Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. No person shall
perform structural pest control work until licensed and permitted to do so by
the commission.
B. Each applicant
for license shall possess one of the following qualifications in order to take
the examination(s):
1. general pest control
commercial vertebrate control and commodity fumigation:
a. a degree from an accredited four-year
college or university with a major in entomology; or
b. a degree from an accredited four-year
college or university with at least 12 semester hours or the equivalent in
quarter hours of course work in entomology and at least one year of experience
within the last six years as a registered technician under the supervision of a
licensee in the licensee phase for which the applicant desires to take the
examination; or
c. four years of
experience within the last six years as a registered technician under the
supervision of a licensee in the licensee phase for which the applicant desires
to take the examination; or
d. four
years of experience within the last six years as a technician under the
supervision of a structural pest control operator in another state in the
licensee phase for which the individual desires to take the examinations.
Experience with an out-of-state structural pest control operator shall be
substantiated by evidence acceptable to the commission or commission
staff;
2. termite
control:
a. a degree from an accredited
four-year college or university with a major in entomology and complete a
commission approved comprehensive termite program; or
b. a degree from an accredited four-year
college or university with at least 12 semester hours or the equivalent in
quarter hours of course work in entomology and at least one year of experience
within the last six years as a registered technician under the supervision of a
licensee in the licensee phase for which the applicant desires to take the
examination and complete a commission approved comprehensive termite program;
or
c. four years of experience
within the last six years as a registered technician under the supervision of a
licensee in the licensee phase for which the applicant desires to take the
examination and complete a commission approved comprehensive termite program;
or
d. four years of experience
within the last six years as a technician under the supervision of a structural
pest control operator in another state in the licensee phase for which the
individual desires to take the examinations and complete a commission approved
comprehensive termite program. Experience with an out-of-state structural pest
control operator shall be substantiated by evidence acceptable to the
commission or commission staff;
3. structural fumigation:
a. a degree from an accredited four-year
college or university with a major in entomology and having completed 30 jobs
in structural fumigation within the last six years, as a registered technician
under the supervision of a licensee in structural fumigation; or
b. a degree from an accredited four-year
college or university with at least 12 semester hours or the equivalent in
quarter hours of course work in entomology and at least one year of experience
within the last six years, having completed 30 jobs in structural fumigation as
a registered technician under the supervision of a licensee in structural
fumigation; or
c. four years of
experience within the last six years, having completed 30 jobs in structural
fumigation as a registered technician under the supervision of a licensee in
structural fumigation; or
d. four
years of experience within the last six years, having completed 30 jobs in
structural fumigation as a technician under the supervision of a structural
pest control operator in another state in the licensee phase for which the
individual desires to take the examinations. Experience with an out-of-state
structural pest control operator shall be substantiated by evidence acceptable
to the commission or commission staff.
C. Each applicant for a ship fumigation
license shall possess one of the following qualifications in order to take the
examination:
1. a degree from an accredited
four-year college or university with a major in entomology and having completed
200 jobs in ship fumigation working under the supervision of a licensee in ship
fumigation; or
2. a degree from an
accredited four-year college or university with at least 12 semester hours or
the equivalent in quarter hours of course work in entomology and at least one
year of experience, having completed 200 jobs in ship fumigation within the
last six years as a registered technician under the supervision of a licensee
in ship fumigation; or
3.
experience as a registered technician having completed 200 jobs in ship
fumigation, working under the supervision of a licensee in ship fumigation,
during a two-year period within the last six years;
4. four years of experience, having completed
200 jobs in ship fumigation within the last six years as a technician under the
supervision of a structural pest control operator in another state in ship
fumigation. Experience with an out-of-state structural pest control operator
shall be substantiated by evidence acceptable to the commission or commission
staff.
D. Each applicant
for licensure shall also demonstrate the following competencies:
1. knowledge of the practical and scientific
facts underlying the practice of structural pest control, control of
wood-destroying insects and/or fumigation; and
2. knowledge and ability to recognize and
control hazardous conditions which might affect human life or health.
E. Each applicant shall
successfully complete the appropriate examination for certification prior to
issuance of the structural pest control license.
F. In addition to the qualifications required
by §107 B-C, each
applicant for licensure shall:
1. submit a complete application for
examination as required by
§109 hereof;
2. be approved by the commission or
commission staff to take the examination for licensure;
3. have successfully completed an examination
fo licensure no more than two years prior to the date o issuance of the
license.
G. Out-of-state
applicants for licensure shall meet the educational requirements shown in
Paragraph B.1 of this Section or produce evidence satisfactory to the
commission or commission staff of four years of experience within the last six
years, under the supervision of a recognized and reputable pest control
operator. Experience in pest control work in another state will be verified
with the appropriate regulatory agency of the other state before out-of-state
applicant will be allowed to take the examination for licensure in
Louisiana.
H. Commission staff
shall review each application for licensure. Commission staff may verify the
contents of any application prior to taking final action to approve/disapprove
the applicant to take the examination. Commission staff may disapprove an
applicant, or defer action on the application to take the examination, in any
instance with the contents of the application cannot be verified. Commission
staff may defer an application for licensure to the commission for further
review.
I. If commission staff
defers review of the application for licensure to the commission, the
commission shall consider each application for examination for licensure in
open session. The commission may verify the contents of any application prior
to taking final action to approve/disapprove the applicant to take the
examination. The commission may disapprove an applicant, or defer action on the
application to take the examination, in any instance when the contents of the
application cannot be verified. Action to grant/deny approval for the applicant
to take the examination shall be taken only upon the affirmative vote of three
members of the commission. No license shall be issued until the commission has
approved the application.
J. All
applicants who are approved by the commission or commission staff will, upon
successfully completing the examination for licensure as set forth in
§109 of this Chapter hereof, receive a
single license to engage in structural pest control work, which license shall
specify on the face thereof the specific phase or phases of structural pest
control work for which the license is issued, as follows:
1. general pest control;
2. commercial vertebrate control;
3. termite control;
4. structural fumigation;
5. ship fumigation;
6. commodity fumigation.
K. A license to engage in structural pest
control work is permanent unless suspended or revoked by the commission as
provided in
§131 of this Chapter.
L. A licensee shall perform or supervise
structural pest control work only in the phase or phases of the license for
which he is licensed by the commission.
M. Each license is personal to the holder and
shall not be transferred to another for any purpose or for any period of time
and may not be utilized in any way by any person other than the licensee whose
name appears on the face of the license.
N. All licenses shall be displayed at the
place of business at all times.
O.
The commission may deny a license to any person proven to have committed any of
the violations set forth in
§127 of this Chapter hereof.
P. A licensee approved in one phase of pest
control work may be licensed in additional phases by successfully completing
the examination for the additional phase. However, the license for additional
phase or phases of structural pest control work shall not be issued until the
commission or commission staff approves the licensee to take the examination
for the additional phase or phases.
Q. Any permittee\licensee utilizing telephone
answering services and/or call centers other than at locations holding a place
of business permit shall submit written notification to the
department.
R. A licensee shall
only have one license with all phases for which he possesses issued at one
place of business.
S. When a
license phase has not been recertified, the licensee shall comply with all
requirements for initial licensing contained in
§107 and
§109 of this Chapter or in a written
request to the department to retest.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
3:3366 and
3:3368.
