California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 3 - Factory-Built Housing, Mobilehomes, and Manufactured Homes › Subchapter 2 - Manufactured Homes, Mobilehomes, Multifamily Manufactured Homes, Commercial Modulars, and Special Purpose Commercial Modulars › Article 5 - Third-Party Approval and Enforcement › Section 4878 - Inspection Method and Frequency

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A Quality Assurance Agency shall inspect
					 a manufacturer's production at the location of production. For units designed
					 and approved for final construction (exterior roof or wall materials for
					 example) by the manufacturer at a location other than at the manufacturing
					 facility, the Quality Assurance Agency shall perform an additional inspection
					 of the final construction exclusive of work performed for the installation for
					 occupancy.
(b) Upon discovery of
					 any violation of the Health and Safety Code, Division 13, Part 2, Section 18000
					 et seq., or this subchapter, the Quality Assurance Agency shall verify by
					 inspection the satisfactory correction or elimination of the violation. If
					 correction of the violation cannot be verified at the time of inspection, the
					 agency shall so state in the inspection report required by Section 4880 and
					 require the affected unit(s) held for reinspection at the manufacturing
					 facility. The agencies report of the reinspection shall describe the
					 reinspection and correction of the violation.
(c) In order to certify a manufacturing
					 facility, a Quality Assurance Agency shall inspect pursuant to subsection (e)
					 no less than the first five (5) units while under construction. Such
					 inspections shall continue until the manufacturer has demonstrated the ability
					 to consistently manufacturer units in compliance with the law and this
					 subchapter as a result of an effective quality control program prescribed in an
					 approved quality control manual. At such time, the Quality Assurance Agency
					 shall transmit to the department a Certification Report which complies with the
					 provisions of Section 4880(e) and the inspection frequency shall be reduced as
					 prescribed in subsection (f) or (g) of this section, whichever is
					 applicable.
(d) For special purpose
					 commercial coaches and recreational vehicles being manufactured without plan
					 approval, the Quality Assurance Agency shall inspect each unit while under
					 construction including all systems, components, equipment and installations
					 subject to this subchapter, and shall witness all tests required by this
					 subchapter prior to issuance of a California insignia.
(e) For units produced in manufacturing
					 facilities which are not certified, the Quality Assurance Agency shall inspect
					 each system, component, equipment and installation at each stage of assembly,
					 and shall witness all tests required by this subchapter.
(f) For certified mobile home and commercial
					 coach manufacturing facilities, the Quality Assurance Agency shall monitor
					 compliance with approved plans by inspecting all visible portions of each
					 system, component, equipment and installation subject to this subchapter, of
					 each mobile home or commercial coach which will be issued California insignia.
During each inspection visit, a Quality Assurance Agency
						shall monitor the manufacturer's compliance with material storage, inspection
						and testing procedures prescribed in an approved quality control manual, and
						shall monitor the quality control procedures at each of the manufacturer's
						production stations.
(g) For
					 certified special purpose commercial coach and recreational vehicle
					 manufacturing facilities, the Quality Assurance Agency shall monitor compliance
					 with approved plans by inspecting all visible portions of each system,
					 component, equipment and installations for at least ten (10) percent of the
					 manufacturer's production subject to this subchapter.
During each inspection visit, a Quality Assurance Agency
						shall monitor the manufacturer's compliance with material storage, inspection
						and testing procedures prescribed in an approved quality control manual and
						shall monitor the quality control procedures at each of the manufacturer's
						production stations.
(h)
					 When the manufacturer is found to be failing to follow the plan or quality
					 control manual, a Quality Assurance Agency shall increase the intensity and
					 frequency of inspections until such time that the agency is satisfied that the
					 manufacturer is producing complying units on a consistent basis.
(i) A Quality Assurance Agency shall
					 recommend to the department, cancellation of the certification when the
					 increased inspections required by subsection (h) reveal that a manufacturer
					 continues to fail to comply with the quality control manual, plans, or
					 otherwise produces noncomplying units. The recommendation shall be accompanied
					 by the inspection reports specified in Section 4880(c) and any other
					 documentation of actions taken to improve the manufacturer's compliance. The
					 department shall notify the manufacturer of the recommendation and provide an
					 opportunity for the manufacturer to submit and be heard with opposing
					 information before the department makes a decision to cancel the
					 certification.
(j) A Quality
					 Assurance Agency shall recommend to the department, cancellation of the
					 certification of any manufacturing facility which relocates, changes production
					 sequences, changes key personnel, or introduces new designs which result in a
					 failure to comply with the approved plans or quality control manual. The
					 recommendation and departmental action shall be the same as specified above in
					 subsection (i).
(k) When a
					 certification has been cancelled, the Quality Assurance Agency shall conduct
					 inspections as specified in subsection (e).
(l) For the purposes of this section, a
					 manufacturing facility with plan approvals and quality control manuals in
					 effect on the effective date of this article is considered to have been
					 certified by the department and is not in need of recertification by a Quality
					 Assurance Agency.
(m) A Quality
					 Assurance Agency shall not disapprove or in any way interfere with the
					 production of units produced in accordance with plans and quality control
					 manuals approved by the department or the manufacturer's Design Approval
					 Agency. When a Quality Assurance Agency believes an approved plan is in
					 violation of the Health and Safety Code, Division 13, Part 2, or this
					 Subchapter, the Quality Assurance Agency shall submit a written request for
					 reconsideration of the approval to the manufacturer and the manufacturer's
					 Design Approval Agency. The Quality Assurance Agency shall provide a copy of
					 all such requests for reconsideration as an attachment to the Agency's monthly
					 report specified in Section 4880(b).
If the subject of a request for reconsideration is not
						resolved to the satisfaction of the Quality Assurance Agency within thirty (30)
						days of the request, the agency shall refer the matter to the department for
						resolution.
1. New
						section filed 10-6-88 as an emergency; operative 10-6-88 (Register 88, No. 42).
						A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or
						emergency language will be repealed on 2-3-89.
2. The Certificate of
						Compliance transmitted to OAL 1-31-89 was disapproved. Order of Repeal of
						10-6-88 emergency order filed 3-2-89 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section
						11349.6 (Register 89, No. 11).
3. New section filed 3-3-89 as an
						emergency; operative 3-3-89 (Register 89, No. 11). A Certificate of Compliance
						must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days, by 7-3-89, or emergency language
						will be repealed.
4. Certificate of Compliance including amendment
						of subsections (c), (i) and (m) transmitted to OAL 6-29-89 and filed 7-24-89
						(Register 89, No. 32.).
Note: Authority cited: Section 18020, Health and Safety
						  Code. Reference: Sections 18020, 18025 and 18026, Health and Safety
						  Code.