§ 23-33-16 Issuance and posting of
certificate. –
Whenever a compliance inspector or an authorized inspector shall have inspected
any existing elevator or device and shall have found it safe for operation; or
whenever any repairs required by the inspector to be made on any existing
elevator or device shall have been completed to his or her satisfaction; or
whenever in the case of any elevator or device hereafter installed, the chief
shall have satisfied himself or herself, by inspection, or otherwise, that it
may be safely operated; or whenever in the case of any elevator or device
hereafter erected the chief shall have satisfied himself or herself that the
elevator or device complies with the standards and rules set forth in the code
of rules, the chief shall, upon payment of the required fee stated in §
23-33-12, issue to the owner of the elevator or device the certificate
authorizing the operation of the elevator or device, stating the date of the
issue of such certificate, which shall be renewable annually, but shall be
valid until revoked. Each certificate shall be conspicuously posted by the
owner of the elevator or device in the cars of elevators or in conspicuous
places contiguous to other devices.
(P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-16; P.L. 1992, ch. 81,
§ 1.)