Using Private Inspectors for Annual Elevator Safety Checks

• •Elevator owners are legally required to undergo annual safety inspections under Florida Statute 399.
• •Broward County now recognizes inspections performed by private, state-certified third-party elevator inspectors (CEIs).
• •Code violations identified by private inspectors carry the same regulatory weight as those identified by county inspectors.
• •The county does not regulate the fees charged by private third-party inspectors; these are private financial arrangements.
• •Private inspectors are required to maintain general liability insurance.
• •The county reserves the right to conduct quality-assurance inspections to verify the work performed by private inspectors.
• •Owners can verify the certification status of a private inspector through the state's DBPR database.
• •The county maintains a list of approved third-party inspectors available upon request.

Elevator owners in Broward County can now choose between county inspectors or private third-party inspectors to fulfill their annual legal requirement to maintain a valid elevator safety certificate.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.