Section 4876 - Design Approval Procedures and Requirements(a) Plans approved prior to the effective date of any amendments to standards used in those plans shall remain valid until expiration as provided in this subsection. All plans and manual approval shall expire on the last day of the fifteenth month following the month of the approval by the Design Approval Agency. The Design Approval Agency shall provide for the renewal of expiring plans and manuals which comply with the requirements of this subchapter.(b) The requirements of Section 4017 of this subchapter regarding the size and contents of drawings shall apply to plans submitted to a Design Approval Agency.(c) Upon approval of a plan or quality control manual, the Design Approval Agency shall issue a unique plan approval number for each plan or manual. The plan approval number shall be prefaced by an identification given the agency by the department. Each page of an approved plan, each page of an amendment, and each manual cover, shall be wet-marked or electronically stamped marked, wet-stamped or electronically stamped with the words "Approved: State of CA-Certified Design Approval Agency," along with the name of the Design Approval Agency, the date of approval, the date of expiration and the plan approval number. The Design Approval Agency shall transmit complete copies of plans, amendments or manual bearing the approval mark to the manufacturer within ten (10) days of the approval date.(d) When typical system approvals are used as provided in Sections 4015(b) and 4016 of this subchapter, the Design Approval Agency shall require the manufacturer's plans to contain a system of indexing which eliminates confusion as to the applicability of typical systems throughout the manufacturer's plans.(e) The Design Approval Agency shall require an approved plan or manual to be amended in such a manner that all superseded information is removed from the plan or manual, which bears the agency's mark of approval. The Design Approval Agency shall require the manufacturer to provide written instructions which explain how to update the original plan or manual by the insert of the amendment or removal of superseded pages.(f) The Design Approval Agency shall maintain a copy of all approvals for a period of three (3) years beyond their expiration.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 25, § 4876
1. New section filed 10-6-88 as an emergency; operative 10-6-88 (Register 88, No. 42). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 2-3-89.
2. The Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 1-31-89 was disapproved. Order of Repeal of 10-6-88 emergency order filed 3-2-89 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section 11349.6 (Register 89, No. 11).
3. New section filed 3-3-89 as an emergency; operative 3-3-89 (Register 89, No.11). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days, by 7-3-89, or emergency language will be repealed.
4. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 6-29-89 and filed 7-24-89 (Register 89, No. 32).
5. Amendment filed 9-19-2011; operative 10-19-2011 (Register 2011, No. 38). Note: Authority cited: Section 18020, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 18020 and 18025, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 10-6-88 as an emergency; operative 10-6-88 (Register 88, No. 42). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 2-3-89.
2. The Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 1-31-89 was disapproved. Order of Repeal of 10-6-88 emergency order filed 3-2-89 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section 11349.6 (Register 89, No. 11).
3. New section filed 3-3-89 as an emergency; operative 3-3-89 (Register 89, No.11). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days, by 7-3-89, or emergency language will be repealed.
4. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 6-29-89 and filed 7-24-89 (Register 89, No. 32).
5. Amendment filed 9-19-2011; operative 10-19-2011 (Register 2011, No. 38).