Sec. 19a-79a. Pesticide applications at day care facilities.
Sec. 19a-79a. Pesticide applications at day care facilities. (a) As used in this
section, "pesticide" means a fungicide used on plants, an insecticide, a herbicide or a
rodenticide but does not mean a sanitizer, disinfectant, antimicrobial agent or a pesticide
bait, and "lawn care pesticide" means a pesticide registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and labeled pursuant to the federal Insecticide, Fungicide
and Rodenticide Act for use in lawn, garden and ornamental sites or areas.
(b) No application of pesticide may be made in any building or on the grounds of any
child day care center, group day care home or family day care home, each as described in
section 19a-77, during regular business hours except that an emergency application may
be made to eliminate an immediate threat to human health if (1) it is necessary to make
the application during regular business hours, and (2) such emergency application does
not involve a restricted use pesticide, as defined in section 22a-47. No child enrolled at
such center or home may enter an area where pesticides have been applied until it is
safe to do so according to the provisions on the pesticide label.
(c) No person shall apply a lawn care pesticide on the grounds of any child day care
center or group day care home, as described in section 19a-77, except that an emergency
application may be made to eliminate an immediate threat to human health, including,
but not limited to, the elimination of mosquitoes, ticks and stinging insects, provided
such emergency application does not involve a restricted use pesticide, as defined in
section 22a-47.
(P.A. 99-165, S. 5, 6; P. A. 05-252, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-165 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 05-252 added new provisions as Subsec. (a) defining "pesticide" and
"lawn care pesticide", designated existing language as Subsec. (b) and made technical changes therein, and added Subsec.
(c) prohibiting the application of lawn care pesticides on the grounds of day care facilities.