An Alcohol Server in California, is anyone employed or contracted by an ABC on-premises licensee to serve alcoholic beverages for consumption, or supervise alcohol servers.
Serving alcoholic beverages for consumption means performing any of the actions of an alcohol server, as an employee or contractor of an ABC on-premises licensee, when interacting with a patron of the ABC licensed premises.
This includes anyone who:
- Checks patron identification
- Takes patron alcoholic beverage orders
- Pours alcoholic beverages
- Delivers alcoholic beverages to patrons
“Supervises” means any person who:
- Trains
- Directly hires
- Oversees alcohol servers at an ABC licensed premises
- Makes policy or operational decisions dictating how alcohol service is performed at an ABC licensed premises, including but not limited to, when to check identification or when to refuse service to a patron.
