Recognized standard
A18.1-2023
FDA recognition 16-237 · ASME · Physical Medicine
Key facts
| Recognition number | 16-237 |
|---|---|
| Designation | A18.1-2023 |
| Title | Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts |
| Standards developer | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| Specialty area | Physical Medicine |
| Date of entry | Dec 22, 2025 |
| Device classes | Class 2 |
| Scope (excerpt) | The ASME A18.1 Safety Standard for Platform Lifts and Stairway Chairlifts presents certain guides for the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and repair of inclined stairway chairlifts, and inclined and vertical platform lifts. It covers devices intended… |
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