California Code of Regulations › Title 13 - Motor Vehicles › Division 2 - Department of the California Highway Patrol › Chapter 1 - Licensed Stations and Muffler Installers › Article 3 - Fleet Owner Inspection and Maintenance Stations › Section 616 - Qualifications for License

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Licenses shall be issued only to stations that meet all the
					 qualifications prescribed in this article.
(a) Facility. Each IMS shall be equipped to
				  inspect, service, and repair vehicles and related components and equipment as
				  required by laws and regulations related to the safe operation of such
				  vehicles.
(b) Code Publications.
				  Each station shall maintain readily accessible to the superintendent of
				  maintenance, at least one current copy of the California Vehicle Code; Chapter
				  2, Title 13, California Code of Regulations; and if the fleet is engaged in
				  interstate transportation, Parts 393 and 396 of Title 49, Code of Federal
				  Regulations.
(c) Handbooks and
				  Bulletins. Each station shall maintain in current status and available to the
				  superintendent of maintenance all appropriate publications issued by the
				  department and by manufacturers, including handbooks, bulletins, manuals, and
				  instructions related to safe condition of vehicles, vehicle components, and
				  auxiliary equipment.
(d) Copies of
				  the laws, regulations, handbooks and other publications required by this
				  article may be maintained in either printed or electronic form (including via
				  the Internet) provided the superintendent of maintenance can demonstrate
				  his/her ability to readily access the applicable requirements and vehicle
				  maintenance publications.
Internet Access: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
					 contained in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 393 and 396 and
					 regulatory guidance documents may be accessed through the Federal Motor Carrier
					 Safety Administration's website at
					 "http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rulesregs/fmcsr/fmcsrguide.htm." The California
					 Vehicle Code may be accessed through the California Department of Motor
					 Vehicles' website at "http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vctoc.htm." Title 13,
					 California Code of Regulations may be accessed through the Office of
					 Administrative Law's website at "http://ccr.oal.ca.gov." Copies of the National
					 Highway Transportation Safety Administration's recall notices and technical
					 service bulletins may be accessed through that agency's web site at "
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
."
(e) Personnel. At least one full-time
				  journey-level mechanic shall be regularly employed in each station.
(f) Inspection and Maintenance Program.
				  Systematic inspection and maintenance of vehicles, and records of such
				  inspection and maintenance, shall comply with the provisions of applicable
				  parts of Sections
				  1232 and
				  1234 of this title and, if
				  vehicles are engaged in interstate transportation, the applicable requirements
				  of Parts 393 and 396 of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
(g) Compliance History. Each licensed IMS
				  shall have an adequate preventive maintenance program, as evidenced by three
				  consecutive terminal inspections with "satisfactory" ratings in the Maintenance
				  Program category, and the terminal's most recent overall safety compliance
				  rating shall be "satisfactory." The terminal inspection referenced in
				  Subsection
				  617(c) may be
				  counted as one of these ratings.
1. Amendment
					 of section and new NOTE filed 8-13-2008; operative 9-12-2008 (Register 2008,
					 No. 33).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						2402,
						2501,
						2502 and
						2525.2,
						Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections
						2402,
						2500,
						2501,
						2502,
						2503 and
						2525.2-
						2525.10,
						Vehicle Code.