Title 17, Professions, Occupations, and Businesses

(a) (1) The State Plant Board is vested with the authority to carry out the provisions of this chapter, including the employment of necessary personnel.(2) (A) The board shall have the authority to adopt rules which shall have the full force and effect of law for the purpose of c…

(a) In its rules made pursuant to this chapter and after a public hearing, the State Plant Board shall establish license, registration, inspection, reinspection, reporting, and examination fees sufficient to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (b) All fees collected under t…

(a) No person shall for compensation engage in pest control service work in any manner as defined in this chapter without first having qualified, including the passing of the State Plant Board's written examination, and having in force a valid license issued by the board for that…

(a) (1) This chapter shall not apply either to persons doing pest control to their own property or to their employees hired as laborers only who do not hold themselves out as being engaged for compensation in pest control service work.(2) (A) However, no noncommercial applicator …

No occupational license, authorization, or similar license taxes shall be issued by municipalities, counties, or other state or federal agencies, or subdivisions thereof, to any person to engage in pest control service work for compensation, unless the person holds a valid licens…

Nothing in this chapter shall require the Department of Agriculture to issue a license or registration to an applicant who has been convicted in a court for a violation of this chapter or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq.

(a) Any person desiring to obtain a license for pest control service work shall make an application to the Department of Agriculture on forms provided by the department, giving complete information requested. (b) The applicant must prove to the satisfaction of the department that…

(a) The license shall specify the classification of work in which the license holder is authorized to engage and shall show the name and address of the person, firm, or corporation to which it is issued and the name of the licensed or qualified operator, if he or she is someone o…

(a) In promulgating rules under this chapter, the State Plant Board shall prescribe standards for the licensing of applicators of pesticides. (b) The standards shall relate to the use and handling of the pesticides or to the use and handling of the pesticide or class of pesticide…

Any applicant who fails to pass the written examination in any classification must wait at least fourteen (14) days before being eligible to take another examination in the same classification.

(a) bond. (1) Before a license is issued or renewed, the Department of Agriculture shall be furnished an acceptable surety bond by each applicant for a license in either of the following classifications:(A) Termite and other structural pests; or(B) Household pests and rodent cont…

The fee for the issuance of a license in each classification shall be paid annually. The license shall expire June 30 following the date issued.

(a) No license or registration shall be transferable. (b) When there is a change in the status of a licensee, such as change of address, operator in charge, agents, or solicitors, the licensee shall immediately notify the Department of Agriculture of the changes.

(a) Each licensed operator shall register with the Department of Agriculture the name and address of each agent or solicitor and shall pay to the department a registration fee annually for each solicitor and agent at the time of registration. (b) All registrations shall expire wh…

Every nonresident licensee shall designate a resident agent upon whom service of notice or process may be made to enforce the provisions of this chapter or any liabilities arising from operation under this chapter.

(a) No licensed operator or qualified operator shall operate under more than one (1) company name in any one (1) category. (b) No person shall issue a solicitor's or agent's license to any other person for the purpose of operating under any other name except that of the licensed …

The State Plant Board shall have the authority to refuse the issuance of a license even though a passing grade is made on the written examination if the board in its judgment, after reviewing the evidence of reference checks, deems the applicant is not morally and financially res…

(1) Acts which shall be grounds for invalidation or nonrenewal of a license shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:(1) Misrepresentations for the purpose of deceiving or defrauding;(2) Making of a false statement with knowledge of its falsity for the purpose of…

(a) Invalidation or nonrenewal proceedings may be initiated against a license holder in the same manner and for the same reasons as against a licensed operator or qualified operator. (b) The proceedings may be jointly and severally against any or all licensed operators or qualifi…

A license shall automatically become invalid should the licensed operator whose name appears on the license cease to personally supervise and be in direct charge of the pest control operation. The license shall remain invalid until some other person, having been examined in accor…

(a) When any person is refused a license or his or her license is not renewed, or when the State Plant Board contemplates invalidation of his or her license, he or she shall have the right of a hearing before the board or an authorized committee of the board by filing a written r…

(a) Every licensed operator shall enter into a written contract with the property owner when employed to control or eradicate termites or other structural pests, or in such other classifications as the State Plant Board may specify in its rules made under authority of this chapte…