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Once a ride or attraction is approved to operate in Pennsylvania, the owner and rides are required to be register with the department. Owners are required to submit itineraries detailing scheduled events where amusement rides will be (usually within 15 days of the event).
An Inspection Affidavit is required to be submitted online for each ride by a PA Certified Inspector. The inspector must be affiliated with the owner it is inspecting for. If not affiliated, please submit a new application indicating the new company. There is a $50 fee per affiliation.
- 9.1. Scope.
- 9.2. Definitions.
- 9.3. Compliance.
- 9.4. Registration.
- 9.5. Insurance.
- 9.6. Itinerary.
- 9.7. Inspection.
- 9.8. Inspection Affidavits.
- 9.9. Qualified Inspectors.
- 39.10. Advisory Board.
(a) This chapter prescribes policies and procedures relating to administration of safety standards for installation, assembly, repair, maintenance, use, operation, disassembly and inspection of amusement rides and amusement attractions erected permanently or temporarily at carnivals, fairs, amusement parks or any other location in this Commonwealth...
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: Act—The Amusement Ride Inspection Act (4 P. S. § § 401—419). Affiliated qualified inspector—A qualified inspector with a Department-issued certificate and credential card authorizing that person to act as a qualifie...
(a) General requirement. Owners, lessees and operators of amusement rides or attractions in this Commonwealth shall comply with this chapter. (b) Use of nonconforming rides or attractions prohibited. An amusement ride or amusement attraction which is not in compliance with this chapter may not be used or occupied except as provided in subsection (c...
(a) Registration required. An owner intending to operate or use an amusement ride or an amusement attraction in this Commonwealth during a calendar year shall register the amusement ride or amusement attraction with the Department prior to operation. (b) Duration of registration. Registration of an amusement ride or an amusement attraction shall ex...
(a) General requirement. A person may not operate an amusement ride or amusement attraction unless a policy of insurance is in effect insuring the owner, lessee or operator against liability for injury to persons arising out of the use of an amusement ride or attraction. The insurance policy shall be procured from an insurer or surety authorized to...
The owner or operator of an amusement park, carnival, fair, or other itinerant amusement ride or amusement attraction registered with the Department shall deliver an itinerary to the Department at least 15 days prior to the operation of a ride or attraction for use by the public in this Commonwealth. This delivery may be accomplished by mail, e-mai...
(a) General inspection requirement. An owner or lessee of an amusement ride or amusement attraction shall have the ride inspected in accordance with section 7 of the act (4 P. S. § 407) and this chapter. (b) Occasions when inspection is required. An amusement ride or amusement attraction shall be inspected as follows: (c) Qualified inspector to con...
(a) Inspection affidavit required. An owner or lessee shall, with respect to each amusement ride or amusement attraction that is to be operated for use by the public, file a written affidavit with the Department, affirmed by a qualified inspector, that the amusement ride or amusement attraction has been inspected in accordance with the requirements...
(a) General. The Department will certify persons who meet the requirements of this section to act as qualified inspectors. Any inspection of an amusement ride or amusement attraction required under the act shall be conducted by a qualified inspector who is certified by the Department with respect to the category of amusement ride or amusement attra...
(a) The Board is established under authority of the act, to exercise the powers and perform the duties ascribed to it in the act. The Board is appointed by the Governor, and consists of ten members, as follows: (1) A representative of the amusement ride manufacturers. (2) Two representatives of the Pennsylvania State Showmen’s Association. (3) Two ...
Every amusement ride or attraction, fixed or traveling, that operates in Pennsylvania must be registered with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and inspected by a qualified inspector before it opens. Follow-up inspections occur at least once every 30 days or each time a ride is set up for operation at a new location.
Inspection. (a) General inspection requirement. An owner or lessee of an amusement ride or amusement attraction shall have the ride inspected in accordance with section 7 of the act (4 P. S. § 407) and this chapter. (b) Occasions when inspection is required.
Jan 28, 2021 · The main portions of the Act were intended to ensure several things about amusement rides – 1) that amusement rides were properly insured in the event of injury to a rider and 2) the commonwealth could prevent injuries from occurring by having the ability to close rides that were shown to be dangerous.
Aug 11, 2016 · In Pennsylvania, state law requires that rides be inspected at least every 30 days by state-certified inspectors at amusement and water parks and each time rides are set up at carnivals and fairs. State-employed inspectors also do random checks.
