§ 23-33-2 Formulation and adoption of
codes. –
The code commission for occupational safety and health created by chapter 20 of
title 28 shall, under and pursuant to the provisions of that chapter, formulate
and/or adopt a code of rules for the construction, inspection, maintenance, and
operation of new elevators, escalators and other devices subject to the
provisions of this chapter. The commission shall, likewise, also formulate
and/or adopt its own standard code of rules, under and pursuant to the
provisions of chapter 20 of title 28, for the construction, inspection,
maintenance, and operation of all existing elevators and other devices within
this state. These codes shall, in general, conform to nationally accepted
safety codes of such engineering bodies as the American standards association,
the American society of mechanical engineers, and American society of safety
engineers, and other accepted codes. The codes adopted under this section, with
any and all other later revisions or editions upon their effective date shall
have the force and effect of law.
(P.L. 1947, ch. 1882, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-33-2; P.L. 1989, ch. 542,
§ 63; P.L. 1992, ch. 53, § 1.)