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 3340.50 - Fleet Facility Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The owner of a fleet of vehicles shall meet the following
					 requirements for licensure as a fleet facility smog check station, if they
					 choose to be so licensed, and shall comply with these requirements at all times
					 while licensed.
(a) Number of Fleet
				  Vehicles. The fleet facility shall own and operate a fleet of 10 or more
				  vehicles which are subject to the program and are exclusively for the use of
				  fleet employees, for sale, or for rental or lease to members of the public in
				  the regular course of business.
(b)
				  Equipment. The fleet facility shall have the equipment required by a smog check
				  station, as set forth in sections
				  3340.16.5 and
				  3340.17 of this chapter. Equipment
				  shall be maintained and calibrated in accordance with section
				  3340.17 of this chapter.
(c) Licensed Inspector and/or Repair
				  Technician. A licensed inspector and/or repair technician shall be present at
				  the facility when necessary to test, inspect, or repair a vehicle. 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.
(d)
				  Work Area. The work area shall meet all the requirements specified in section
				  3340.15(a) of
				  this article.
(e) Vehicles
				  Serviced. A licensed fleet facility shall test, repair, and certify only
				  vehicles owned by it. The repair cost limit shall not apply to the repair of
				  fleet vehicles.
(f) Onsite
				  Inspection. The responsible managing employee of the fleet facility shall
				  provide the bureau with whatever access, information, and other cooperation is
				  necessary to facilitate onsite inspection of the fleet's vehicles or inspection
				  system. At the bureau's request, the licensed inspector and/or repair
				  technician shall be present during regular business hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at
				  a time agreed upon by the licensed inspector and/or repair technician and a
				  bureau representative.
(g) Display
				  of Licenses. The station license and inspector and/or repair technician
				  licenses shall be posted prominently in an area accessible to the bureau or its
				  representative.
(h) Manuals and
				  Bulletins. Bureau manuals and bulletins pertaining to fleet facilities shall be
				  maintained in a location readily accessible to licensed inspector and/or repair
				  technicians.
1. Amendment
					 of subsection (e) filed 8-24-88; operative 9-23-88 (Register 88, No.
					 37).
2. Amendment filed 4-16-90; operative 4-16-90 (Register 90, No.
					 19).
3. Editorial correction of printing error in subsection (e)
					 (Register 91, No. 6).
4. Amendment filed 6-23-95 as an emergency;
					 operative 6-23-95 (Register 95, No. 25). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 10-21-95 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
5. Certificate of Compliance
					 as to 6-23-95 order transmitted to OAL 10-20-95 and filed 12-6-95 (Register 95,
					 No. 49).
6. Amendment of subsections (b) and (c) filed 7-26-96 as an
					 emergency; operative 7-26-96 (Register 96, No. 30). A Certificate of Compliance
					 must be transmitted to OAL by 11-25-96 or emergency language will be repealed
					 by operation of law on the following day.
7. Certificate of
					 Compliance as to 7-26-96 order, including amendment of first paragraph,
					 transmitted to OAL 11-19-96 and filed 1-6-97 (Register 97, No.
					 2).
8. Amendment of subsection (b) filed 2-15-2002 as an emergency;
					 operative 2-15-2002 (Register 2002, No. 7). A Certificate of Compliance must be
					 transmitted to OAL by 6-17-2002 or emergency language will be repealed by
					 operation of law on the following day.
9. Certificate of Compliance
					 as to 2-15-2002 order transmitted to OAL 6-13-2002 and filed 7-26-2002
					 (Register 2002, No. 30).
10. Amendment of subsection (c), repealer
					 of subsection (d), subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated
					 subsections (f)-(h) filed 2-1-2012; operative 2-1-2012 pursuant to Government
					 Code section
					 11343.4
					 (Register 2012, No. 5).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						44002,
						Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
						44020
						and
						44045.5,
						Health and Safety Code.