Sacramento – Over 97,000 alcohol servers and managers in California have registered with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to start the three-step process of becoming certified and compliant with a new law going into effect July 1, 2022.
The new law requires alcohol servers and their managers at over 56,000 businesses to meet mandatory training requirements under the Responsible Beverage Service Training Program Act. By August 31, 2022, all of them must register with ABC, be trained by an ABC approved Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Training Provider and pass an ABC exam. Anyone hired after July 1 must pass the exam and be certified 60 days from the first day of employment.
Assembly Bill 1221 was signed into law in 2017, it defines an alcohol server as anyone that is employed at an ABC on-premises licensed establishment who is responsible for checking identifications, taking customer orders, and pouring or delivering alcoholic beverages. An ABC on-premises licensed establishment is any business in California that serves alcohol for consumption on site such as a bar, restaurant, winery, brewery, or distillery with on-sale privileges.
“The department’s goal is to gain statewide compliance with the new law and take an educational approach towards businesses that have not met the requirement,” said ABC Director Eric Hirata.
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