Conveyances: permit: suspensions.

Existing law both prohibits a conveyance, as defined to include among other things an elevator or escalator, from being operated and prohibits a conveyance from being erected, constructed, installed, or materially altered unless a permit for that action is issued by or on behalf of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health of the Department of Industrial Relations and unless the permit is kept posted conspicuously on the conveyance or kept at the construction site, respectively. Existing law authorizes the Division of Occupational Safety and Health to issue a preliminary order for repairs and alterations of a conveyance that, upon inspection, is determined to be unsafe. Under existing law, the division may prohibit the operation of the conveyance until the unsafe conditions are removed. Existing law provides for a hearing to allow the conveyance operator to contest the order. This bill would authorize temporary suspension of a permit if an inspection determines that the work does not comply with applicable building or other standards, as specified. The bill would require that the permitholder be given notice and opportunity to contest the suspension at a hearing, as specified.