ARTICLE 3. Quality Assurance [44030. - 44045.6.]
Article 3 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 892, Sec. 2.
§§ 44030–44045.6 · 23 sections
- § 44030 (a) The department shall develop standards for the licensing of smog check stations. Tests, service, and adjustment at smog check stations shall be performed…
- § 44030.5 The department shall develop standards for certification of institutions and instructors for purposes of providing training of smog check mechanics. The…
- § 44031.5 (a) No smog check technician may perform tests or make repairs required by this chapter, for compensation, unless qualified by the department for the class and…
- § 44032 No person shall perform, for compensation, tests or repairs of emission control devices or systems of motor vehicles required by this chapter unless the person…
- § 44033 (a) (1) Any facility meeting the requirements established by the department pursuant to this chapter may be licensed as a test-only, test and repair, or…
- § 44034 Annual license fees for smog check stations and biennial license fees for smog check technicians shall be imposed by the department, but shall not exceed the…
- § 44034.1 The department may impose an examination fee, sufficient to recover the reasonable cost of administering, developing, and updating the examination, for initial…
- § 44035 (a) A smog check station’s license or a qualified smog check technician’s qualification may be suspended or revoked by the department, after a hearing, for…
- § 44036 (a) The consumer protection-oriented quality assurance portion of the motor vehicle inspection program shall ensure uniform and consistent tests and repairs by…
- § 44036.1 The department may require that equipment manufacturers, submitting equipment for certification pursuant to Section 44036, submit proof of financial security,…
- § 44036.2 (a) To ensure uniform and consistent inspection, tests, and repairs by all qualified smog check technicians and licensed smog check stations, and to ensure…
- § 44036.3 (a) The department shall direct licensed smog check stations and technicians to private diagnostic assistance service information vendors or intermediaries who…
- § 44036.5 (a) The department shall set standards for test analyzer system (TAS) calibration gases and shall establish criteria to certify and decertify gas blenders who…
- § 44036.8 The data collected by the equipment used by a smog check station, as required by regulations of the bureau, may be used by a licensed smog check station…
- § 44037 (a) The department shall compile and maintain records, using the sampling methodology necessary to ensure their scientific validity and reliability, of tests…
- § 44037.1 (a) On or before January 1, 1995, the department shall design and establish the equipment necessary to operate a centralized computer data base and computer…
- § 44037.2 (a) The department may enter into a contract for telecommunication, programming, data analysis, data processing, and other services necessary to operate and…
- § 44038 Until implementation of the centralized computer data base required pursuant to Section 44037.1, each smog check station shall transmit vehicle data and…
- § 44039 A written summary of the required information applicable to smog check stations in each district shall be published semiannually by the department and made…
- § 44040 The department may require certificates of compliance, certificates of noncompliance, and repair cost waivers to contain a unique number encoded in bar code.…
- § 44041 In order to expedite emissions testing and to eliminate errors in the transcription of vehicle data, the department shall, in cooperation with the Department…
- § 44045.5 (a) This section describes the qualifications to be met by smog check technician applicants effective January 1, 1995. The department shall, by regulation,…
- § 44045.6 (a) The department shall, by regulation, establish requirements for the training of smog check technicians which are necessary to enable the program to meet…