(a) Except when otherwise provided, the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions shall have the power, and it shall be its duty, to enforce this chapter and the rules adopted by the Elevator Safety Board.
(b) In cities, towns, or other governmental subdivisions having a building department with qualified personnel to enforce this chapter or portions thereof, the Director of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions may delegate the building department as the authorized representative of the division to enforce and carry out the provisions of §§ 20-24-112 — 20-24-116 or any portion thereof as may be designated by him or her.