ORC Chapter 4105 + OAC 4101:5 (effective Jul 1, 2024): ASME A17.1-2019, A17.3-2020, A17.6-2017, A17.7-2007, A18.1-2020, A90.1-2015, ESTA E1.42-2018. Enforced by Dept of Commerce, Division of Industrial Compliance (state general inspectors; certificates of operation) plus insurer-designated special inspectors holding an Ohio certificate of competency; Board of Building Standards adopts the technical rules. Verified on the primary source, re-checked weekly.
Passenger and freight elevators, escalators and moving walks must be inspected twice every 12 months (power dumbwaiters yearly). Certificates of operation issue only with fees paid and safety tests current; escalators with any violation come out of service.
Source: primary document
Statewide layer. County and city amendments sit on top; the building view resolves them from your ZIP.
In force; no pending elevator rule amendment found on Board of Building Standards pages
There is no federal elevator inspection program; the state or city program below is the whole obligation, with ASME A17.1 and A17.3 as the referenced standards.
ORC Chapter 4105 + OAC 4101:5 (effective Jul 1, 2024): ASME A17.1-2019, A17.3-2020, A17.6-2017, A17.7-2007, A18.1-2020, A90.1-2015, ESTA E1.42-2018. Passenger and freight elevators, escalators and moving walks must be inspected twice every 12 months (power dumbwaiters yearly). Certificates of operation issue only with fees paid and safety tests current; escalators with any violation come out of service.
Dept of Commerce, Division of Industrial Compliance (state general inspectors; certificates of operation) plus insurer-designated special inspectors holding an Ohio certificate of competency; Board of Building Standards adopts the technical rules.
Nothing is scheduled. The rule above stays in force until the state adopts a newer edition or amends the program; AHJ Radar re-checks the source weekly.
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