Error in Public Safety Portal
After submitting an application and payment using the Public Safety Portal, please be advised that your transaction will be successfully processed, despite some areas of the receipt being empty. Please do not make duplicate payments, as there is no need to start over and resubmit. A member of the IDHS staff will contact you directly if your application has other issues that need to be addressed.
Reminder: All Safety Tests Required to Be Reported
A change to Indiana Code 22-15-5-4(d)(2) was implemented in 2021, affecting Form 34599, which now requires that applicants submit results of all applicable safety tests, including failed safety tests, for regulated lifting devices. Previously, failed safety test results were not required, but they are now. Please submit them along with the other tests during the renewal process using the Public Safety Portal.
About the Elevators and Amusement Rides Section
The Elevators and Amusement Rides Section regulates two of the safest modes of transportation that exist today: elevators and amusement rides. As with any mechanical device, accidents can occur. However, the safety requirements for these devices are robust and accidents infrequent. It has been estimated that 275 million people travel 95,000 miles every day by elevator.
There are approximately 20,000 regulated lift devices (such as elevators, escalators and amusement rides) in Indiana. Ensuring the safety of these mechanical devices are nationally certified inspectors. These inspectors perform inspections annually in office buildings, factories, hospitals, schools, nursing homes and in other not-so-common places such as TV towers, smokestacks, steel mills and grain storage buildings.
These same inspectors will be found at fairgrounds, theme parks and indoor amusement parks inspecting amusement rides throughout the spring, summer, and fall and at ski lodges in the winter.
All IDHS amusement ride inspectors are certified by the National Association of Amusement Ride Safety Officials (NAARSO) or AIMS International.
The amusement ride inspectors completed 1,955 amusement ride inspections in 2023.
Access the Public Safety Portal
Use the Public Safety Portal for permits, licenses and inspections for elevators and amusement rides.
Public Safety Portal
Note: Visit the Application for Amusement and Entertainment Permit page to apply for amusement and entertainment permits.