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California Alcohol Training Law - Who must be trained?
Alcohol servers, managers of alcohol servers who work at on-premises business, such as: restaurants, bars, fast casual dining, tasting rooms (including off-sale locations), hotels, and stadiums.
An alcohol server, as defined under AB 1221 includes anyone who does any of the following:
Checks customer identification for purposes of alcoholic beverage service or entry to an ABC on-premise licensed establishment
- Takes customer alcoholic beverage orders
- Pours alcoholic beverages for customers, or
- Delivers alcoholic beverages to customers
A manager means any person who trains, directly hires, or oversees alcohol servers at an ABC licensed premises, or any person who trains alcohol servers how to perform the service of alcohol for consumption for an ABC on-premises licensee, including but not limited to, when to check identification or when to refuse service to a patron.