CHAPTER 2. Pesticides [12751. - 13192.]
Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 361, Sec. 26.
§§ 12751–13192 · 196 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 12751–12759 · 12 sections
- § 12751 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
- § 12752 “Defoliating” includes killing or artifically accelerating the drying of plant tissues, with or without causing abscission.
- § 12753 “Pesticide” includes any of the following: (a) Any spray adjuvant. (b) Any substance, or mixture of substances which is intended to be used for defoliating…
- § 12754 “Insect” means any animal within the class of animals which are known as “Insecta” or any similar animal such as a centipede, spider, mite, tick, or louse.
- § 12754.5 “Pest” means any of the following that is, or is liable to become, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural or nonagricultural environment of the state:…
- § 12755 “Registrant” means a person that has registered a pesticide and has obtained a certificate of registration from the department.
- § 12756 “Regulating plant growth” means the use of any substance or mixture of substances intended, through physiological action, for accelerating or retarding the…
- § 12757 “Rodent” means all members of the order Rodentia and all rabbits and hares.
- § 12757.5 “Service container” means any container, other than the original labeled container of a registered pesticide provided by the registrant, that is utilized to…
- § 12758 “Spray adjuvant” means any wetting agent, spreading agent, deposit builder, adhesive, emulsifying agent, deflocculating agent, water modifier, or similar…
- § 12758.5 “Use-dilution” means a dilution specified on the label or labeling that produces the concentration of the pesticide for a particular purpose or effect.
- § 12759 “Weed” means any plant which grows where not wanted.
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 12781–12784 · 4 sections
- § 12781 The director may adopt regulations which are reasonably necessary to carry out this chapter.
- § 12782 A copy of the regulations which are adopted by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be mailed to each registrant promptly upon promulgation of the…
- § 12783 Any person who is charged with the enforcement or execution of this chapter shall not be directly or indirectly interested in the sale, manufacture, or…
- § 12784 Any money that is received by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Pesticide…
ARTICLE 2.5. Agricultural Pest Control Research §§ 12786–12798.6 · 6 sections
- § 12786 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The continued viability of the agricultural economy is of paramount importance to the…
- § 12790 Proposals for research consistent with the purposes of this article may be submitted to the committee by any person, organization, institution, or governmental…
- § 12794 Members of the research and screening committees shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in the…
- § 12797 To the extent that funding is available, the secretary shall maintain a program to develop new methods and modify existing methods for testing produce for the…
- § 12798 (a) The department shall establish a competitive grants program to make funds available to qualified public and private entities to conduct pest management…
- § 12798.6 The secretary shall establish a Pest Science and Technology Screening Committee, which shall function as a scientific peer review committee on exotic pest…
ARTICLE 3. Exemptions §§ 12801–12804 · 4 sections
- § 12801 This chapter does not apply to any preparation, drug, or chemical which is intended to be used or sold solely for medicinal or cosmetic use by humans or to…
- § 12802 A person may mix or dilute any registered pesticide in accordance with its registered labeling for his or her own use or for use in his or her own business…
- § 12803 The director, by regulation, may exempt from all or part of the requirements of this division a pesticide exempted pursuant to Section 25(b) of the federal…
- § 12804 (a) The director, by regulation, may exempt from all or part of the requirements of this division a liquid chemical sterilant product for use on a critical or…
ARTICLE 4. Registration §§ 12811–12840 · 33 sections
- § 12811 Every manufacturer of, importer of, or dealer in any pesticide, except a person that sells any raw material to a manufacturer of any pesticide or a dealer or…
- § 12811.2 (a) On or before May 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, until May 2, 2028, the department shall annually report the average processing times to review and…
- § 12811.5 The director may rely on any evaluations of previously submitted data to determine whether to accept an application for registration of a new pesticide…
- § 12812 (a) The director shall establish, by regulation, fees for the department’s registration program, as established pursuant to this division. The fees shall…
- § 12814 Any county, state, or federal officer or employee who sells any pesticide at cost is not required to pay any fee that is imposed by this chapter.
