California Code of Regulations
Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations
Division 19 - Structural Pest Control Board
Article 3.5 - Continuing Education
Section 1950 - Continuing Education Requirements
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) Except as provided in section 1951, every licensee is required, as a condition to renewal of a license, to certify that he or she has completed the continuing education requirements set forth in this article. A licensee who cannot verify completion of continuing education by producing certificates of activity completion, whenever requested to do so by the Board, may be subject to disciplinary action under section 8641 of the code.
(b) Each licensee is required to complete a certain number of continuing education hours during the three year renewal period. The number of hours required depends on the number of branches of pest control in which licenses are held. The subject matter covered by each activity shall be designated as "technical" or "general" by the Board when the activity is approved. Hour values shall be assigned by the Board to each approved educational activity, in accordance with the provisions of section 1950.5.
(c) Operators licensed in one branch of pest control shall complete 16 continuing education hours during each three year renewal period. Operators licensed in two branches of pest control shall complete 20 continuing education hours during each three year renewal period. Operators licensed in three branches of pest control shall complete 24 continuing education hours during each three year renewal period. In each case, a minimum of four continuing education hours in a technical subject directly related to each branch of pest control held by the licensee must be completed for each branch license, a minimum of two hours in Integrated Pest Management as defined in section 1984 must be completed by Branch 2 and/or 3 licensees renewing on or after June 30, 2010, and a minimum of eight hours must be completed from Board approved courses on the Structural Pest Control Act, the Rules and Regulations, or structural pest control related agencies' rules and regulations.
(d) Field representatives licensed in one branch of pest control shall have completed 16 continuing education hours, field representatives licensed in two branches of pest control shall have completed 20 continuing education hours, field representatives licensed in three branches of pest control shall have completed 24 continuing education hours during each three year renewal period. In each case, a minimum of four continuing education hours in a technical subject directly related to each branch of pest control held by the licensee must be completed for each branch of pest control licensed, a minimum of two hours in Integrated Pest Management must be completed by Branch 2 and/or 3 licensees renewing on or after June 30, 2010, and a minimum of eight hours must be completed from Board approved courses on the Structural Pest Control Act, the Rules and Regulations, or structural pest control related agencies' rules and regulations.
(e) For the renewal period ending December 31, 2008, and each subsequent renewal period up to the renewal period ending June 29, 2010, a licensed applicator shall have completed 12 hours of Board approved continuing education. Such continuing education shall consist of eight hours of continuing education covering pesticide application and use, and four hours covering the Structural Pest Control Act and its rules and regulations or structural pest related agencies' rules and regulations.
(f) For the renewal period ending June 30, 2010 and each subsequent renewal period, a licensed applicator shall have completed 12 hours of Board approved continuing education. Such continuing education shall consist of six hours of continuing education covering pesticide application and use, two hours covering Integrated Pest Management, and four hours covering the Structural Pest Control Act and its rules and regulations or structural pest related agencies' rules and regulations.
(g) Operators who hold a field representative's license in a branch of pest control in which they do not hold an operator's license must complete four of the continuing education hours required by section 1950(c) in a technical subject directly related to the branch or branches of pest control in which the field representative's license is held, in order to keep the field representative's license active.
(h) No course, including complete operator's courses developed pursuant to section 8565.5, may be taken more than once during a renewal period for continuing education hours.
1. Amendment
filed 6-13-91; operative 7-13-91 (Register 91, No. 41).
2. Amendment
filed 5-12-94; operative 6-13-94 (Register 94, No. 19).
3. Amendment
of subsections (c) and (d) filed 8-12-96; operative 9-11-96 (Register 96, No.
33).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (c)
and (d) filed 4-6-2000 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2000, No. 14).
5. Change without regulatory
effect amending subsections (c)-(e) filed 3-26-2002 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2002, No. 13).
6. New subsection (e) and
subsection relettering filed 3-21-2006; operative 4-20-2006 (Register 2006, No.
12).
7. Amendment of subsections (b)-(e), new subsection (f),
subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsection (g) filed
3-20-2009; operative 4-19-2009 (Register 2009, No.
12).
Note: Authority cited: Section 8525, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections 8560 and 8593, Business and Professions Code.
