§ 14-16-5. Inspector's license.

A.

No person shall be licensed as an elevator inspector to inspect elevators, escalators or new or altered dumbwaiters unless he or she is an employee of Shelby County authorized to inspect elevators, escalators, and dumbwaiters, or an employee authorized to inspect elevators, escalators, and dumbwaiters for any insurance company insuring such elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters in the city; provided, however, he or she has satisfied the board of elevator rules that he or she has had experience in inspecting elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators, has satisfactorily passed a written examination given by the board testing his or her knowledge of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted by the board. The board may license a person as an elevator inspector without such examination, if he or she holds a license as an inspector of elevators for a state or city that has a standard of examination substantially equal to that provided for in this section. A written application for such examination and license shall be made upon a form to be supplied by the board upon request, and shall be accompanied by a statement of the applicant's experience together with an examination fee of $5.00. Such examination shall be given not more than six months from the date when the applicant makes such application. If the applicant has the experience and successfully passes the examinations herein specified, he or she shall, upon payment to the board of a license fee of $10.00, be entitled to a license as an elevator inspector as a matter of right and such licenses shall be renewable annually at a fee of $10.00.

B.

There shall be no limit to the number of times an applicant may seek a license as herein provided, except that a rejected applicant may not make a new application within six months from the date on which he or she was notified that he or she has failed to qualify. A fee of $5.00 shall be paid to the board for each subsequent examination.

C.

If the board has reason to believe that a licensed inspector is no longer qualified to hold his or her license, it shall give such inspector reasonable notice of the time and place of a hearing at which the board shall inquire into the inspector's fitness and competency to act as an elevator inspector. If the board shall find that such inspector is no longer qualified to act as an inspector, it shall revoke his or her license forthwith, and such inspector shall not thereafter make any inspection required under this chapter.

(Code 1967, § 49-5; Code 1985, § 46-5; Ord. No. 2346, § 1(1), 12-16-1975; Ord. No. 3018, § 1(1), 6-9-1980)