- § 12815 If a manufacturer, importer, or dealer in pesticides that applies for registration of pesticides has complied with this chapter and the regulations that are…
- § 12816 If the director finds that registration cannot be permitted due to noncompliance with this chapter or the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it, he or…
- § 12817 Every registration expires on December 31st of each year except when renewal is applied for within one month thereafter in the manner which is provided for…
- § 12818 If renewal is not applied for within one calendar month after the expiration of a registration, a penalty as prescribed by the director pursuant to Section…
- § 12819 A penalty shall not be collected if the person that makes application for renewal of registration makes an affidavit that no business was done during the…
- § 12820 The payment of any renewal fee or penalty is not a bar to any prosecution for doing business without proper registry.
- § 12821 Each applicant for a certificate of registration shall also file a statement of every brand, trademark, and kind of pesticide that the applicant intends to…
- § 12822 A supplemental application for registration of any additional pesticide may be submitted at any time without payment of the penalty required by Section 12818.
- § 12823 A change in the name or percentage, or both, of an inert ingredient is not a change in composition of the pesticide that requires a new registration unless the…
- § 12824 (a) The director shall endeavor to eliminate from use in the state any pesticide that endangers the agricultural or nonagricultural environment, is not…
- § 12824.5 (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, until July 2, 2029, the department shall annually identify and initiate the reevaluation of…
- § 12825 (a) Pursuant to Section 12824, the director, after a hearing, may cancel the registration of, or refuse to register, a pesticide if any of the following…
- § 12825.5 (a) If, during the registration process or at any time after the registration of a pesticide, the registrant has factual or scientific evidence of any adverse…
- § 12826 If the director has reason to believe that any of the conditions stated in Section 12825 are applicable to any registered pesticide and that the use or…
- § 12827 The director may cancel a certificate of registration, or, refuse to issue certification to any manufacturer, importer, or dealer in any pesticide that…
- § 12827.5 Whenever the director cancels the registration of, or refuses to register, any pesticide currently registered by the United States Environmental Protection…
- § 12828 Action by the director pursuant to Sections 12824, 12825, 12826, or 12827 is not a condition precedent to the institution of any action to prosecute a…
- § 12828.5 (a) A registrant at any time may request that the registration of any of its pesticides be voluntarily canceled. The request shall be in writing and shall…
- § 12829 If a person has a research authorization for a pesticide issued pursuant to Section 6260 of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations for the purpose of…
- § 12832 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, alfalfa and all vegetable crops, when grown for seed production, with the exception of corn, beans,…
- § 12833 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director may issue a certificate of emergency registration for a pesticide if all of the following…
- § 12836 (a) The director, by January 1, 1999, shall implement a program for the expedited registration of or for the expedited amendment of the registration of any…
- § 12836.5 The director shall accept applications for registration of pesticide products containing a new active ingredient concurrently with the application to the…
- § 12836.6 The director shall, with the assistance of the Legislative Analyst, conduct a study to consider more carefully the consequences of data-sharing agreements…
- § 12837 (a) The director may waive the submission or review, or both, of efficacy data developed by a registrant as a prerequisite for registration for any…
- § 12838 (a) On or before July 1, 2018, the department shall issue a determination with respect to its reevaluation of neonicotinoids. (b) (1) Within two years after…
- § 12839 (a) On and after July 1, 2027, the department shall meet the following timelines to review and evaluate, and issue final decisions on, applications to register…
- § 12840 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, when the department hires staff due to the mill increases described in Section 12841 and registration fee…
ARTICLE 4.5. Assessments §§ 12841–12847 · 11 sections
- § 12841 (a) A person shall not sell for use in this state any pesticide products that have been registered by the director for which the mill assessment established by…
- § 12841.1 (a) The director may collect an assessment, in addition to the mill assessment collected pursuant to Section 12841, for all pesticide sales for use in this…
- § 12841.2 (a) The Department of Pesticide Regulation shall create a program to conduct outreach and education activities for worker safety, environmental safety, school…
