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 3340.17 - Test Equipment, Electronic Transmission, Maintenance and Calibration Requirements

(a) The BAR-97 Emissions Inspection System (EIS), shall meet the specifications contained in the BAR-97 Emissions Inspection System Specifications dated July 2017, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Vehicle data emission test results shall be transmitted to the bureau's centralized database in accordance with the procedures contained in these specifications, which include the form, manner and frequency of data transmittals. The EIS shall be maintained and calibrated in accordance with the bureau's BAR-97 Emissions Inspection System Specifications referenced in this subsection, and in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications. The EIS shall be calibrated only with bureau approved gases that are certified in accordance with section 3340.18 of this article. The EIS shall have the most current software and hardware updates required by the bureau.

(b) The OBD data acquisition device shall meet the specifications as follows, which are hereby incorporated by reference.

(c) Vehicle data and test results from the OBD Inspection System (OIS) shall be transmitted to the bureau's centralized database.

(d) Only bureau-authorized representatives or authorized manufacturer representatives shall have access to the following for service, inspection, or replacement: the locked areas of the EIS, the components or software located within the Low-Pressure Fuel Evaporative Test (LPFET), the components or software located within the OBD Data Acquisition Device.

(e) The LPFET equipment shall meet the specifications contained in the LPFET Specification dated January 2012, hereby incorporated by reference. Vehicle data emission test results shall be transmitted to the bureau's database in accordance with the procedures contained in the LPFET specification, which include the form, manner and frequency of data transmittals. The LPFET equipment shall be maintained and calibrated in accordance with the bureau's LPFET specification referenced in this subsection, and in accordance with the manufacturer's operating instructions. The LPFET equipment shall have the most current software and hardware updates required by the bureau.

(f) Any EIS, LPFET or OBD Inspection System (OIS) that the bureau finds does not comply with the hardware and software requirements and specifications established in this article will be disabled from communicating with the bureau's database and thereby preventing smog check inspections, and the transmittal of certificates of compliance to the Department of Motor Vehicles, until they are brought into compliance. When any non-compliant EIS, LPFET or OIS communicates with the database, the database will disable the ability of the EIS, LPFET or OIS to issue certificates of compliance and to perform Smog Check tests or inspections.