Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 3.5 of this chapter, the commission shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to adopt a statewide code of fire safety laws and building laws.
(b) The commission shall adopt the following national codes or their equivalent by rules under IC 4-22-2 and IC 22-13-2.5 (before its repeal):
(1) ANSI A10.4 (Safety Requirements for Personnel Hoists).
(2) ASME A17.1 (Safety Code for Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard).
(3) ASME A18.1 (Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts, American National Standard).
(4) ASME QEI-1 (Standard for the Qualification of Elevator Inspectors, an American National Standard).
(5) The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Automated People Mover Standard 21.
(6) ANSI A90.1 Safety Code for Manlifts.
(7) ASME A17.3 (Safety Code for Existing Elevators and Escalators, an American National Standard).
(8) ASME A17.6 (Standard for Elevator Suspension, Compensation, and Governor Systems).
(c) The commission shall review the subsequent edition of each code adopted under subsection (b) within twenty-four (24) months after the effective date of the subsequent edition.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), the commission may amend the national codes as a condition of the adoption under subsections (b) and (c).
(e) An amendment to the national code under subsection (d) may not unreasonably impair public safety.
As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.167-1997, SEC.3; P.L.119-2002, SEC.7; P.L.44-2005, SEC.1; P.L.1-2006, SEC.358; P.L.101-2006, SEC.34; P.L.113-2014, SEC.117; P.L.29-2014, SEC.28; P.L.86-2015, SEC.5; P.L.104-2018, SEC.2; P.L.230-2019, SEC.3.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 13. Fire Safety, Building, and Equipment Laws: Rules
22-13-2-1. State Agencies and Political Subdivisions to Exercise Statutory Powers
22-13-2-2. Statewide Code of Fire and Safety Building Laws; National Code Adoption
22-13-2-2.5. Statewide Residential Code Adoption
22-13-2-3. Precedence of Rules Adopted by Commission; Reference to Rules; Ordinances
22-13-2-3.5. Rules Requiring the Installation of Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Prohibited
22-13-2-4. Duplication, Conflict, or Overlapping of Responsibility Between Rules
22-13-2-4.1. Plan Reviews by Both State and Local Agencies
22-13-2-5. Commission Review of Ordinances or Regulations; Approval
22-13-2-5.5. Procedure for Review of Ordinances or Regulations
22-13-2-7. Review of Variances and Orders of State Agencies or Political Subdivisions
22-13-2-8. Equipment Law Rules
22-13-2-8.5. Rules; Outdoor Event Equipment
22-13-2-9. Power of Political Subdivisions to Regulate; Limitation
22-13-2-10. Lifting Devices; Regulation by County, City, or Town; Permits; Inspections
22-13-2-11.5. Incorporation of Nfpa 72 Into the Indiana Administrative Code
22-13-2-13. Exercise of Power to Adopt Rules by Commission