Section 7921 Of Part 8.1. Permanent Amusement Ride Safety Inspection Program From California Labor Code >> Division 5. >> Part 8.1.
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. As used in this part:
(a) "Permanent amusement ride" means a mechanical device, aquatic
device, or combination of devices, of a permanent nature that carries
or conveys passengers along, around, or over a fixed or restricted
route or course for the purpose of giving its passengers amusement,
pleasure, thrills, or excitement. "Permanent amusement ride" includes
the business of operating bungee jumping services or providing
services to facilitate bungee jumping, but does not include slides,
playground equipment, coin-operated devices or conveyances that
operate directly on the ground or on a surface or pavement directly
on the ground. The division shall determine the specific devices that
are permanent amusement rides for the purposes of this part. This
determination shall be made to apply equally to all operators of
similar or identical rides and shall be made pursuant to a procedure
promulgated by the standards board.
(b) "Operator" or "owner" means a person who owns or controls or
has the duty to control the operation of an amusement ride. It
includes the state and every state agency, and each county, city,
district, and all public and quasi-public corporations and public
agencies therein.
(c) "Qualified safety inspector" means either of the following:
(1) A person who holds a valid professional engineer license
issued by this state or issued by an equivalent licensing body in
another state, and who has been approved by the division as a
qualified safety inspector for permanent amusement rides.
(2) A person who documents to the satisfaction of the division
that he or she meets all of the following requirements:
(A) The person has a minimum of five years experience in the
amusement ride field, at least two years of which were involved in
actual amusement ride inspection with a manufacturer, government
agency, amusement park, carnival, or insurance underwriter.
(B) The person completes not less than 15 hours per year of
continuing education at a school approved by the division, which
education shall include inservice industry or manufacturer updates
and seminars.
(C) The person has completed at least 80 hours of formal education
during the past five years from a school approved by the division
for amusement ride safety. Nondestructive-testing training, as
determined by the division, may be substituted for up to one-half of
the 80 hours of education.