- § 12841.3 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 2282, 12784, and 12841, the director shall pay from the revenue collected from the mill assessment in the Department of Pesticide…
- § 12841.4 (a) Every registrant of any production agricultural- or structural-use pesticide product sold for use in this state that is packaged in rigid, nonrefillable,…
- § 12842 Every person who sells for use in this state any pesticide products that have been registered by the director shall maintain in this state, or with the…
- § 12843 The payments required by this article, together with a return in a form prescribed by the director, shall be made quarterly one calendar month after March 31,…
- § 12844 The director and the county agricultural commissioners shall jointly develop regulations specifying the criteria to be used in allocating pesticide mill…
- § 12844.5 Notwithstanding Section 12784, the funds paid to the counties under Section 12844 shall also be considered as reimbursement for costs incurred by the counties…
- § 12845 (a) The director may adopt regulations that require persons subject to this article to provide information determined by the director to be necessary to enable…
- § 12847 Sales invoices for pesticides first sold into or within this state shall show that the assessments specified in Sections 12841 and 12841.1 will be paid by the…
ARTICLE 5. Labeling and Warranty §§ 12851–12859 · 9 sections
- § 12851 The registrant of any pesticide shall attach to each separate lot, and each separate, finished, sealed, or closed container or package of pesticide that the…
- § 12852 The registrant of any pesticide that is sold or delivered to a consumer in this state shall furnish printed directions for use, and dilution if any, upon the…
- § 12853 A registrant of pesticides may print upon the label of any sealed or closed container or package of pesticide that the registrant intends to sell within this…
- § 12854 No limitations of warranty by the seller shall exclude or waive either of the following implied warranties: (a) That the pesticide corresponds to all claims…
- § 12855 Except as otherwise provided in this article, the registrant is not liable for any injury or damage that is suffered solely by reason of any of the following:…
- § 12856 Except as otherwise provided in Section 12857, a pesticide shall not be sold unless it is in a registrant’s sealed or closed container or package.
- § 12857 The director , pursuant to regulations prescribed by him or her, may authorize sales of pesticides to be made out of a registrant’s opened but properly labeled…
- § 12858 The statement of ingredients in any pesticide that is intended and sold for internal administration to animals may be given in terms of dosage in lieu of…
- § 12859 The director shall adopt regulations governing the labeling of service containers. The labeling regulations shall not apply to containers used by a person…
ARTICLE 6. Misbranding §§ 12881–12885 · 5 sections
- § 12881 A pesticide is misbranded in any of the following cases: (a) The package or label bears any false or misleading statement, design, or device regarding the…
- § 12882 A pesticide is also misbranded in any of the following cases: (a) The contents of the package as originally put up have been removed in whole or in part and…
- § 12883 Except as otherwise provided in Section 12884 , a pesticide is also misbranded when the label fails to state one of the following: (a) The name and percentage…
- § 12884 If the preparation is highly toxic to humans, as determined by regulations of the director, a pesticide is misbranded if the label fails to state the name and…
- § 12885 In addition to the other provisions of this article, a spray adjuvant is misbranded if the label fails to state the type or function and the names of the…
ARTICLE 7. Adulteration § 12911 · 1 section
- § 12911 A pesticide is adulterated in any of the following cases: (a) Its strength or purity falls below the standard or quality that it is represented to have. (b)…
ARTICLE 8. Analysis § 12931 · 1 section
- § 12931 The director may take samples of pesticides, make analyses or examinations of them, and make such investigations as are necessary for the full enforcement of…
ARTICLE 9. Seizure § 12961 · 1 section
- § 12961 The director may seize and quarantine any pesticide that is adulterated, misbranded, or detrimental to agriculture or to the public health, or which is…
ARTICLE 10. Recommendations and Usage §§ 12971–12979 · 10 sections
- § 12971 No recommendation shall be in conflict with the registered labeling for the product being recommended.
- § 12972 The use of any pesticide by any person shall be in such a manner as to prevent substantial drift to nontarget areas.
- § 12973 The use of any pesticide shall not conflict with labeling registered pursuant to this chapter which is delivered with the pesticide or with any additional…
- § 12974 Failure of a person using a pesticide to possess a written recommendation shall create a rebuttable presumption that he or she has assumed responsibility for…
- § 12975 A person making a written recommendation does not incur an obligation to insure that the actual use follows his or her recommendation.
