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 5.5 - Motor Vehicle Inspection Program › Section 3340.15 - General Requirements for Smog Check Stations

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A smog check station shall meet the following requirements
					 for licensure and shall comply with these requirements at all times while
					 licensed.
(a) The testing and
				  repairing of vehicles shall be performed only in a work area of the station
				  that has been approved by the Bureau. Other work may be performed in the
				  approved area, as desired. Except for heavy-duty vehicles, the work area shall
				  be within a building and shall be large enough to accommodate the type of
				  vehicle being serviced. In the case of the testing and repair of heavy-duty
				  vehicles the work area need not be in a building, but the emissions inspection
				  system used at the station may only be used within a building. The work area
				  shall be kept clean and orderly.
(b) A licensed inspector and/or repair
				  technician shall be present during all hours the station is open for the
				  business. Testing and/or repairing of vehicles pursuant to the Smog Check
				  Program shall be performed by a licensed inspector and/or repair technician,
				  consistent with their license classification.
(c) The station, inspector, and/or repair
				  technician licenses shall be posted prominently under glass or other
				  transparent material in an area frequented by customers.
(d) The station shall post conspicuously in
				  an area frequented by customers a list of price ranges for the specific
				  activities for which it is licensed. The posted prices shall include the price
				  charged by the station for inspections, and, if a separate price is charged for
				  reinspections, the reinspection price. The station shall also post the
				  inspection prices for vans and/or heavy-duty vehicles if those prices differ
				  from the passenger car inspection price. If the station imposes an hourly labor
				  charge for repairs, the hourly labor rate shall be posted. The price of
				  issuance of a certificate of compliance or noncompliance charged by the Bureau
				  shall be posted separately from the price of the inspection and of the
				  reinspection, if any.
(e) The
				  station shall make, keep secure, and have available for inspection on request
				  of the Bureau, or its representative, legible records showing the station's
				  transactions as a licensee for a period of not less than three years after
				  completion of any transaction to which the records refer. All records shall be
				  open for reasonable inspection and/or reproduction by the Bureau or its
				  representative. Station records required to be maintained shall include copies
				  of:
(1) All certificates of compliance and
				  certificates of noncompliance in stock and/or issued,
(2) Repair orders relating to the inspection
				  and repair activities, and
(3)
				  Vehicle inspection reports generated either manually or by the emissions
				  inspection system.
The above listed station records shall be maintained in
					 such a manner that the records for each transaction are kept together, so as to
					 facilitate access to those records by the Bureau or its representative. In this
					 regard, the second copy of an issued certificate shall be attached to the final
					 invoice record.