Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-20-1001

Current through Chapter 492 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 8-20-1001 - Definitions

As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Amusement ride" means a ride or device, or a combination of rides or devices, as defined by rule of the division; except that "amusement ride" shall not include inflatable amusement rides.
(2) "Certificate of inspection" means documentation of an amusement ride inspection conducted by an inspector.
(3) "Director" means the director of the division or his or her designee.
(4) "Division" means the division of oil and public safety within the department of labor and employment.
(5) "Injury" means an injury that results in death or requires medical treatment administered by a physician or by registered professional personnel under the standing orders of a physician. For purposes of this subsection (5), "medical treatment" does not include first aid treatment or one-time treatment and subsequent observation of minor scratches, cuts, burns, splinters, or other minor injuries that do not ordinarily require medical care even though treatment is provided by a physician or by registered professional personnel.
(6) "Inspection" means a procedure conducted by an inspector to determine whether an amusement ride is being constructed, assembled, maintained, tested, operated, or inspected in accordance with the division's standards, the manufacturer's standards and criteria, or the insurer's standards, whichever is the most stringent, and that determines the current operational safety of the amusement ride.
(7) "Inspector" means a person certified to inspect amusement rides under criteria determined by rule of the division.
(8) "Operator" means an individual, corporation, or company or agent thereof who owns or controls, or has the duty to control, the operation of an amusement ride.
(9) "Registration" means the filing of a properly completed application with the division and approval of the application by the director.

C.R.S. § 8-20-1001

L. 2008: Entire part added, p. 1021, § 3, effective May 21.