Supp. 85-4). Amended effective September 5, 1989 (Supp. 89-3). Amended effective March 20, 1992 (Supp. 91-2). R20-5-507 recodified from R4-13-507 (Supp. 95-1). Amended effective October 8, 1996 (Supp. 96-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 5 A.A.R. 2935, effective August 4, 1999 (Supp. 99-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 381, effective March 15, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Amended by final rulemaking at 15 A.A.R. 872, effective May 5, 2009 (Supp. 09-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 2182, effective 8/6/2019. Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 311, effective 2/6/2020. Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 512, effective 1/9/2023.