The Department inspects elevators annually and issues a cease-use order to any unsafe device or a PVT violation to any device found not in full compliance. To resolve these violations, building owners must hire a private elevator company to correct the deficiencies (unless the violation condition pertains to a building item), and the owner or his/her representative must certify to the Department that all issues have been corrected. Failure to correct PVT violations may result in additional enforcement action.
Resolving PVT Elevator Violations
Once a property owner has hired a private elevator company that has corrected the device’s deficiencies, the owner or his/her representative must:
1. File an Affirmation of Correction (AOC) to resolve the conditions identified on the PVT violation; or
2. File a satisfactory CAT 1 inspection (with the comment PVT: RESOLVED BY SATISFACTORY CAT 1 INSPECTION); or
3. File a satisfactory Affirmation of Correction (AOC) for a CAT 1 unsatisfactory inspection (with the comment: PVT: SATISFIED BY SUBMISSION OF AOC FOR CAT 1 INSP); or
4. Submit a completed elevator permit application (ELV1). Once the Department has signed off on it and has issued a Final Elevator Certificate, the BIS update will indicate PVT: SATISFIED BY ISSUANCE OF FINAL CERT FOR EA/EBN.
