California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 1 - Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control › Article 25 - Responsible Beverage Service Training Program › Section 168.3 - Training Provider Review, Modifications, and Fees

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) A
				training provider shall notify the department of any change to the contact
				information provided by the training provider to the department during the
				application or registration process by updating their contact information
				within the department's online certification system. Any department
				communication is presumed received and notice requirements are deemed effective
				if the communication is sent to the training provider using the contact
				information on record with the department.
(b) A training provider shall maintain
				current lists of its owners and officers and ensure any changes to its owners
				and officers continue to comply with the training provider approval
				criteria.
(c) A training provider
				must use one of its approved RBS training courses on file with the department
				whenever providing RBS training to alcohol servers under the RBSTPA.
(d) A training provider shall provide a
				notice of completion to an alcohol server immediately upon completion of their
				RBS training course either by email or written handout. The notice must include
				the alcohol server's name, training provider's name, the date of completion,
				and must direct the alcohol server to complete their alcohol server
				certification by taking the department's alcohol server certification
				exam.
(e) A training provider must
				notify the department using the online certification system within 24 hours of
				an alcohol server's completion of an approved RBS training course. Upon
				receiving this notification, the department will grant access to the alcohol
				server certification exam to the alcohol server through the online
				certification system registration under California Code of Regulations Title 4
				§
									170(b).
(f) The department shall review the
				effectiveness of all training provider RBS training courses through analysis of
				data collected when administering alcohol server certification exams. The
				department shall make the alcohol server certification exam data pertaining to
				a training provider's students available to the training provider through the
				department's online certification system.
(g) The department may deny, revoke, or
				suspend a training provider approval if it finds any of the following conduct
				by the training provider:
(1) The training
				provider does not meet the approval standards in this section;
(2) The training provider application is
				incomplete;
(3) The training
				provider misrepresented material facts within its application;
(4) The department is informed an owner or
				officer of the training provider has committed a crime of moral turpitude, as
				that term is applied to ABC license holders under Business and Professions Code
				§
										24200(d);
(5) The training provider fails to inform the
				department of a change in its owners or officers pursuant to California Code of
				Regulations Title 4 §
										168.3(d);
(6) The training provider's RBS training
				course does not follow the standards set forth in Business and Professions code
				§
										25681(b) and
				California Code of Regulations Title 4 §
										168;
(7) The training provider is not teaching
				from its RBS training course submitted on file with the department pursuant to
				California Code of Regulations Title 4 §
										168(a)(9)-(10), or
				the RBS training course it submitted to the accreditation agency submitted to
				the department pursuant to California Code of Regulations Title 4 §
										167(h);
(8) The training provider fails to inform the
				department within 24 hours of an alcohol server completing their RBS training
				course pursuant to California Code of Regulations Title 4 §
										168.3(e);
(9) The training provider fails to comply
				with a mandatory modification request from the department as outlined in
				California Code of Regulations Title 4 §
										168.3(h);
				or
(10) The training provider
				perpetuates a fraud within the department's online certification
				system.