Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The permittee or the primary licensee
shall keep the bond and general liability insurance required under
§107. F in full force
and effect at all times.
B. The
permittee or the primary licensee shall renew the permit for operation for each
business location annually prior to June 30.
C. The permittee or the primary licensee
shall apply for a registration certificate for each employee under his
supervision within 30 days after the employee is hired and shall comply with
all other requirements pertaining to registration of employees set forth in
§113
D. The primary licensee shall
be responsible for training the employee in the kind of work which he will
perform.
E. Maintenance of a
commercial applicator certification by a licensee
1. A licensee shall maintain his commercial
applicator certification in current status by:
a. attending a continuing educational program
for recertification approved by the department;
b. recertification at least once every three
years; such recertification shall be completed by December 31 of the third year
following the original certification or the most recent recertification;
c. a minimum of six hours of
technical training which shall include but not limited to the phases of general
pest control, termite control and commercial vertebrate control;
d. a minimum of six hours of technical
training for the phase of fumigation.
2. A licensee attending an approved
recertification seminar shall attend the entire approved program; otherwise the
licensee shall not be recertified at this approved seminar.
3. Time and location for each licensee
recertification can be obtained by calling or writing to the
department.
F. A
licensee shall be available to provide direct supervision over all employees
registered under his license on a regular, ongoing basis.
G. The permittee or the primary licensee
shall report all termite control contracts and all wood-destroying insect
reports and pay all required fees as set forth in
§119 hereof.
H. Any person applying pesticides for a fee
and the permittee or the primary licensee shall maintain records according to
LAC 7:XXV.117.H, at the physical address listed on the place of business permit
of all applications of pesticides and inspections for wood destroying insects
on a record keeping form or in a format approved by the director of pesticide
and environmental programs of the department. These records shall be retained
for a period of two years after the date of the pesticide application for ship
and commodity fumigation, general pest control and commercial vertebrate
control, and a period of two years after the expiration of applicable contracts
for termite control and structural fumigation. The licensee shall make a copy
of these records available to any employee of the department for inspection
during normal working hours within 48 hours upon notification, excluding legal
holidays.
1. Records for applications of
pesticides for wood destroying insects shall contain the following information:
a. place of business name, address, and
number;
b. primary licensee name,
address, and department I.D. number;
c. customer name and address;
d. location of application;
e. product\brand name;
f. EPA registration number;
g. restricted\general use
pesticide;
h. application date and
time;
i. target pest;
j. type of application (pre-treat, post,
spot, etc.);
k. size of area
treated (square feet or linear feet);
l. mixture concentration;
m. total amount of product mixture
applied;
n. applicator and
department I.D. number;
o.
contract.
p. inspection date and
time;
q. waiver (if applicable);
and
r. WDIR (if
applicable).
2. Record
keeping for applications of pesticides in the general pest and commercial
vertebrate phases shall contain the following information:
a. place of business name address, and
number;
b. primary licensee name,
address, and certification department I.D. number;
c. customer name and address;
d. location of application;
e. product/brand name;
f. EPA registration number;
g. restricted/general use
pesticide;
h. application date and
time;
i. pest treated/type of
application;
j. mixture
concentration (percent);
k.
applicator and department I.D. number.
3. Records for applications of pesticides in
the fumigation phase shall contain the following information:
a. place of business name, address, and
number;
b. primary licensee name,
address, and department I.D. number;
c. customer name and address;
d. location of application;
e. product/brand name;
f. EPA registration number;
g. restricted/general use
pesticide;
h. application date and
time;
i. pest treated;
j. type of application (ship, structure,
commodity);
k. size of area treated
(cubic feet);
l. rate
applied;
m. total amount of product
applied;
n. applicator, department
I.D. number; and
o. fumigation
instrument calibration.
4. Records for using bait and baiting systems
shall contain the following information:
a.
place of business name, address, and phone number;
b. primary licensee name, address, and
department I.D. number;
c. customer
name and address;
d. physical
address of contracted structure;
e.
product\brand name;
f. EPA
registration number;
g.
restricted\general use pesticide;
h. linear feet of perimeter of the treated
structure(s):
i. date each
monitoring stations installed or inspected;
j. date each ground bait station installed,
inspected or replaced;
k. date each
above ground bait station installed, inspected or replaced;
l. number of monitoring, ground and above
ground bait stations inspected during each inspection;
m. name and certification\registration number
of person inspecting;
n. inspection
diagram;
o. contract.
I. The licensee shall
renew each phase in which he is licensed annually by June 30.
J. The annual fee for licensed pest control
operators shall be $10 for each phase in which the pest control operator is
licensed.
K. The permittee or the
primary licensee shall report to the department all termite contracts, termite
perimeter applications and wood destroying insect reports completed each month
on the form provided by the department. The reports listed above are due in
Division of Pesticide and Environmental Programs office in Baton Rouge on or
before the tenth of the month following the contract or application or
report.
L. The fee for each
standard contract and wood-destroying insect report that has been issued is
$12. All such fees are due and payable to the department at the time the
reports required by
§119. E are
due.
M. The permittee or the
primary licensee shall have provisions for spill control including materials
and tools on every vehicle transporting pesticides.
N. The pest control operator shall provide
for an air space or a backflow preventer on the water hose used in supplying
water to the chemical tank.
O.
Signage of Vehicles
1. General. A motor
vehicle being operated by a place of business that is engaged in the transport
or application of pesticides shall be marked as specified below:
a. magnetic or removable signs may be
used;
b. size, shape, location and
color of marking. The marking shall contain the following:
i. appear on both sides of the vehicle;
ii. be in letters that contrast
sharply in color with the background;
iii. be readily legible during daylight
hours;
iv. lettering shall be a
minimum of 2 inches in height;
v.
be kept and maintained in a manner that retains the legibility of the
information required by
§117. O.1 c;
c. nature of marking. The marking
shall display the following information:
i.
the name or trade name of the place of business operating the
vehicle.
P. No employee shall use a telephone number,
other than the place of business permit phone number, to advertise or solicit
business unless approved, in writing, by the permittee or licensee and reported
in writing to the department.
Q.
The pest control operator shall record the nature and date of the completion of
new construction, as found in
§101. B within the
definition of construction, and maintain the date as part of
the application records.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
3:3366 and
3:3368.
