[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1211.31]

[Page 341-342]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
PART 1211--SAFETY STANDARD FOR AUTOMATIC RESIDENTIAL GARAGE DOOR 
OPERATORS--Table of Contents
 
                        Subpart C--Recordkeeping
 
Sec.  1211.31  Recordkeeping requirements.

    (a) General. Every person issuing certificates of compliance for 
automatic residential garage door operators subject to the standard set 
forth in subpart A of this part shall maintain written records which 
show that the certificates are based on a test of each operator or on a 
reasonable testing program. The records shall be maintained for a period 
of at least three years from the date of certification of each operator 
or the last operator in each production lot. These records shall be

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available to any designated officer or employee of the Commission upon 
request in accordance with section 16(b) of the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2065(b).
    (b) Content of records. Records shall identify the operators tested 
and the production lot and describe the tests the operators were 
subjected to in sufficient detail so the tests may be replicated. 
Records shall also provide the results of the tests including the 
precise nature of any failures, and specific actions taken to address 
any failures.
    (c) Format for records. The records required to be maintained by 
this section may be in any appropriate form or format that clearly 
provides the required information.