OAR 918-400-0660: Operating Permits

(1) Operating permits are issued periodically based on two-year inspection intervals. (2) Clean down inspections of escalators and moving walks performed according to 918-400-0645 are additional inspections under section (3) of this rule for which special inspection fees under 918-400-0800 apply. (3) The division reserves the right to perform additional inspections outside the two-year inspection interval established by this rule with prior notice to the responsible party according to criteria, which may include but are not limited to the following: (a) Accidents and injuries; (b) Commercial and public assembly structures; (c) Special residency occupancies, schools, hospitals; (d) Type of elevator; (e) Passenger or freight conveyances; (f) Construction only purpose elevators; and (g) Environmental conditions. (4) The division may refuse to issue an operating permit if: (a) Inspections are not satisfactorily completed; or (b) Permit fees have not been received. (5) The elevator-operating permit, or copy of the permit, must be posted in clear view in the elevator. A sign may be substituted providing the sign indicates the on-site location where the actual operating permit may be inspected during normal business hours.