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 3311.1 - Vehicle Safety Systems Inspection Station Performance and Work Area, and Vehicle Safety Systems Technician Requirement

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
				  This Article shall supersede the provisions related to lamp and brake adjusting
				  stations and adjusters in Articles 2, 3, and 4 of this Division on September
				  27, 2024.
(b) All inspections of
				  vehicle safety systems for the purpose of issuing any certificate of compliance
				  under section
				  9888.6 of the Code shall be
				  performed at vehicle safety systems inspection stations by vehicle safety
				  systems technicians licensed under and in compliance with this Article and
				  section 9888.5 of the Code.
(c) Vehicle safety systems technicians shall
				  perform all vehicle safety systems inspections in accordance with the
				  requirements and procedures prescribed in the document entitled "Vehicle Safety
				  Systems Inspection Manual", dated September 2023 [New], which is hereby
				  incorporated by reference.
(d) No
				  vehicle safety systems technician shall enter any vehicle identifying
				  information, as specified in this section, for any vehicle other than the one
				  being inspected, or any false vehicle identifying information about the vehicle
				  being inspected, into the BAR-Safety Inspection System (as used in this article
				  hereafter, "BAR-SIS") described in the Vehicle Safety Systems Inspection Manual
				  specified in this section.
(e) The
				  inspection, specified in subdivision (c) of this section, for which a vehicle
				  safety systems inspection station is licensed, shall be performed only in an
				  area of the station the Bureau has approved during the initial on-site
				  licensing inspection referenced in section
				  3312.1 of this Article. The
				  inspection area shall be within a building and be large enough to accommodate
				  the motor vehicle being inspected. The Bureau shall make an exception to the
				  inspection area requirements of this subdivision by approving a work area
				  adjacent to a building for purposes of inspecting vehicle safety systems on
				  buses, trucks, truck tractors, trailers, and semitrailers during the initial
				  on-site licensing inspection. Any such exception shall be documented on the
				  report of the initial on-site licensing inspection, referenced in section
				  3312.1 of this Article, by the
				  Bureau's representative and include a description of location and approximate
				  size of the adjacent work area.
(f)
				  A licensed vehicle safety systems inspection station shall afford the Bureau or
				  its representative access to the station's premises and its inspection area, as
				  specified in subdivision (e) of this section, during normal business hours, and
				  any time vehicle safety systems inspections are being performed.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 9882 and 9888.5, Business
						and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 9884.7, 9888.2 and 9888.5, Business
						and Professions Code.