(a) All new and existing elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, except dormant elevators, dumbwaiters, and escalators, shall be tested and inspected in accordance with the following schedule:
(1)
(A) Every new or altered elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator shall be inspected and tested in conformity with the applicable rules adopted by the Elevator Safety Board before the operating permit required by § 20-24-116 is issued.
(B) The inspections shall be made by a licensed elevator inspector in the employ of the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards and Commissions or its authorized representative;
(2)
(A) The owner or lessee of every existing passenger elevator or escalator shall cause it to be inspected within three (3) months, and the owner or lessee of every existing freight elevator and dumbwaiter shall cause it to be inspected within six (6) months after the effective date of the rules adopted by the board under § 20-24-107(a) and (b).
(B) However, the division or its authorized representative, at its discretion, may extend the time specified in this subdivision (a)(2) for making inspections; and
(3)
(A)
(i) The owner or lessee shall cause an inspection of every elevator other than a temporary elevator and escalator to be made periodically every twelfth calendar month, and of every dumbwaiter and elevator driven by manual power every twelfth calendar month, following the month in which the initial inspection required by subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section has been made.
(ii) However, an inspection under subdivision (a)(3)(A)(i) of this section may be made during the month following the calendar month during which the inspection is due.
(B) The board may approve by administrative rule a longer period between inspections for wheelchair lifts, moving walkways, and dumbwaiters.
(b)
(1)
(A) The inspections required by subdivisions (a)(2) and (3) of this section shall be made only by elevator inspectors who have been licensed in accordance with §§ 20-24-108 and 20-24-109.
(B) However, the elevator inspectors are not required to make any tests.
(2) Tests required by the rules to be made by the owner, the lessee, or the authorized agent of either shall be made by a licensed elevator mechanic in the presence of a licensed elevator inspector.