R920-50-17. Ropeway Inspector and Qualified Engineer

(1) General.

(a) Any person performing inspection services must be a "ropeway inspector" as required by this rule, and any person performing design services must be a "qualified engineer", as required by this rule.

(b) The Committee shall maintain up-to-date lists of qualified engineers and ropeway inspectors, which lists shall be open to inspection by the public.

(c) Any person desiring to be approved by the Committee as a ropeway inspector or qualified engineer shall submit a written request to the Committee enumerating his or her professional experience and attesting as far as possible to meeting the requirements stated in R920-50-17(2).

(2) Requirements.

(a) Applicant shall satisfy the Committee that by his or her education, training and experience gained by participation in ropeway inspections or designs as a principal or an assistant to a recognized ropeway inspector or ropeway designer, he or she is qualified to be, respectively, an approved inspector or designer or both.

(b) Applicant shall satisfy the Committee that he has a working familiarity and understanding of drawings and design data such as are furnished to design, construct, test, and inspect passenger ropeways, and that he or she has an understanding and working knowledge of the governing standard and this rule.

(c) The Committee may approve qualifications based on experience gained by an applicant through work under direct supervision of a qualified ropeway inspector or qualified ropeway designer.

(d) The Committee may approve employees of the state or individuals retained by the state as qualified ropeway inspectors. Such engineers may be given certain assignments where time is of the essence or a private engineer is not available or willing to undertake the inspection or investigation. It shall be the policy of the Committee to use the services and talents of qualified private engineers wherever possible.

(3) Revocation or suspension of approval as ropeway inspector or qualified engineer.

The committee may revoke or suspend the approval of any qualified engineer or ropeway inspector who is found by the committee to have:

(a) practiced any fraud, misrepresentation, or deceit in applying for approval;

(b) caused damage to another by gross negligence in the practice of passenger ropeway designing, construction, or inspection; or

(c) been engaged in acts of unlawful or unprofessional conduct.