Section 26.16 - Terminal Stopping Devices and Operating and Control Devices(1) Terminal stopping devices shall conform to the requirements of 524 CMR 35.00: Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators A17.1-2013 and the Massachusetts Modifications of That Code for hydraulic elevators, provided that roped hydraulic elevators shall have a separate automatic stop valve that is both independent of the normal control valve and mechanically operated directly by the movement of the car.(2) Operating and control devices shall conform to the requirements of 524 CMR 35.00: Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators Al 7.1-2013 and the Massachusetts Modifications of That Code for electric elevators and for hydraulic elevators in addition to the following:(a) Roped hydraulic elevators may have lever type operating devices provided that they are self-centering when released by the operator.(b) The following types electrical protective devices shall not be required: 1. Top of car operating device.2. Stop switch on top of a car.3. Hoistway door interlocks or electric contacts.4. Car door or gate electric contacts.6. Car emergency stop switch for roped hydraulic elevators with lever type operating devices. (3) Class III elevator cars shall be provided with a constant pressure operating device for operating the car for inspection, maintenance, and during emergencies, which shall be operative only when the operating device at the control dispatching station is inoperative. Means shall be provided at the central dispatching station for disconnecting the normal operating device and for making the constant pressure operating device in the car operative.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1366, eff. 6/1/2018.