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RBS TRAINING BECOMES A CALIFORNIA LAW
California’s Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Training Program is relatively new!
The passage of Assembly Bill 1221 in 2017 tasked the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) with creating a mandatory, statewide RBS Training Program. Over the course of the next five years, the ABC worked on developing and implementing the framework for the new program.
On July 1, 2022 the program took effect, requiring an estimated 1,000,000 people in California to complete RBS training by August 31, 2022 at the latest. Any workers hired after that date have 60 days to complete training.
Enactment of the law was delayed due to the negative impact of COVID-19 on the restaurant industry. But now that it is in place, it will affect some 56,000 establishments in California, 10,605 of which are in Los Angeles County alone according to John Carr, a spokesperson for the ABC.
CALIFORNIA’S NEWEST RBS TRAINING PROVIDER
On July 5th, Craft Serving went live with its new California RBS Training Course! Craft Serving’s online course is approved by the ABC for individuals that need to obtain RBS Certification to serve alcohol at liquor-licensed businesses.
Slipping in perhaps at the last minute, Craft Serving joined the ranks of 30 other online RBS training providers offering a course in English. With currently only four online providers offering a course in Spanish, Craft Serving’s next order of business will be to translate its course to Spanish.