- § 12976 The director may adopt regulations to govern the possession, sale, or use of any pesticide which the director finds necessary to carry out the purposes of…
- § 12977 The director, and the commissioner of each county under the direction and supervision of the director, shall enforce the provisions of this article and the…
- § 12978 Pesticide applications on public property which take place on school grounds, parks, or other public rights-of-way where public exposure is foreseeable shall…
- § 12978.7 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Chlorophacinone” means a pesticide product containing chlorophacinone.…
- § 12979 A pesticide use report shall be submitted to the commissioner or director on a form and in a manner prescribed by the director. The data from the pesticide use…
ARTICLE 10.5. Pesticides and Worker Safety §§ 12980–12988 · 7 sections
- § 12980 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary and desirable to provide for the safe use of pesticides and for safe working conditions for…
- § 12981 The director shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this article. Such regulations shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following…
- § 12982 The director and the commissioner of each county under the direction and supervision of the director, shall enforce the provisions of this article and the…
- § 12985 Any person who orders an employee to enter an area posted with a warning sign in violation of any worker safety reentry requirements promulgated pursuant to…
- § 12986 (a) The director shall approve programs for training persons who handle or apply pesticides in aerial pest control operations. The training programs shall be…
- § 12987 The director shall require registrants of pesticides to submit the data necessary to perform the director’s duties under this article.
- § 12988 No pesticide may be registered or reregistered unless the director determines that the registrant has complied with this article.
ARTICLE 11. Violations §§ 12991–12995 · 5 sections
- § 12991 It is unlawful for any person, individually or through another, in connection with any substance or mixture of substances included within the scope of this…
- § 12992 It is unlawful for any person to sell any adulterated or misbranded pesticide. In any prosecution of any agent or dealer under this section it is a complete…
- § 12993 It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, deliver, or sell any pesticide or any substance or mixture of substances that is represented to be a pesticide,…
- § 12994 It is unlawful for any person to transport, destroy, or dispose of any quarantined pesticide, unless the person has received written permission from the…
- § 12995 Except as provided in regulations adopted by the director or as provided in the notice or order of suspension or cancellation, it is unlawful for any person,…
ARTICLE 12. Penalties and Injunctive Relief §§ 12996–13001 · 15 sections
- § 12996 (a) Every person who violates any provision of this division relating to pesticides, or any regulation issued pursuant to a provision of this division relating…
- § 12996.5 (a) For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Office” means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. (2) “Department” means the Department of…
- § 12997 In lieu of seeking prosecution of any violation of this division as a misdemeanor, and the penalty prescribed in Section 12996, the director may prosecute…
- § 12997.5 (a) In addition to any penalties paid in connection with an enforcement action taken pursuant to Sections 12996, 12997, 12999, and 12999.5, any person who is…
- § 12997.7 (a) The agency, in consultation with the department, the office, county agricultural commissioners, local health officers, CUPAs, and affected community…
- § 12997.8 (a) (1) A person who sells or uses a first-generation anticoagulant rodenticide or second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide in violation of Section 12978.7…
- § 12998 Any person who violates this division relating to pesticides or structural pest control devices, or any regulation issued pursuant to a provision of this…
- § 12999 Upon a complaint by the director, or by the Structural Pest Control Board in the case of violations of Chapter 7.5 (commencing with Section 15300) or…
- § 12999.2 The remedies or penalties provided by this division are in addition to the remedies or penalties available under any other law.
- § 12999.4 (a) In lieu of civil prosecution by the director, the director may levy a civil penalty against a person violating subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 11792,…
- § 12999.5 (a) In lieu of civil prosecution by the director, the county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person violating Division 6…
- § 12999.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Multijurisdictional priority investigation” means a priority…
- § 13000 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), an action brought pursuant to this article shall be commenced by the director, the commissioner, the…
- § 13000.1 The commissioner or director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any order made pursuant to this division in the…
- § 13001 The director may, by regulation, adjust the level of statutory minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties provided under this article and in Section 11893 to…
ARTICLE 13. Cease and Desist §§ 13101–13102 · 2 sections
- § 13101 The director, upon a finding that the use, handling, delivery, or sale of a pesticide in violation of any provision of this division, or any regulation issued…
- § 13102 The agricultural commissioner, upon a finding that the use, handling, delivery, or sale of a pesticide in violation of any provision of this division, or any…
ARTICLE 14. Birth Defect Prevention §§ 13121–13135 · 28 sections
- § 13121 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Birth Defect Prevention Act of 1984.
- § 13122 It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to prevent pesticide induced abortions, birth defects, and infertility.
