For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Alteration" means a change of original design or operation through modernization, replacement of components or assemblies, or upgrade to existing equipment.

(2) "ANSI" means the American National Standards Institute.

(3) "ASME" means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

(4) "Apprentice" means an individual who is working with and receiving training from an elevator mechanic or limited mechanic licensed under this chapter and who is registered by an appropriate governmental unit.

(5) "Conveyance" means and is synonymous with "elevator" and includes, but is not limited to:

(a) escalators;

(b) inclined elevators;

(c) dumbwaiters;

(d) platform hoists;

(e) material lifts;

(f) moving walks;

(g) platform or wheelchair lifts; and

(h) chair lifts.

(6) "Electrical equipment" means any device or group of components that are connected to a source of electrical power. Such devices include, but are not limited to:

(a) electro-mechanical switches;

(b) controllers;

(c) motors;

(d) car and hall fixtures;

(e) lighting fixtures; or

(f) any other component that has exposed electrical parts or connections, either by design or when protective covers are removed.

(7) "Elevator code" means the code contained in ARM 24.301.602.

(8) "Equipment testing" means safety tests required by the adopted safety standard performance of properly licensed elevator inspectors.

(9) "Helper" means an individual who is assisting with the installation of conveyance components by a licensed elevator mechanic or limited mechanic.

(10) "Interactive testing and maintenance" means activity which requires human interaction with the technical components of controllers and machinery. Interactive testing includes, but is not limited to:

(a) car and counterweight safety tests;

(b) pressure relief tests;

(c) buffer tests;

(d) brake tests;

(e) unintended car movement tests; and

(f) ascending car overspeed tests.

(11) "Limited elevator contractor" means any person, firm, partnership, company, or entity that is engaged in the business of installing, altering, servicing, replacing or maintaining residential elevators or other conveyances in private residences.

(12) "Limited mechanic" means any person who is engaged in the installation, alteration, servicing, replacing, or maintaining of residential elevators, platform lifts, stairway chairlifts, and dumbwaiters in private residences.

(13) "Lockout" means the placement of a locking device on an energy isolating device, in accordance with an established procedure, to ensure that the energy isolating device and the equipment being controlled by it cannot be operated until the lockout device is removed.

(14) "Maintenance" means the renewal of operating parts, cleaning, lubricating and adjusting existing elevator equipment to ensure proper and safe operation as required by code. The term includes, but is not limited to:

(a) cleaning and lubricating equipment;

(b) relamping and repairing car lighting fixtures; and

(c) regular monitoring of hydraulic oil levels.

(15) "NAESA" means the National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities.

(16) "Operational testing" means, but is not limited to, those activities which require measurement or observation, but which does not require any form of conveyance disassembly. These activities include, but are not limited to:

(a) fire service tests;

(b) step/skirt index tests;

(c) starting and stopping of equipment through normal means; or

(d) smoke and heat detectors tests.

(17) "Repair" means the restoration of an elevator to its original intended design, but does not include changing its operation or intended use.

(18) "Residential elevator" means a powered or passenger conveyance which is installed in a private residence where the access to or control of the conveyance is restricted from public access.

(19) "Responsible elevator mechanic" means a designated individual employed by a licensed elevator contractor who is hired on a fulltime basis to ensure all work performed by the mechanic's employer is code compliant.

(20) "Responsible limited mechanic" means a designated individual employed by a licensed limited elevator contractor who is hired on a fulltime basis to ensure that all work performed by the mechanic's employer is code compliant.

(21) "Tagout" means the temporary placement of a printed notice on an energy isolating device, in accordance with an established procedure, to indicate that the energy isolating device and the equipment it controls may not be operated until the printed notice is removed by the person who attached it to the isolating device.