Sections
45 entriesSection 8500Establishes that the general provisions that follow govern construction of the chapter unless the text otherwise requires. Limits those general construction rules…Section 8501Defines “Director” as the Director of Consumer Affairs. Establishes that the defined term identifies that specific Consumer Affairs official whenever used in…Section 8502Defines “Board” as the Structural Pest Control Board within the Department of Consumers Affairs. Establishes that the defined term identifies that named…Section 8503Defines “registrar” to mean the registrar of the Structural Pest Control Board. The provision supplies only that term’s chapter-specific meaning and does…Section 8503.5Defines “Committee” as the Disciplinary Review Committee established under the referenced provision. Establishes that the chapter’s defined use of “Committee” identifies that…Section 8504Defines “person” to include an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, other organization, or any combination of those forms. The…Section 8504.1Defines “pesticide” to include any spray adjuvant and any substance or mixture intended to prevent, destroy, repel, or mitigate a pest or…Section 8504.2Defines “control” as a pest-population management system using techniques either to reduce and maintain pest populations below levels causing economic or material…Section 8504.3Defines “eradication” as the total elimination of a pest from a designated area. Establishes that, for purposes of the chapter, “elimination” and…Section 8504.4Defines “inspection” as the act of a field representative or operator physically performing an onsite assessment of real property. The definition requires…Section 8505Defines “structural pest control” and “pest control” as synonymous activities involving household, wood-destroying, and other structure-invading pests, subject to stated chapter exceptions,…Section 8505.1Defines “fumigation” generally as using in an enclosed space a labeled substance with vapor pressure above 5 millimeters of mercury at 25…Section 8505.2Requires fumigation to be performed only under the direct and personal supervision of an individual licensed by the board as a Branch…Section 8505.3Defines “direct and personal supervision” for the fumigation requirement to mean that the supervising Branch 1 licensee is present at the fumigation…Section 8505.4Requires fumigation to comply with all applicable state, county, and city laws and ordinances and all applicable United States laws and regulations.…Section 8505.5Requires a fumigator to notify the serving fire department of the fumigation date, place, and chemicals at least two hours before starting,…Section 8505.7Requires all occupants to vacate the space before fumigation begins and requires every entrance to be locked, barricaded, or otherwise secured through…Section 8505.8Requires the space to be fumigated to be sealed before fumigation begins so that tests taken before ventilation show the required fumigant…Section 8505.9Requires plainly visible warning signs on or immediately near every entrance before fumigation starts and bars removing them until fumigation and ventilation…Section 8505.10Requires fumigation warning signs to use red print on a white background, display “DANGER—FUMIGATION” in letters at least two inches high, show…Section 8505.11Requires the registered fumigation company, immediately after completion, to post a durable sign at least five by seven inches in an accessible…Section 8505.12Requires a registered fumigation company to use an adequate warning agent with fumigants lacking warning properties. Allows chloropicrin to be waived for…Section 8505.13Requires a registered company to keep a board-regulation-format log of every fumigation job it performs in California, preserve the log for at…Section 8505.14Defines a “fumigator” as an individual licensed by the board as either a structural pest control operator or a structural pest control…Section 8505.16Requires every fumigator to know and be able to administer artificial respiration using the best method or methods currently recommended by the…Section 8505.17Establishes the Structural Pest Control Education and Enforcement Fund with Education and Enforcement and Civil Penalties accounts for training, reimbursement, committee-expense, and…Section 8506Defines a “structural pest control operator” as an individual board-licensed to practice structural pest control and uses “operator” as the chapter shorthand.…Section 8506.1Defines a “registered company” as an organization registered with the board to practice pest control and allows it to contract for work…Section 8506.2Defines a “qualifying manager” as the licensed operator or operators a registered company designates to supervise its daily business and be physically…Section 8507Defines a “structural pest control field representative” as a board-licensed individual who, for a registered company, may secure work, identify infestations, inspect,…Section 8507.1Defines a “structural pest control applicator” as an individual board-licensed to apply pesticides in Branch 2 or Branch 3 on behalf of…Section 8508Defines “household” as any structure, together with its contents, that is used for persons and their convenience. The statutory term encompasses both…Section 8509Defines a “branch office” as a fixed business location, additional to the registered company’s principal office, where pest-control records are kept, mail…Section 8510Defines “wood preservative” as a coating formulated to protect wood surfaces against deterioration caused by insects, fungus, rot, and decay and containing…Section 8511Defines a “manufacturer” as a person engaged in processing materials used in pest-control practice who does not personally engage in pest-control practice.…Section 8512Defines “employer” as a registered company employing operators, field representatives, applicators, and other individuals who work on pest-control jobs under an operator’s…Section 8513Requires registered structural-pest companies to give the prescribed owner notice before contracting and bars requesting lien-right waivers from subcontractors, employees, or suppliers.…Section 8514Requires a Branch 2 or 3 registered company to inspect before starting covered work or issuing pest-control opinions. Allows written subcontracting to…Section 8514.5Prohibits a registered company billing for authorized subcontracted work from charging consumers for structural fumigation it did not perform or directly supervise…Section 8515Allows a registered company to authorize an officer, partner, or employee to submit bids on its behalf after an inspection by a…Section 8516Requires a Branch 3 inspection before wood-destroying-pest work or opinions and property-address filing within 10 business days; failures may draw up to…Section 8517Requires any contract, billing, agreement, completion letter, correspondence, or document expressing an opinion or statement about the presence or absence of wood-destroying…Section 8518Requires a registered company completing wood-destroying-pest work to give the owner or agent a board-form completion notice with costs within 10 business…Section 8519Defines a pest-control “certification” as a registered company’s written statement concerning the absence or presence of wood-destroying pests or organisms and any…Section 8519.5Requires a Branch 1 company completing fumigation after a Branch 3 inspection to issue the specified certification to the inspecting company within…