- § 13123 For purposes of this chapter, the following terms mean: (a) “Adverse reproductive effect” means a statistically significant adverse effect on parental…
- § 13123.5 To the extent feasible, health effects studies shall be conducted in accordance with standards and protocols established pursuant to the Federal Insecticide,…
- § 13126 No new active pesticide ingredient shall be conditionally registered or licensed when any of the mandatory health effects studies, as defined in subdivision…
- § 13127 (a) Not later than December 31, 1985, the department shall identify 200 pesticide active ingredients which the department determines have the most significant…
- § 13127.2 The director shall, on January 15, 1992, issue a notice of the impending suspension of the registration of any pesticide product containing an active…
- § 13127.3 (a) The director shall grant an extension of time for submission of the required data if, and only if, the director, with the concurrence of the Secretary for…
- § 13127.31 Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 13127.3, if the director finds that delays in submitting the mandatory health effects studies were primarily caused…
- § 13127.32 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the following pesticide products shall remain registered in this state: (a) Except as specified in…
- § 13127.5 (a) The director, with the concurrence of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, may defer the suspension of registration of a pesticide product, as…
- § 13127.6 The director shall levy a charge on data generators of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for each day a data gap continues to exist after the date…
- § 13127.7 All documentation relevant to a finding made pursuant to Sections 13127.3 and 13127.5 shall be available to the public, and the findings shall be a public…
- § 13127.8 (a) A suspension of registration of a pesticide product containing any of the active ingredients identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127 shall…
- § 13127.9 For each mandatory health effects study that is required for each active ingredient identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127, the registrant…
- § 13127.91 The director shall suspend the registration of any pesticide product that contains an active ingredient identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127…
- § 13127.92 (a) Extensions of time granted pursuant to Sections 13127.3, 13127.31, and 13127.5 shall only be for the time necessary to complete the mandatory health…
- § 13128 No applicant for registration or current registrant of a pesticide who proposes to purchase or purchases a registered pesticide from another producer in order…
- § 13129 (a) If the director, after evaluation of the health effects study of an active ingredient, finds that a pesticide product containing the active ingredient…
- § 13130.3 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13127, the time permitted by the director for submitting data to fill a data gap shall be as follows: (1) For…
- § 13131.1 (a) Not later than March 1, 1992, the director shall notify registrants of the data requirements, and the guidelines the director intends to use in reviewing…
- § 13131.2 (a) Prior to March 1, 1992, or in response to a written objection filed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13131.1, the department may…
- § 13131.3 If the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment does not concur with the determination of the department pursuant to Section 13131.2, the issue shall…
- § 13131.4 (a) On or before January 1, 1994, the director shall issue a final notice of data gaps required to be filled for all pesticide active ingredients other than…
- § 13131.5 The director shall suspend the registration of any pesticide containing an active ingredient for which the director notifies a registrant pursuant to Section…
- § 13133 If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other provisions…
- § 13134 (a) The department, in cooperation with the State Department of Health Services, shall conduct an assessment of dietary risks associated with the consumption…
- § 13135 The department and the State Department of Health Services shall jointly review the existing federal and state pesticide registration and food safety system…
ARTICLE 15. The Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act §§ 13141–13152 · 12 sections
- § 13141 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is the right of every citizen in this state to drink safe, potable, wholesome, and pure…
- § 13142 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active ingredient” has the same meaning as defined in Section 136 of Title 7 of the United…
- § 13143 (a) Not later than December 1, 1986, a person that has registered a pesticide in California for agricultural use shall submit to the director the information…
- § 13144 (a) The department shall establish specific numerical values for water solubility, soil adsorption coefficient (Koc), hydrolysis, aerobic and anaerobic soil…
- § 13145 (a) Any registrant of a pesticide identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 13144 is subject to a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000)…
- § 13146 (a) The director shall not register or renew the registration of a pesticide intended to be applied to or injected into the ground by ground-based application…
- § 13147 The director shall annually request a budget appropriation in order to meet the reasonable and anticipated costs of conducting soil and water monitoring…
- § 13148 (a) In order to more accurately determine the mobility and persistence of the pesticides identified in the Groundwater Protection List, and to determine if…
- § 13149 (a) Within 90 days after the active ingredient, other specified ingredient, or degradation product of a pesticide is detected under any of the conditions…
- § 13150 The director may allow the continued registration, sale, and use of a pesticide that meets any one of the conditions specified in Section 13149 if all of the…
- § 13151 Any pesticide identified pursuant to Section 13149 that fails to meet any of the conditions of Section 13150 shall be canceled.
