California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 33 - Bureau of Automotive Repair › Chapter 1 - Automotive Repair Dealers and Official Stations and Adjusters › Article 2.5 - Vehicle Safety Systems Inspection Program › Section 3312.2 - Display of Licenses and Posting of Prices; Equipment Maintenance; Records

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A
				  vehicle safety systems inspection station license shall be placed under glass
				  or other transparent cover and displayed in a place where the license is
				  visible, legible, and located adjacent to a counter where customers are
				  served.
(b) Licenses of all
				  licensed vehicle safety systems technicians employed at a licensed vehicle
				  safety systems inspection station shall be mounted under glass or other
				  transparent cover and displayed in a place where the licenses are visible,
				  legible, and located adjacent to a counter where customers are
				  served.
(c) Each licensed vehicle
				  safety systems inspection station, except a station owned by a fleet owner,
				  shall display a vehicle safety systems inspection station sign that meets the
				  specifications in section
				  3313.1 of this Article, and the
				  sign shall be displayed in a location where the sign and text are visible and
				  legible to the general public from outside of the station. For the purposes of
				  this Article, "fleet owner" shall mean an owner of a fleet of three or more
				  vehicles who is not an interstate carrier.
(d) Each licensed vehicle safety systems
				  inspection station, except a station owned by a fleet owner, shall post, in a
				  location where a member of the general public within the station's place of
				  business will be able to observe and read, the price(s) for a vehicle safety
				  systems inspection. No charge relating to repair, replacement of parts, or
				  adjustments shall be imposed in addition to the posted price for the inspection
				  unless such additional work and added charges are authorized by the customer in
				  accordance with section
				  3354 of this Chapter.
(e) All inspection machines, devices, and
				  equipment shall be maintained in good working condition by the vehicle safety
				  systems inspection station. Good working condition shall mean that machines,
				  devices, and equipment requiring calibration or adjustment shall be useable as
				  intended by the manufacturer and calibrated or adjusted in accordance with the
				  instructions of the manufacturer.
(f) Each licensed vehicle safety systems
				  inspection station shall maintain and have available for inspection, upon
				  request of the Bureau, records relating to the vehicle safety systems
				  inspections conducted by the licensee, including certificates of compliance
				  numbers and Vehicle Safety Reports (as specified in Chapter 1.8 of the Vehicle
				  Safety Systems Inspection Manual, referenced in section
				  3311.1 of this Article) for each
				  vehicle inspected, for not less than three (3) years after completion of any
				  vehicle safety systems inspection.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 9882, 9888.5 and 9888.6,
						Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 9884.11, 9888.2 and 9888.5,
						Business and Professions Code.