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§ 95-110. 5. Powers and duties of Commissioner.
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The Commissioner of Labor has power to manage, inspect, enforce, and regulate devices and equipment covered by this Article.
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The Commissioner of Labor has power to manage, inspect, enforce, and regulate devices and equipment covered by this Article.
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The Commissioner may order unsafe device or equipment use stopped or limited, and may refuse, revoke, suspend, or amend a certificate of operation for noncompliance.
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A person must not operate, allow operation of, or use covered devices or equipment without a valid certificate, unless the lack of a certificate is due to the Commissioner’s failure to inspect.
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A person must not operate, permit the operation of, or use covered equipment or devices when they know or should know it would expose the public to an unsafe condition likely to cause injury or property damage.
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Owners or their agents must report certain device or equipment occurrences to the Commissioner within 24 hours, and later activity around the device is restricted until the Commissioner approves it.
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This section names the act and states its purpose is to have amusement devices designed, built, assembled, disassembled, maintained, and operated to prevent injuries.
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The owner or authorized agent must notify the Commissioner within 24 hours after certain device incidents, unless it is normal wear and tear. The Commissioner must investigate such occurrences, and no one may move, use, or repair the device or parts of it without approval, except to prevent injury.
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Operators must be at least 18, may run only one device at a time, and must stay present while the device is operating. No one may operate amusement device equipment while intoxicated or knowingly allow that to happen. Waterslide dispatchers must be at least 16.
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Owners may operate covered devices only if the required insurance exists, and waterslide operators must notify the Commissioner of personal injuries.
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This section sets civil penalties for violating specified amusement device provisions and creates criminal penalties for willful violations.
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The owner or amusement device operator may deny entry to any person if they believe entry could endanger the person, riders, or others.
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When requested, the North Carolina Attorney General must represent the Department of Labor in actions or proceedings under this Article or its rules.
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The State may, with a recommendation from the Commissioner of Labor and subject to this Article and its rules, enter agreements with federal agencies to help enforce federal laws and rules for covered devices.
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Information about inspections or proceedings that could reveal trade secrets must be treated as confidential, with limited exceptions.
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This section says the Article and its rules should be read broadly to protect the public welfare, and that if part of it is invalid, the rest can still apply.
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This Article covers the design, construction, installation, review, testing, inspection, certification, operation, use, maintenance, alteration, relocation, and accident investigation for amusement devices, except devices that normally do not need an operator.
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This provision defines key terms used for amusement-device regulation.
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The Commissioner of Labor may delegate, supervise, inspect, issue certificates, enforce rules, investigate accidents, and set inspection fees for amusement devices.
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Owners or their authorized agents must inspect and test the device before the public is admitted each day it will be used, and keep a signed record for at least 12 months.
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The Commissioner may order a device stopped or limited, or refuse, revoke, suspend, or amend a certificate of operation, when the statute is not being complied with or the device is unsafe.