Lift and Elevator Codes and Standards in Honduras

Honduras has no national lift safety law, lift standard or periodic-inspection scheme found. What binds lifts today is (1) the disability-equity law, Decreto 160-2005, whose Art. 43 requires lifts to have accessible access, controls and visual/audible/tactile signage (buildings without lifts must have ramps), and (2) municipal building rules: the Distrito Central (Tegucigalpa) Reglamento de Zonificación, Obras y Uso del Suelo (Acuerdo 017-2014, La Gaceta 33,415, 30 Apr 2014), Art. 210, requires at least one lift of minimum 5-person capacity in buildings of five storeys or more, plus lift-lobby corridor widths (Art. 187) and guarding of lift shafts during construction (Art. 326). There is no national lift standard; public-sector design specifications (e.g. UNAH's SEAPI list) cite ASME A17.1 and UNE-EN 81-50/81-70 as references. Workplace safety rests on the Código del Trabajo and the Reglamento General de Medidas Preventivas (STSS), whose lift content could not be checked. The national building code (CHOC-08 structural; Código de Construcción de Honduras 2012, Colegio de Arquitectos with ICC, based on the 2006 Spanish IBC) was not checked for lift chapters.

Who regulates lifts

Municipalities via building permits (Alcaldía del Distrito Central, Acuerdo 017-2014); Secretaría de Trabajo y Seguridad Social for workplace safety (lift role not confirmed)

Periodic inspection

Not found

Installer and maintenance licensing

Not found

Laws, codes and standards

Decreto 160-2005 (2005) — Law on Equity and Integral Development for Persons with Disabilities
Mandatory · Act of the Congreso Nacional · Congreso Nacional de Honduras
Acuerdo Municipal 017-2014 (Distrito Central) (2014) — Regulation on Zoning, Works and Land Use in the Distrito Central (Tegucigalpa)
Mandatory · Municipal agreement No. 017 (Acta 006, 12 Feb 2014) under the Ley de Municipalidades; published La Gaceta No. 33,415, 30 April 2014 · Alcaldía Municipal del Distrito Central
UNAH SEAPI design and construction standards list — UNAH list of standards, laws and criteria for infrastructure design and construction
Voluntary · Institutional design specification of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (applies to its own projects) · UNAH Secretaría Ejecutiva de Administración de Proyectos de Infraestructura (SEAPI)

Lift associations and bodies

Municipality of the Distrito Central (Tegucigalpa) (AMDC)
Honduran Standardization Body (OHN)

Last verified 2026-10-21. Standards are copyrighted: we list which one applies and its legal status, not its text.