N.J. Admin. Code § 13:20-45.16

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 13:20-45.16 - Repair technician; certification

(a) The registrant or someone in his or her employment shall be certified as a repair technician.

(b) No emission-related or OBD-related repairs to "gasoline-fueled" or "bi-fueled" motor vehicles as defined in N.J.A.C. 13:20-43.1 may be performed for compensation of any kind by any person or facility unless the repairs are made by, or under the supervision of, a certified repair technician employed by the facility. For purposes of this subsection, "employed by" shall be construed to include any business relationship between the certified repair technician and the facility including actual or equitable ownership, in whole or in part, of the individual facility by the technician or a partnership interest in the facility.

(c) Repair technician certification shall be predicated upon a person's satisfactory completion of an approved repair technician certification program of instruction in emission-related and OBD-related repairs on motor vehicles that fail an emission test or OBD inspection.

(d) An approved repair technician program of instruction shall include:

1. Diagnosis and repair of malfunctions in computer controlled, close-loop vehicles;

2. The application of emission control theory and diagnostic data to the diagnosis and repair of failures on OBD and idle tests and the fuel cap leak test;

3. Utilization of diagnostic information on systematic or repeated failures observed in the OBD and idle tests and the fuel cap leak test; and

4. General training in the various subsystems related to engine emission control.

(e) Upon the satisfactory completion of a course of instruction, the provider of the repair technician program shall issue to each person a Certificate of Repair Technician Course Completion.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:20-45.16

Amended by, R.1997 d.392, effective 9/15/1997.
See: 29 N.J.R. 1264(a), 29 N.J.R. 4149(a).
In (b), inserted "to 'gasoline-fueled' vehicles as defined in N.J.A.C. 13:20-43.1".
Amended by R.1999 d.422, effective 12/6/1999.
See: 31 N.J.R. 2466(a), 31 N.J.R. 4078(a).
In (a), deleted "On or after July 1, 1998" at the beginning; and in (b), deleted "On or after July 1, 1998" at the beginning, and inserted a reference to bi-fueled motor vehicles.
Amended by R.2003 d.206, effective 5/19/2003.
See: 34 N.J.R. 2523(a), 35 N.J.R. 2251(b).
Rewrote the section.
Amended by R.2009 d.312, effective 10/19/2009.
See: 41 N.J.R. 1674(a), 41 N.J.R. 3939(b).
In (d)2 and (d)3, deleted ", loaded-mode" following "OBD".