206.31 - APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES FOR STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL.
206.31 APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES FOR STRUCTURAL PEST
CONTROL.
1. Definitions. Notwithstanding section 206.2, as used in
this chapter with regard to the application of pesticides used for
structural pest control:
a. "Commercial applicator" means a person, or employee of a
person, who enters into a contract or an agreement for the sake of
monetary payment and agrees to perform a service by applying a
pesticide or servicing a device but shall not include a farmer
trading work with another.
b. "Public applicator" means an individual who applies
pesticides as an employee of a state agency, county, municipal
corporation, or other governmental agency.
c. "Structural pest control" means controlling any pests in,
on, or around food handling establishments; human dwellings;
institutions such as schools and hospitals; industrial
establishments, including warehouses and grain elevators; and any
other structures in adjacent areas.
2. Additional certification requirements.
a. A person shall not apply a restricted use pesticide used
for structural pest control without first complying with the
certification requirements of this chapter and other restrictions as
determined by the secretary.
b. The secretary shall require applicants for certification
as commercial or public applicators of pesticides applied for
structural pest control to take and pass a written test.
3. Examination for commercial applicator license. The
secretary of agriculture shall not issue a commercial applicator
license for applying pesticides for structural pest control until the
individual engaged in or managing the pesticide application business
or employed by the business is certified by passing an examination to
demonstrate to the secretary the individual's knowledge of how to
apply pesticides under the classifications the individual has applied
for, and the individual's knowledge of the nature and effect of
pesticides the individual may apply under such classifications.
4. Renewal of applicant's license. The secretary of
agriculture shall renew an applicant's license for applying
pesticides for structural pest control under the classifications for
which the applicant is licensed, provided that all of the applicant's
personnel who apply pesticides for structural pest control have also
been certified.
5. Rules and fee. The secretary shall adopt by rule,
pursuant to chapter 17A, requirements for the examination and
certification of the applicants and set a fee of not more than five
dollars for certification. Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 177, § 4; 88 Acts, ch 1118, § 4; 88 Acts, ch 1197, §
3; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263