Due to an inordinate amount of inquiries into the requirements of A17.3 in Florida, we are posting the relative bulletins from the Bureau of Elevator Safety that led to this formal adoption.

The first:
Bulletin 2006-01. This bulletin left everyone wondering whether or not the State had officially adopted A17.3 and subsequently divided all independent elevator inspectors into two camps. The first camp reading the bulletin as merely a “suggestion” to adopt A17.3 and it’s code requirements. The second camp reading the bulletin as a “green light” to enforce A17.3 and it’s code requirements. The ensuing inspections were, suffice it to say, anything but consistent on a county-wide basis.

The second:
Bulletin 2007-04. This bulletin outright declares A17.3 as the adopted code by the State of Florida and addresses the requirements of telephone/handsets in elevators (as vague as it is). This bulletin, along with a series of formal and informal meetings, put an end to the question of whether or not A17.3 was an enforceable code requirement for existing elevators.

In short, it certainly is. It was also shortly after this bulletin was released that the Bureau of Elevator Safety employed several additional State Monitors to ensure these codes were being enforced.

And they are.

For more information on this subject, stay tuned to this website (bookmark it if you like), and we’ll discuss, in detail, the requirements of this code and what it means to existing elevators in Palm Beach County. Additionally, you can also contact the Bureau of Elevator Safety Directly and they’ll be happy to answer any questions you may have. Their contact information is as follows:

Department of Business and Professional Regulation
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1027

Customer Contact Center: 850.487.1395