Section 7924 Of Part 8.1. Permanent Amusement Ride Safety Inspection Program From California Labor Code >> Division 5. >> Part 8.1.
7924
. (a) On an annual basis, each owner of a permanent amusement
ride shall submit to the division a certificate of compliance on a
form prescribed by the division, which shall include the following:
(1) The legal name and address of the owner and his or her
representative, if any, and the primary place of business of the
owner.
(2) A description of, the name of the manufacturer of, and, if
given by the manufacturer, the serial number and model number of, the
permanent amusement ride.
(3) A written declaration, executed by a qualified safety
inspector, stating that, within the preceding 12-month period, the
permanent amusement ride was inspected by the qualified safety
inspector and that the permanent amusement ride is in material
conformance with the requirements of this section and all applicable
rules and regulations adopted by the division and standards board.
(b) The owner of multiple permanent amusement rides at a single
site may submit a single certificate of compliance that provides the
information required by subdivision (a) for each permanent amusement
ride at that site.
(c) A certificate of compliance shall not be required until one
year following the promulgation of any rules or regulations by the
division governing the submission of the certificates.
(d) No person shall operate a permanent amusement ride that has
been inspected by a qualified safety inspector or division inspector
and found to be unsafe, unless all necessary repairs or
modifications, or both, to the ride have been completed and certified
as completed by a qualified safety inspector.
(e) For the purposes of satisfying this section, a qualified
safety inspector shall meet the requirements in subdivision (c) of
Section 7921 and shall be certified by the division. Each qualified
safety inspector shall be recertified every two years following his
or her initial certification. A qualified safety inspector may be an
in-house, full-time safety inspector of the owner of the permanent
amusement ride, an employee or agent of the insurance underwriter or
insurance broker of the permanent amusement ride, an employee or
agent of the manufacturer of the amusement ride, or an independent
consultant or contractor.
(f) The owner of a permanent amusement ride shall maintain all of
the records necessary to demonstrate that the requirements of this
section have been met, including, but not limited to, employee
training records, maintenance, repair, and inspection records for
each permanent amusement ride, and records of accidents of which the
operator has knowledge, resulting from the failure, malfunction, or
operation of a permanent amusement ride, requiring medical service
other than ordinary first aid, and shall make them available to a
division inspector upon request. The owner shall make those records
available for inspection by the division during normal business hours
at the owner's permanent place of business. The owner, or
representative of the owner, may be present when the division
inspects the records. In conjunction with an inspection of records
conducted pursuant to this subdivision, the division shall conduct an
inspection of the operation of the rides at the permanent amusement
park.
(g) Upon receipt of a certificate of compliance, the division
shall notify the owner of the permanent amusement ride or rides for
which a certificate is submitted whether the certificate meets all
the requirements of this section, and if not, what requirements must
still be met.
(h) The division shall, in addition to the annual inspection
performed by the division pursuant to subdivision (f), inspect the
records for a permanent amusement ride or the ride, or both, under
either of the following circumstances:
(1) The division finds that the certificate of compliance
submitted pursuant to this section for the ride is fraudulent.
(2) The division determines, pursuant to regulations it has
adopted, that a permanent amusement ride has a disproportionately
high incidence of accidents required to be reported pursuant to
Section 7925.
(i) The division shall conduct its inspections with the least
disruption to the normal operation of the permanent park.