Sections
39 entriesSection 8620Allows the board to investigate on its own motion and requires investigation upon a verified written complaint, with suspension or revocation available…Section 8621Limits complaints against nonlicensees, licensees, or registered companies to two years after the alleged act or omission, or four years for fraud,…Section 8622Allows the board, after accepting a complaint against a registered company, to inspect properties; a noncompliance finding gives the company 30 days,…Section 8623Allows the board to deny, suspend, or revoke a license on chapter disciplinary grounds and requires a reasoned statement when denying an…Section 8623.5Allows a disciplined person to petition for reinstatement or penalty modification after minimum periods measured from the disciplinary decision: three years for…Section 8624Allows suspension or revocation of an operator’s license to extend to branch offices registered under that operator and, when the operator holds…Section 8625Allows the board to continue investigations, actions, and disciplinary proceedings against a licensee or registered company despite expiration, suspension, or voluntary surrender…Section 8632Allows a court, in an otherwise proper action involving a licensee’s or registered company’s performance of a legal obligation under the chapter,…Section 8635Establishes materially departing from or disregarding plans or specifications while performing structural pest control work, without the consent of the owner or…Section 8636Establishes disregard or violation of state or local building laws, or state safety, labor, health, or workers’ compensation insurance laws relating to…Section 8637Establishes an applicant’s misrepresentation of a material fact when obtaining a license or company registration as grounds for disciplinary action. The provision…Section 8638Establishes a registered company’s failure to complete an operation or construction repairs for the price stated in the contract, or in a…Section 8639Establishes as disciplinary grounds aiding or abetting an unlicensed person or unregistered company to evade the chapter, knowingly combining or conspiring with…Section 8640Establishes a licensee’s or registered company’s payment or offer of any commission, bonus, rebate, or other thing of value to a party…Section 8641Establishes as disciplinary grounds failure to comply with the chapter or board rules, issuing a wood-destroying-pest inspection report without a genuine premises…Section 8642Establishes commission of a grossly negligent or fraudulent act by a pest-control operator, field representative, applicator, or registered company as grounds for…Section 8643Establishes negligent handling or negligent use of any pesticide as a ground for disciplinary action. Applies that disciplinary ground to negligence in…Section 8644Establishes fraud or misrepresentation after inspection by a pest-control licensee or registered company concerning wood-destroying-pest infestation or infection, or structural conditions ordinarily…Section 8645Establishes impersonation of any state, county, or city inspector or official as grounds for disciplinary action. Applies that disciplinary ground when a…Section 8646Establishes disregard or violation of state or local laws governing pesticide use and application, structural pest-control devices, fumigation, or extermination, or regulations…Section 8646.5Requires an authorized board representative to issue a notice of noncompliance when a licensee or registered company performs pesticide application, fumigation, or…Section 8647Establishes failure to comply with the referenced Food and Agricultural Code requirements when selling or using pesticides as grounds for disciplinary action.…Section 8648Establishes authorizing, directing, conniving at, or aiding publication, advertising, distribution, or circulation of material containing a false statement or representation about a…Section 8649Establishes conviction of a crime substantially related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a structural pest control operator, field representative, applicator,…Section 8650Establishes acting as a licensee or registered company under a chapter license or registration other than in the name shown on it,…Section 8651Establishes as disciplinary grounds performing or soliciting structural pest-control work, inspecting for structural or household pests, or applying pesticides to eliminate, exterminate,…Section 8652Requires a registered company to keep inspection reports, field notes, contracts, work-completion notices, and other nonfinancial records for at least three years…Section 8653Establishes a registered company’s, agent’s, or officer’s failure to pay amounts due for pest-control materials or services, despite ability to pay or…Section 8654Prohibits an individual with specified denied, revoked, suspended, or unrenewed licensing status, or participation in an entity whose registration suffered specified discipline,…Section 8655Defines a guilty plea or verdict, or conviction after a no-contest plea, on a substantially related charge as a conviction under the…Section 8656Prohibits the board from selling pesticide use stamps to a registered company that has not paid a citation fine within 30 days…Section 8657Establishes appointment of a receiver over a licensee’s or registered company’s property, or an assignment for creditors’ benefit, as grounds for disciplinary…Section 8658Allows the board to sue in the superior court of the county where a chapter violation occurred to enjoin that violation, in…Section 8660Establishes a three-member disciplinary review committee to review appeals of orders issued under the cited provision. One member represents the Director of…Section 8662Allows a fined or suspended party, after requesting and attending the commissioner hearing, to appeal within 30 days. Allows supporting materials within…Section 8663Allows fines up to $5,000 against a Branch 1 prime contractor for specified subcontractor violations after certified notice of two or more…Section 8664Limits the provision to Branch 1 work and requires notice and a hearing opportunity before a Section 8663 fine, with appeal to…Section 8665Establishes that an applicator’s licensure does not reduce or otherwise affect the liability or disciplinary responsibility of an operator, field representative, or…Section 8666Prohibits a chapter licensee from recommending or performing pest-control corrective work the licensee knows or has reason to know exceeds what is…