Section 44014.2 Of Article 2. Program Requirements From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 2.
44014.2
. (a) The department shall develop a program for the
voluntary certification of licensed smog check stations, or the
department may accept a smog check station certification program
proposed by accredited industry representatives. The certification
program, which may be called a "gold shield" program, shall be for
the purpose of providing consumers, whose vehicles fail an emissions
test at a test-only facility, an option of services at a single
location to prevent the necessity for additional trips back to the
test-only facility for vehicle certification. The department shall
establish inspection-based performance standards consistent with
Section 44014.6 for stations certified under this program that the
stations would be required to meet to be eligible to issue
certificates of compliance or noncompliance for vehicles selected
pursuant to Sections 44010.5 and 44014.7, or vehicles identified by
the department as gross polluters.
(b) The department shall adopt regulations that apply to all
enhanced areas of the state, including those areas subject to the
enhanced program pursuant to Section 44003.5, that permit both of the
following:
(1) Any vehicle that fails a required smog test at a test-only
facility may be repaired, retested, and certified at a facility
licensed pursuant to Section 44014, and certified pursuant to
subdivision (a).
(2) Any vehicle that is identified as a gross polluter may be
repaired, retested, and certified at a facility licensed pursuant to
Section 44014, and certified pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) Smog check stations that seek voluntary certification under
this section shall enter into an agreement with the department to
provide repair services pursuant to Section 44062.1.
(d) An agreement made pursuant to this section shall not be deemed
to be a contract subject to the requirements of Part 2 (commencing
with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.