(a) Tests and Certificates of Operation Required. The operation or use of any new, altered or relocated elevator, dumbwaiter, moving stairway, amusement device or special equipment is prohibited until such equipment has passed OBBC, the Ohio Elevator Code, and this Building Code, and a Certificate of Operation has been issued in accordance with Section 3141.12.
(b) Tests of Elevators, Dumbwaiters and Moving Stairways. The person, firm or corporation installing, relocating, or altering an elevator, dumbwaiter, or moving stairway, shall notify the Commissioner, in writing, at least three (3) days before completion of the work and shall, in the presence of a representative of the Commissioner, subject the new, relocated, or altered portions of the equipment to tests required by OBBC, and the Ohio Elevator Code to show that such equipment meets the requirements specified.
(c) Tests of Special Equipment and Amusement Devices. The person, firm, or corporation installing, relocating, or altering special equipment or amusement devices shall, in the presence of a representative of the Commissioner, make such tests as the Commissioner may prescribe in order to determine the safety of such equipment.