Title 62, Professions, Businesses and Trades

The board shall advise the commissioner as to the promulgation of rules, categories of licenses, qualifications of applicants, and examinations for licenses.

(a) (1) Each person applying for or holding a charter shall have, for each office or branch office, a licensed commercial pest control operator for each category of service offered.(2) The technical service work of each office or branch office shall be under the direct supervisio…

(a) Each application for a charter must be accompanied by a corporate surety bond satisfactory to the commissioner and conditioned that the principal named therein shall honestly conduct the business in accordance with the pest control laws of this state and the rules and regulat…

Each application for a charter must be accompanied by evidence that the applicant holds occurrence liability insurance of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for a single occurrence of liability and five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) aggregate liability for the an…

(a) A person chartered under this chapter shall list with the department the name, residence and address of each salesperson or agent who is authorized to solicit business or anyone authorized to enter into a pest control contract on behalf of the chartered person. A person liste…

(a) All persons chartered under this chapter shall be required to list with the department the names, residences and addresses of all employees, exclusive of clerical employees, who are engaged in the handling, transportation or application of pesticide chemicals. (b) Immediate n…

(a) The cost for a charter shall be set by rule pursuant to § 43-1-703. (b) The cost for a license shall be set by rule pursuant to § 43-1-703, applicable for each category in which a license is requested. (c) The cost for a registration of all nonclerical employees shall be set …

(a) The cost for an initial examination of a license applicant is established by rule pursuant to § 43-1-703 for each category in which examination is requested. (b) (1) When a license application has been examined and the applicant fails to meet the qualifications for licensure,…

(a) (1) Every chartered person shall enter into a written contract for any service rendered in the category of wood destroying organisms.(2) A separate contract must be given for each structure or building; provided, that an industrial complex or group of buildings may be covered…

To use, buy or sell a restricted use pesticide, an individual must be certified by the commissioner, hold a valid commercial pest control operator's license or hold an aerial applicator's license under § 43-8-301.

No person shall use a pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.

(a) It is illegal to store or transport any pesticide chemicals unless the containers for the chemicals are labeled to show the:(1) Name of the pesticide; and(2) Concentration of the pesticide. (1) Name of the pesticide; and (2) Concentration of the pesticide. (b) When pesticides…

(a) The commissioner has the power and duty to:(1) Administer this chapter;(2) Promulgate rules and regulations that are consistent with the requirements of the United States environmental protection agency implementing and supplementing this chapter and provide for its orderly a…

(a) (1) If the commissioner has reason to believe that any person has violated this chapter, including its rules, or has used economic poison in violation of the Tennessee Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, compiled in title 43, chapter 8, parts 1 and 2, including its r…

(a) It is an offense for any person required by this chapter to be chartered or licensed to engage in commercial pest control activities to knowingly engage in commercial pest control activities without first obtaining the required charter or license. (b) Violation of subsection …

(a) The fees and taxes imposed by this chapter shall become delinquent on the last day of each succeeding month. (b) The commissioner is empowered and may act to collect delinquent fees and taxes as provided by §§ 67-6-516 — 67-6-518.

(a) Whether or not engaged in the business of applying pesticides, a person may not apply a pesticide within any of the following buildings, except under the direct supervision of a person licensed to apply pesticides in accordance with this chapter:(1) Any building used for the …

Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, persons licensed in the category of wood destroying organisms shall not be required to file a monthly report to the department. A monthly report shall not be required to be filed whether any application of chemicals was…

(a) Except as provided in § 62-21-118(b) or § 43-8-115, no city, town, county or other political subdivision of this state shall adopt or continue in effect any ordinance, rule, regulation or statute regarding pesticide sale or use, including, but not limited to, registration, no…

(a) Notwithstanding any contrary law, the department or any division, board, commission or agency attached to the department may assess the actual and reasonable costs of the investigation, prosecution and hearing of any disciplinary action held in accordance with the contested c…

A person, company or corporation applying for a new charter in category 7 shall furnish a surety bond in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the first three (3) years a person, company or corporation is in business. In the fourth year and subsequent years in busine…

Wood destroying insect infestation inspection reports, as defined in this chapter, issued in conjunction with the sale or transfer of any real property shall only be issued by a chartered pest control operator licensed or employing personnel licensed in the category of wood destr…

(a) A wood destroying insect infestation inspection report issued by a chartered pest control operator evidences the presence or absence of visible wood destroying insects and the presence or absence of visible damage caused by the insects noted on the day the inspection is made.…

Disputes which cannot be resolved between property owners, lenders, and/or trustees and persons issuing a wood destroying insect infestation inspection report may be resolved in a court of appropriate jurisdiction. Prior to filing a suit for compensatory damages, the issuer of th…

When the assets of a commercial pest control operation that issues wood destroying insect infestation inspection reports or performs other services relating to wood destroying organisms are sold or transferred or any servicing or financing rights are transferred, any contracts fo…

Any person issuing a wood destroying insect infestation inspection report who does not hold a valid commercial pest control charter and who is not licensed in the category of wood destroying organisms is in violation of this chapter and commits a Class A misdemeanor punishable on…

The commissioner has the authority, pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to promulgate all necessary rules and regulations concerning this part.