2005 California Health and Safety Code Sections 12550-12558 CHAPTER 3. ADMINISTRATION

12550.  The State Fire Marshal shall enforce and administer this
part.
12551.  The State Fire Marshal shall appoint such deputies and
employees as may be required to carry out the provisions of this
part.
12552.  The State Fire Marshal shall adopt such regulations relating
to fireworks as may be necessary for the protection of life and
property not inconsistent with the provisions of this part.  Such
regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for the
following:
   (a) Granting of licenses and permits for the manufacture,
wholesale, import, export, and sale of all classes of fireworks.
   (b) Classification of fireworks and pyrotechnic devices.
   (c) Registration of employees of licensees.
   (d) Licenses and permits required for presentation of public
displays.
   (e) Granting of licenses and permits for research or
experimentation with experimental or model rockets and missiles.
   (f) Investigation, examination, and licensing of pyrotechnic
operators of all classes.
   (g) Registration of emergency signaling devices and the
classification and use of exempt fireworks.
   (h) Transportation of all classifications of fireworks, model
rockets, emergency signaling devices, and exempt fireworks.
12553.  The State Fire Marshal shall also adopt regulations for
classification of any new type of fireworks or pyrotechnic devices
which have not been classified prior to January 1, 1974 and for the
regulation of such fireworks in accordance with the provisions of
this part.
12554.  The regulations adopted by the State Fire Marshal relating
to fireworks and in existence on January 1, 1974 shall continue
thereafter to be in effect as regulations of the State Fire Marshal
until amended or repealed pursuant to the provisions of this part.
12555.  The State Fire Marshal or his salaried deputies may make an
examination of the books and records of any licensee or permittee
relative to fireworks, and may visit and inspect any building or
other premises subject to the control of, or used by, the licensee or
permittee for any purpose related to fireworks of any licensee or
permittee at any time he may deem necessary for the purpose of
enforcing the provisions of this part.
12558.  The licensee or permittee shall permit the chief of the
issuing authority, or his authorized representatives, as qualified in
Section 12721, to enter and inspect any building or other premises
subject to the control of or used by the licensee or permittee for
any purpose related to fireworks at any time for the purpose of
enforcing the provisions of this part.