The department shall provide by regulation for qualification and disqualification of design approval agencies to perform approval of factory-built housing plans and specifications, and the approvals of those agencies shall be deemed the equivalent of department approval. The regulations for qualification of design approval agencies shall specifically provide for the absence of any conflict of interest between manufacturers and design approval agencies and for department oversight of design approval agency performance.

(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 304, Sec. 4.)