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 3312.1.1 - Licensing Vehicle Safety Systems Inspection Stations; Inspection, Term for Transition of Existing Lamp and Brake Adjusting Stations
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) An applicant that possesses current, active, and unrestricted official lamp adjusting and brake adjusting station licenses prior to March 27, 2024, does not have any pending disciplinary action with the Bureau, is not on probation with the Bureau, and is seeking a license to operate a vehicle safety systems inspection station shall submit a completed application that includes all of the following:
(b) The abandonment date for an application that has been returned to the applicant as incomplete shall be 12 months from the date of returning the application, in accordance with section 142 of the Code. An applicant who abandons an application shall submit a new application meeting the requirements of this section to obtain licensure to operate a vehicle safety systems inspection station.
(c) Inspection. A vehicle safety systems inspection station license shall be issued within 10 days after a Bureau representative confirms at an initial on-site inspection of the station (as specified in section 3303.2(b) of this Chapter) that the applicant meets the requirements prescribed in section 3311.2 of this Article and provides the applicant with written notice of such confirmation. A vehicle safety systems inspection station license shall expire one year from the date of issuance unless renewed prior to the expiration date, in accordance with this section.
(d) A vehicle safety systems inspection station shall notify the Bureau in writing of any material changes to the information submitted to the Bureau, under subdivision (a)(2) of this section, within fourteen (14) days of the date of making any changes, or receiving notice of any change in the case of criminal convictions and disciplinary matters referenced in subdivisions (a)(1)(I) and (a)(1)(K) of this section. For the purposes of this section, "material" means any of the following:
(e) The notice of material changes required by subdivision (d) of this section shall include all of the following for each change: a description of the change, and the effective date of each change or the date that notice of the change was received by the vehicle safety systems inspection station in the case of reporting convictions and formal discipline.
(f) For the purposes of this section, "controlling individual" means owners, directors, officers, partners, members, trustees, managers, and any other persons the applicant identifies on the application who directly or indirectly, wholly or in part, control or conduct the business.
(g) For the purposes of this section, "pending disciplinary action" means an Accusation that has been filed by the Bureau and served on the applicant in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act (commencing with Government Code section 11340).
(h) In addition to any of the applicable grounds provided in section 9889.2 of the Code, an application for licensure to operate a vehicle safety systems inspection station may be denied for any of the following reasons:
(i) Any license issued pursuant to this section is subject to the requirements for expiration and renewal set forth in section 3312.1 of this Article.
(j) This section shall become inoperative on March 27, 2025. An application submitted prior to March 27, 2025, that is found incomplete and is not abandoned pursuant to subdivision (b) will be processed pursuant to this section.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 9882 and 9888.5, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 152.6, 163.5, 9888.2 and 9888.5, Business and Professions Code.