When used in this rule chapter, the following terms shall
have these meanings:
(1) "Bureau"
means the Bureau of Elevator Safety.
(2) "Course" means a course, seminar or other
program of instruction approved by the department for the purpose of satisfying
continuing education requirements established in Chapter 399, F.S.
(3) "Course hour" means fifty minutes of
instruction, exclusive of breaks, recesses, or time not spent in
instruction.
(4) "Course provider"
means the person or entity approved by and registered with the department
pursuant to this rule and who is responsible for conducting a course approved
pursuant to this rule.
(5) "Course
instructor" means the person appointed by the course provider to teach or
otherwise lead an approved course.
(6) "Current satisfactory inspection" means
an inspection completed by a certified elevator inspector on or after August 1
of the previous year that is the most recent annual inspection conducted and
that contains no violations.
(7)
"Direct supervision" means a certificate of competency holder supervising an
elevator helper as set forth in Section
399.01(15),
F.S., is within physical proximity of the person being directly supervised such
that timely observation and evaluation of the work being performed is
facilitated to ensure the work is completed in accordance with applicable
statutory and administrative code requirements.
(8) "Major modification" as used in Section
399.02(9),
F.S., means any change in the type of service, motion control, or operation
control; any alteration to the controller or the firefighters' emergency
operation; or the addition of an elevator to an existing group of elevators as
described in ASME A17.1, Section 8.7, as adopted by reference.
(9) "Replacement" as the term relates to
alterations, means the removal of a device, component or subsystem in its
entirety and installation of an equivalent device, component, or subsystem that
performs in the same manner and does not:
(a)
Require modification or a rating change to the existing equipment;
(b) Add new functionality;
(c) Violate any provision of Chapter 399,
F.S., this rule, or the safety standards adopted in Rule
61C-5.001, F.A.C.; or
(d) Require inspection, tests, and
independent witnessing in any section of the safety standards adopted in Rule
61C-5.001, F.A.C., other than
Part 8 of ASME A17.1.
This definition does not include the replacement of any part
classified as an alteration in Section 8.6.3.10, ASME A17.1, as adopted in Rule
61C-5.001,
F.A.C.
(10)
"Session" means each distinct occasion a course is conducted.
(11) "Syllabus" means a detailed outline of
the course content to a level of detail that sufficiently demonstrates the
relevance required by subsection
61C-5.0085(3),
F.A.C.
