{"id":"2c792618-58cc-4277-a32d-406d4658c295","task":"Confirm ASME A18.1 scope for platform lifts and stairway chairlifts","domain":"asme.org — A18.1-2023","steps":["Confirm A18.1 covers vertical platform lifts, inclined platform lifts, and stairway chairlifts intended for transporting a mobility-impaired person, in household and commercial applications.","Confirm the current edition is A18.1-2023, which supersedes A18.1-2020 — verify which edition the specific AHJ/building code has adopted before citing edition-specific text.","Confirm A18.1 explicitly excludes elevators, escalators, moving walks, material lifts, dumbwaiters, personnel hoists, and manlifts — those fall under ASME A17.1 instead.","Separately check the ADA Standards' referenced A18.1 edition (1999 or 2003 per U.S. Access Board guidance), since ADA accessibility compliance may reference an older edition than the locally adopted building code.","Where the locally adopted code cites a newer A18.1 edition than the ADA Standards, confirm whether 'equivalent facilitation' applies before assuming automatic ADA compliance."],"gotchas":["The 'current' A18.1 edition for building-code compliance and the edition referenced by the ADA Standards are not the same — both must be checked separately.","Devices intended for material or non-mobility-impaired passenger use do not fall under A18.1 even if they resemble a platform lift — verify intended use/occupant type."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T01:41:35.118Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/2c792618-58cc-4277-a32d-406d4658c295"}