Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 1288.
This chapter of the Business and Professions Code constitutes the chapter on electronic and appliance repair dealers. It may be cited as the Electronic and Appliance Repair Dealer Registration Law.
Article 1 - General Provisions
California Business and Professions Code — §§ 9800-9807
Sections (7)
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 508, Sec. 3. (SB 814) Effective January 1, 2024.
The following terms as used in this chapter have the meaning expressed in this section:
(a)“Person” includes a firm, partnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation.
(b)“Department” means the Department of Consumer Affairs.
(c)“Director” means the Director of Consumer Affairs.
(d)“Bureau” means the Bureau of Household Goods and Services.
(e)“Chief” means the Chief of the Bureau of Household Goods and Services.
(f)“Service dealer” means a person who, for compensation, engages in, or holds themselves out to the public as offering services in the business of:
(1)Repairing, servicing, or maintaining an electronic set normally used or sold for personal, family, household, or home office use.
(2)Installing, repairing, servicing, or maintaining equipment or a burglar alarm system for use in private motor vehicles.
(3)Installing, repairing, servicing, or maintaining television or radio receiver antennas, rotators, and accessories or direct satellite signal receiving equipment located on or adjacent to a residence and not involving a function that is subject to and
regulated under the provisions of Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000).
(4)Repairing, servicing, or maintaining major appliances.
(g)“Equipment” for the purposes of this chapter means an electronic set, appliance, antenna, rotator, and accessories.
(h)“Electronic set” includes, but is not limited to, any television, radio, audio or video recorder or playback equipment, video camera, video game, video monitor, computer system, cellular device, such as a telephone or tablet, photocopier, facsimile machine, or any other device that depends for its functioning, in whole or in part, on any digital electronic embedded or attached to the product and has a value over ten dollars ($10) and is normally used or sold for
personal, family, household, or home office use.
(i)“Appliance” or “major home appliance” means any device primarily used for residential purposes, including, but
not limited to, any refrigerator, freezer, range, microwave oven, washer, dryer, dishwasher, trash compactor, ice maker, dehumidifier, residential portable furnace, or room air-conditioner normally used or sold for personal, family, household, or home office use, or for use in private motor vehicles.
(j)“Antenna” includes, but is not limited to, a resonant device designed especially for the purpose of capturing electromagnetic energy transmitted by direct satellite or commercial radio or television broadcasting facilities. An antenna and its associated accessories are not deemed to be a part of a set and shall be considered, under this section, to be located outside or in the attic of a residence.
(k)“Rotator,” when used in connection with an antenna
installation or repair, includes, but is not limited to, an electromechanical device operated from a remote location to rotate an antenna on a horizontal plane. A rotator and its associated accessories are not deemed to be a part of a set and shall be considered under this section, with the exception of the directional control unit, to be located outside or in the attic of a residence.
(l)“Accessories,” when used in connection with an antenna or rotator installation or repair, includes, but is not limited to, masts, towers, clamps, guy wires, eye hooks, standoff insulators, roof saddles, vent pipe mounts, chimney mount kits, signal amplifiers/boosters, multiset couplers, transmission lines, control cables, directional control units, and other devices as may be used from time to time to effect installation or repair.
(m)“Computer system” includes, but is not limited to, a central
processing unit that performs data manipulation functions, and any associated peripheral devices, including, but not limited to, keyboards, display terminals, printers, or disk drives.
(n)“Video game” includes, but is not limited to, any electronic amusement device that utilizes a computer, microprocessor, or similar electronic circuitry.
(o)“Direct satellite signal receiving equipment” includes, but is not limited to, receivers, down converters, amplifiers, and audio or video processors related to the reception of audio, video, or data signals broadcasted or rebroadcasted by communication satellites located in space.
(p)“Electronic repair industry” means those activities defined in paragraph
(1), (2), or (3) of subdivision (f).
(q)“Appliance repair industry” means those activities defined in paragraph (4) of subdivision (f).
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 188, Sec. 14. (SB 826) Effective January 1, 2022.
This chapter does not apply to:
(a)Any employee of a service dealer while the employee is engaged in activities within the normal scope of the employer’s business.
(b)The repair, service, or maintenance of equipment used in commercial, nonresidential, industrial, or governmental establishments.
(c)The repair, services, or maintenance of equipment the ordinary and usual use of which requires a license or permit issued by the Federal Communications Commission.
(d)Any person
licensed under Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) as an electrical contractor (C-10) or a low-voltage communications systems contractor (C-7) and acting within the scope of their license.
Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1492.
No person who is licensed pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 3 of this code shall be required to register under this chapter if such person’s activities are within the scope of his license; nor shall such person be prohibited from repairing, servicing, or maintaining equipment of any type, the installation of which may be performed under his license.
Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1264, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 1994.
No person registered under this chapter shall be required to apply for a license pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 7000) if that person’s activities consist only of (a) installing satellite antenna systems on residential structures or property, or (b) installing, repairing, servicing, or maintaining televisions, or an electronic set normally used or sold for personal, family, household, or home office use, or any appliances, and that installation, repair, service, or maintenance is not subject to and regulated under Chapter 9.
Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1264, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 1994.
(a)An automobile dealer or manufacturer, licensed pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 11700) of Division 5 of the Vehicle Code shall not be required to be registered under this chapter where such dealer or manufacturer installs or replaces an electronic set or automobile burglar alarm as a function related to the sale or repair of a motor vehicle.
(b)No person registered pursuant to Chapter 20.3 (commencing with Section 9880) shall be required to register under this chapter where that person’s activities are within the scope of his or her registration and consist of installing an electronic set or automobile burglar alarm system for use in private motor vehicles.
Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 783, Sec. 1. (SB 1046) Effective January 1, 2017.
(a)Notwithstanding any other law, a service dealer licensed under this chapter and authorized to engage in the electronic repair industry, as defined in subdivision (p) of Section 9801, may install, calibrate, service, maintain, and monitor certified ignition interlock devices.
(b)(1) The director may issue a citation to, or suspend, revoke, or place on probation the registration of, a service dealer who installs, calibrates, services, maintains, or monitors ignition interlock devices if the service dealer is not in compliance with subdivision (k) of Section 23575.3 of the Vehicle Code.
(2)A service dealer shall provide to an individual
receiving ignition interlock device services the information provided in subdivision (k) of Section 23575.3 of the Vehicle Code along with the contact telephone number of the bureau.
(c)The bureau shall adopt regulations to implement this section consistent with the standards adopted by the Bureau of Automotive Repair and the Office of Traffic Safety under Section 9882.14.