The following amusement devices or rides or concession booths are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:
 1. Nonmechanized playground equipment including, but not limited to, swings, seesaws, stationary spring-mounted animal features, rider-propelled merry-go-rounds, climbers, slides, trampolines, swinging gates and physical fitness devices except where an admission fee is charged for usage or an admission fee is charged to areas where such equipment is located.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 88A.11

  • Amusement device: means any equipment or piece of equipment, appliance or combination thereof designed or intended to entertain or amuse a person. See Iowa Code 88A.1
  • Commissioner: means the labor commissioner or the labor commissioner's designee. See Iowa Code 88A.1
  • Concession booth: means a structure, or enclosure, used at more than one fair or carnival, or at one fair or carnival for more than seven consecutive days, from which amusements are offered to the public. See Iowa Code 88A.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. A concession booth, amusement device or ride which is owned and operated by a nonprofit religious, educational or charitable institution or association if such booth, device or ride is located within a building subject to inspection by the state fire marshal or by any political subdivisions of the state under its building, fire, electrical, and related public safety ordinances.
 3. The commissioner may exempt amusement devices from the provisions of this chapter that have self-contained wiring installed by the manufacturer, that are operated manually by the use of hands or feet, that operate on less than one hundred twenty volts of electrical power, and that are fixtures or appliances within or part of a structure subject to the building code of this state or any political subdivision of this state.
 4. The commissioner may exempt playground equipment owned, maintained, and operated by any political subdivision of this state.
 5. Vessels inspected by officers appointed by the director of the department of natural resources under chapter 462A.