§ 23-33-15 Order to cease operation or
make repairs. –
If as a result of inspection, the chief shall determine that any elevator or
device is in such a condition as to be unsafe, and that the danger is imminent,
the chief shall order the operation of that elevator or device to be stopped
immediately, and the certificate revoked, and shall physically render the unit
inoperable, and thereupon operation shall be stopped until the elevator or
device or the defective part or parts thereof shall be repaired or renewed and
put in safe condition, and a new certificate thereof under the provisions of
this chapter issued by the chief or compliance inspector. Where there is no
immediate danger, the chief or compliance inspector shall notify the owner or
the owner agent to remedy the defect or defects within such reasonable time as
he or she may prescribe, and if the defect or defects are not remedied within
the prescribed time, the use of the elevator or device shall be discontinued at
the expiration thereof, and the certificate revoked until the elevator or
device is put in a safe condition and a new certificate is issued by the chief
or compliance inspector.
(P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-15; P.L. 1985, ch. 510,
§ 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 53, § 1.)