Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-121-105

  • Board: means the elevator and amusement device safety board, created in §. See Tennessee Code 68-121-101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of labor and workforce development. See Tennessee Code 68-121-101
  • Dumbwaiter: means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car that moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction, the floor area of which does not exceed nine square feet (9 sq. See Tennessee Code 68-121-101
  • Elevator: means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform that moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction and that serves two (2) or more floors of a building. See Tennessee Code 68-121-101
  • Escalator: means a moving inclined continuous stairway or runway used for raising or lowering passengers. See Tennessee Code 68-121-101
  • Owner: means a person that owns, leases, controls or manages the operations of an amusement device and may include the state or any political subdivision of the state. See Tennessee Code 68-121-101

Within sixty (60) days after the date of adoption by the board of rules and regulations under § 68-121-103, the owner or lessee of every existing elevator, dumbwaiter and escalator shall register with the department each elevator, dumbwaiter or escalator owned or operated by such owner or lessee, giving type, contract load and speed, name of manufacturer, its location and the purpose for which it is used and such other information as the department may require. The registration shall be made on a form to be furnished by the department on request. Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators whose erection is begun subsequent to the date of adoption, but prior to the effective date of the rules and regulations adopted under § 68-121-103, shall be registered with the department within not more than seven (7) days after they are completed and placed in service.