Current through 2024 Act No. 225.
Section 52-19-290 - Staff requirementsThe owner must maintain at least the following staff at each bungee jump:
(A) Jump master. To be qualified as a jump master, a person must be at least eighteen years of age, and must have had a minimum of two hundred hours, and two hundred and fifty jumps, of incident-free experience as a jump operator under the supervision of a qualified jump master at a bungee jumping operation. The owner or lessee is responsible for maintaining records documenting hours logged (1) and jumps taken. A jump master is responsible for the following: selecting the bungee cord and adjusting the rigging appropriately for each jumper;(2) taking the jumper through the final stages to the jump take-off. The jump master must be present at the jump point during each jump;(3) training of the other bungee staff. All training must be conducted by or under the direct supervision of a jump master;(4) ensuring that the number of jumps being conducted at a site does not prohibit the bungee staff from carrying out all procedures and duties for each job as set out in the manual;(5) supervising all staff who are in training.(B) Registration clerk. The owner or jump master must designate a registration clerk at each bungee site with at least the following duties:(1) registering the jumper;(2) weighing and marking of weight of the jumper;(3) controlling movement of jumpers to jump platform.(C) Operating team. The owner must provide and maintain an operating team for each bungee jump operation. Each operating team must have a minimum of three staff members involved in the oversight of the jump, one of whom must be a jump master and one of whom must be a jump operator.1994 Act No. 408, Section 29, eff 60 days after May 24, 1994.