California Code of Regulations
Title 25 - Housing and Community Development
Division 1 - Housing and Community Development
Chapter 3 - Factory-Built Housing, Mobilehomes, and Manufactured Homes
Subchapter 1 - Factory-Built Housing
Article 3 - Administration and Enforcement
Section 3037 - Local Inspection Agency-Requirements for Certification

(a) The governing body electing by ordinance to have its building department assume responsibility for in-plant inspections of factory-built housing shall file a copy of such ordinance with the department.

(b) After 30 days' written notice to the department and when meeting the department's requirements for certification, the governing body and the local inspection agency shall be advised in writing that enforcement responsibility may be commenced.

(c) If the department's certification requirements have not been met by the local inspection agency, the governing body and the local inspection agency shall within a reasonable time be advised in writing by the department. Such notification shall set forth in detail the reasons why certification may not be granted.

(d) The local inspection agency shall designate the person(s) who are to perform the in-plant inspections at each place of manufacture within the political limits of the jurisdiction and provide the department with a resume of each persons education and work experience. If only one person is designated for a particular place of manufacture, the name of a back-up inspector shall be provided. These designations shall be kept current.

(e) Inspection personnel designated to perform the in-plant inspections shall be certified by an examination conducted by the department. The examination will consist of a written test based on the Factory-Built Housing Law, the administrative regulations related thereto, and the building systems employed in the construction of factory-built housing. A minimum rating of 70% must be attained. Inspection personnel shall also demonstrate capability to note construction violations during actual in-plant inspections.

(f) The certification of local inspection agency inspectors shall expire 36 months from the date of initial certification. Application for recertification shall be as specified in subsection (e).

(g) The department may revoke its certification of the local inspection agency or an in-plant inspector for cause. "Cause" shall be established upon the findings of acts or omissions subsequent to certification which result in the placing of insignia on units or modules which are not in compliance with this subchapter. A department revocation may be subject to an informal administrative appeal before the director or his or her designee pursuant to Section 3056.