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. 38, September 20, 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.
