1. (a) "Applicant" means a person seeking to be licensed under RSA 157-B:8 or RSA 157-B:8-a or seeking a renewal of a license issued thereunder.
2. (b) "Accessibility lift inspector" means a person who meets the requirements of RSA 157-B:8 and these rules and is engaged in inspecting and testing inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts, including gates, any doors, enclosure, runway means, and appurtenances required for its operation for the exclusive use by person(s) who have a handicap or injury that prevents them from using the stairs.
3. (c) "Accessibility lift mechanic" means a person who meets the requirements of RSA 157-B:8-a and these rules and is authorized to act as a mechanic who is engaged in the construction, maintenance, or repair of inclined stairway chairlifts and inclined and vertical wheelchair lifts, including gates, any doors, enclosure, runway means, and appurtenances required for its operation for the exclusive use by person(s) who have a handicap or injury that prevents them from using the stairs.
4. (d) “Alteration” of an existing elevator or accessibility lift means any action that changes, makes different, or modifies the existing unit from its condition immediately prior to the alteration.
5. (e) "Elevator inspector" means a person meeting the qualifications of paragraph RSA 157-B:8 and these rules and who is engaged in the inspection and testing of elevators escalators and accessibility lifts.
6. (f) "Elevator mechanic" means a person who meets the requirements of RSA 157-B:8-a and these rules and who is engaged in the construction, maintenance, or repair of elevators, escalators, and accessibility lifts.
7. (g) “Helper” means a person working under the direct supervision of a licensed elevator mechanic or accessibility lift mechanic while engaged in the construction, maintenance, or repair of elevators or accessibility lifts. The term includes “apprentice”.
8. (h) “Inspection” means an official examination or observation including, but not limited to, tests, surveys, and monitoring to determine compliance with rules, regulations, orders, requirements, and conditions of the department.
9. (i) “Owner” means “owner” as defined in RSA 157-B:2, I, namely “a person, partnership, association, or corporation who is the holder of title to, or who leases an elevator or accessibility lift from the holder of title to, a building in which there is an elevator or accessibility lift, as defined in RSA 157-B:2, except an elevator or accessibility lift for the exclusive use of the holder of title in the holder’s home.”
10. (j) “Owner’s designee” means a person or entity designated by an owner to act in the owner’s stead with respect to building maintenance issues including, but not limited to, required periodic maintenance of elevators and accessibility lifts within the owner’s building.

Source. #14313, eff 7-11-25, EXPIRES: 7-11-35