Section 27-999. Inspection and test requirements

Every new and existing
  device listed in article one of this subchapter shall  be  subjected  to
  inspections and test requirements as follows:
    (a)   Elevators,   dumbwaiters  and  escalators  to  the  requirements
  specified in the reference standard RS 18-1 except that:
    (1) Governor operated elevator car safeties shall be  tested  with  no
  load in the car at the lowest operating speed.
    (2)  Instantaneous type car safeties, without governors, operated only
  as a result of the breaking or slackening of the hoist  ropes  shall  be
  tested with no load in the car.
    (b)  Moving  walks  to  the  requirements  specified  in the reference
  standard RS 18-1.
    (c) Lifts, conveyors, and amusement devices  shall  be  inspected  and
  subjected to the test requirements of the applicable reference standards
  and shall be tested to confirm the load capacity and safety of operation
  of  the  equipment,  including  tests of all operating protective safety
  devices, adequacy of the structural supports, and anchorage  to  floors,
  walls, ceilings and foundations.
    (d)  All  other devices shall be subject to such inspections and tests
  as the commission may require.