(a) A contracting entity shall require an entertainment events vendor to certify for its employees, and any subcontractors’ employees, as part of the contract for production of any live event at its public events venue, both of the following:

(1) An employee of an entertainment events vendor involved in the setting up, operation, or tearing down of a live event at the venue has completed the Cal/OSHA-10, the OSHA-10/General Entertainment Safety training, or the OSHA-10 as applicable to their occupation.

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Terms Used In California Labor Code 9251

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Division: means the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. See California Labor Code 6302
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.

(2) One of the following applies:

(A) Heads of departments and leads have completed the Cal/OSHA-30, the OSHA-30/General Entertainment safety training, or the OSHA-30, and are certified through the Entertainment Technician Certification Program relevant to the task or tasks they are supervising or performing, or another certification program, as specified by the division.

(B) The entertainment events vendor certifies that its employees and any subcontractors’ employees meet the conditions for a skilled and trained workforce.

(b) An entertainment events vendor shall certify in writing, and as part of the contract, that they have verified the training completion and certification requirements of all employees, and any subcontractor’s employees, who will work on the setting up, operation, or tearing down of the event.

(c) The requirements of this section shall not apply to a direct employee of the public events venue.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 759, Sec. 2. (AB 1775) Effective January 1, 2023.)