California Code of Regulations
Title 8 - Industrial Relations
Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations
Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety
Subchapter 6.2 - Permanent Amusement Ride Safety Orders
Article 2 - Requirements, Other than Recordkeeping and Transfer of Information, Applicable to All Permanent Amusement Rides
Section 3195.5 - Required Testing

(a) No permanent amusement ride shall be operated with patrons on board unless the owner or operator has documentation demonstrating the proper performance of the ride through testing performed in conformance with the specifications of the documentation required by subsections (a)(2)(A) and (a)(2)(B) of Section 3195.3.

EXCEPTION FO R EXISTING PERMANENT AMUSEMENT RIDES ONLY: If complete documentation meeting the requirements of Section 3195.3(a)(2)(A) is reasonably believed not to exist or is not reasonably available, the ride may be open to the public if the owner or operator has documentation demonstrating the proper performance of the ride through testing performed in conformance with the specifications of the documentation required by Section 3195.3(a)(2)(B).

(b) All testing performed by the owner or operator pursuant to this section shall be conducted by an authorized person.