Section 455C.518 - Inspections to determine safety of equipment1. In addition to those inspections of an elevator that are required to be made pursuant to NAC 455C.516, an inspector or a special inspector may require an inspection to be made of any elevator if, in his or her opinion, an inspection is necessary to determine the safety of the elevator. If an inspector or special inspector determines that the operating permit for an elevator should be suspended, modified or revoked pursuant to NAC 455C.530, 455C.616, 455C.624 or 455C.632 due to an unsafe condition, he or she shall notify the Mechanical Compliance Section immediately.2. All inspection duties set forth in the Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, A17.1, the Guide for Inspection of Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Walks, A17.2, and the Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors, QEI-1, as adopted by reference in NAC 455C.500, must be performed by an inspector or a special inspector. An inspector or special inspector shall only perform the inspection duties described by those publications, including, without limitation, as applicable, the observation of periodic tests performed by an elevator mechanic and the inspection of the machine room, elevator car top, hoistway, inside of the cab of an elevator and elevator pit area.3. An inspector may, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in charge of a premises that contains an elevator, enter without delay and at reasonable times the premises for the purposes of performing an inspection of the elevator.Nev. Admin. Code § 455C.518
Added to NAC by Div. of Industrial Relations by R101-02, eff. 12-15-2004; A by R077-14, 1-16-2015; A by R034-21A, eff. 7/26/2023