Utah Admin. Code R920-60-4 - Definitions
In addition to terms defined in Section 72-16-102, the following terms are defined as follows:
(1) "ACCT" means
the Association for Challenge Course Technology.
(2) "Aerial Adventure Course" means a patron
participatory facility or facilities consisting of one or more elevated
walkways, platforms, zip lines, nets, ropes, or other elements that require the
use of fall hazard personal safety equipment (PSE). Aerial adventure courses
are typically referred to as ropes courses, free fall devices, and zip lines in
this rule.
(3) "AIMS International"
means Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers International.
(4) "Amusement Ride" means a device or
combination of devices or elements that carries or conveys one or more riders
along, around, or over a fixed or restricted route or course or allows the
riders to steer or guide the device within an established area to give the
riders amusement, pleasure, thrills, or excitement.
(5) "Amusement Ride, Kiddie Ride" means an
amusement ride designed primarily for children up to 12 years of age.
(6) "Amusement Ride, Non-Kiddie Ride" means
an amusement ride not defined as a kiddie ride amusement ride.
(7) "Annual Permit" means the amusement ride
operating permit issued for a permanent amusement ride or a mobile amusement
ride and is issued by the director and is valid for a period of one
year.
(8) "Certificate of
Inspection" means the documentation of an amusement ride inspection conducted
by a qualified safety inspector.
(9) "Concession Go-Karts" means a
single-vehicle that is powered without connection to a common energy source,
which is driver-controlled for acceleration, speed, braking, and steering,
which operates within the containment system of a defined track, which
simulates competitive motorsports, and which is used by the public. Concession
go-karts typically operate at speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
(10) "Director" means the director of the
Amusement Ride Safety Committee, facilitated by the Utah Department of
Transportation, or a designee thereof, which may include an employee of the
department of transportation or another person.
(11) "Inspection for Annual Permit" means a
procedure to be conducted before applying for an annual permit, or at the time
of a major modification, by a qualified safety inspector to determine whether
an amusement ride complies with the standards under this rule.
(12) "Inspection, Daily" means a procedure to
be performed and recorded by the owner-operator of an amusement ride, or the
operator's designee on days the amusement ride will be operated for the public
that confirms the current operational safety of the amusement ride following
this rule and the manufacturer's recommendations, as applicable.
(13) "Major Modification" means any change in
either the structural or operational characteristics of the amusement ride that
will alter its performance from that specified in the manufacturer's design
criteria.
(14) "Mobile Amusement
Ride" means an amusement ride that is:
(a)
designed or adapted to be moved from one location to another;
(b) not fixed at a single location;
and
(c) relocated at least once
each calendar year.
(15)
"Muti Ride Annual Permit" means the amusement ride operating permit issued for
multiple rides at an amusement park that employs more than 1,000 individuals in
a calendar year and is issued by the director and is valid for a period of one
year.
(16) "NAARSO" means National
Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials.
(17) "Operator" means an individual who
controls the starting, stopping, or speed of an amusement ride.
(18) "Owner-Operator" means an individual who
has control over and responsibility for the maintenance, setup, and operation
of an amusement ride.
(19)
"Permanent Amusement Ride" means an amusement ride that is not a mobile
amusement ride.
(20) "Qualified
Safety Inspector" means an individual who holds a valid qualified Utah safety
inspector certification.
(21)
"Race-Karts" means go-karts designed for the sole purpose of racing on tracks,
streets, or other areas of competition, and not to be used by the public in an
amusement facility setting.
(22)
"Reportable Serious Injury" means an injury to a rider that:
(a) occurs when there is a failure or
malfunction of an amusement ride; and
(b) results in death, dismemberment,
permanent disfigurement, permanent loss of the use of a body organ, member,
function or system, or a compound fracture.
(23) "Serious Injury" means an injury to a
rider that:
(a) occurs when there is a failure
or malfunction of an amusement ride; and
(b) requires immediate admission to a
hospital and overnight hospitalization and observation by a licensed
physician.
(24) "Zip
Line" means an aerial adventure course element over an open span consisting of
an inclined wire or fiber rope on which a harnessed patron suspended from a
pulley or trolley traverses with the primary force for propulsion being
gravity.
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