- § 13152 (a) (1) The department shall conduct ongoing soil and groundwater monitoring of any pesticide whose continued use is permitted following the issuance of…
ARTICLE 16. The Interim Data Gap Exemption for Qualified Federally Registered Pesticides §§ 13161–13170 · 10 sections
- § 13161 For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Feasible alternative” means other chemical or nonchemical procedures that can…
- § 13162 The director may issue a certificate of interim registration allowing the sale and use of a pesticide that otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter if…
- § 13163 In granting a certificate of interim registration, the director may defer no more than three of the following registration data requirements: (a) Efficacy…
- § 13164 Consistent with the limitations of Section 13163, a registrant or a user group of any pesticide registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency…
- § 13165 Notwithstanding Section 13163, the director shall not grant a certificate of interim registration unless he or she consults with the Pesticide Registration and…
- § 13166 The director shall limit the use of any pesticide granted a certificate of interim registration to specific uses within a pest management system meeting the…
- § 13167 The director shall revoke or refuse to renew a certificate of interim registration at any time that he or she finds that the interim registration no longer…
- § 13168 The director may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
- § 13169 To the extent that this article conflicts with other provisions in Article 15 of this chapter, this article shall prevail. Unless otherwise specified in this…
- § 13170 The department shall impose a fee in an amount sufficient to cover the department’s costs of reviewing and processing the application on any person who applies…
ARTICLE 17. Healthy Schools Act of 2000 §§ 13180–13188 · 10 sections
- § 13180 This article, Article 4 (commencing with Section 17608) of Chapter 5 of Part 10.5 of the Education Code, and Article 2 (commencing with Section 105500) of…
- § 13181 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of this article, “integrated pest management” means a pest management strategy that focuses on long-term…
- § 13182 It is the policy of the state that effective least toxic pest management practices should be the preferred method of managing pests at schoolsites and that the…
- § 13183 (a) The department shall promote and facilitate the voluntary adoption of integrated pest management programs for schoolsites, excluding privately operated…
- § 13184 (a) In implementing Section 13183, the department shall establish and maintain an Internet Web site as a comprehensive directory of resources describing and…
- § 13185 (a) The department shall establish an integrated pest management training program in order to facilitate the adoption of a model IPM program and…
- § 13186 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department of Pesticide Regulation, pursuant to Section 12979 of the Food and Agricultural Code and Sections…
- § 13186.5 (a) Commencing July 1, 2016, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a school designee, as defined in Section 17609 of the Education Code, and any person,…
- § 13187 Sections 13186 and 13186.5 shall not apply to any agency signatory to a cooperative agreement with the State Department of Public Health pursuant to Section…
- § 13188 The Director of Pesticide Regulation may adopt regulations to implement this article.
ARTICLE 17.5. Pesticide Use Near Schoolsites §§ 13189–13189.6 · 7 sections
- § 13189 For purposes of this article, “schoolsite” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6690 of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations.
- § 13189.1 To enable accurate reporting and enforcement of Sections 6690 to 6692, inclusive, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations, the department shall do all…
- § 13189.2 In evaluating a county’s pesticide use enforcement program, the director shall evaluate the county’s effectiveness in enforcing Sections 6690 to 6692,…
- § 13189.3 On or before December 31, 2026, the director shall adopt regulations to revise Sections 6690 to 6692, inclusive, of Title 3 of the California Code of…
- § 13189.4 (a) The department and the county agricultural commissioners shall use private school directory information and maps available on the internet website of the…
- § 13189.5 This article does not apply to a school conducted in a person’s residence.
- § 13189.6 This article does not restrict the department’s authority to amend Sections 6690 to 6692, inclusive, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations to the…
ARTICLE 18. Contamination of Compost §§ 13190–13192 · 3 sections
- § 13190 (a) “Clopyralid” means 3,6-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid. (b) “Compost” means the product resulting from the controlled biological decomposition of…
- § 13191 (a) No person, except a pest control dealer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 12101) of Division 6 of the Food and Agricultural Code, may…
- § 13192 Not later than April 1, 2003, the department shall, pursuant to Sections 12824 and 12825, do both of the following: (a) Determine in writing those lawn and…