California Code
DIVISION 3 - PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY
CHAPTER 14 - Structural Pest Control Operators

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 8500. - 8500. Unless the text otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter...

Section 8501. - 8501. “Director” refers to the Director of Consumer Affairs. (Amended...

Section 8502. - 8502. “Board” refers to the Structural Pest Control Board within...

Section 8503. - 8503. “Registrar” refers to the registrar of the Structural Pest...

Section 8503.5. - 8503.5. “Committee” means the Disciplinary Review Committee established pursuant to...

Section 8504. - 8504. “Person” includes an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability...

Section 8504.1. - 8504.1. “Pesticide” includes any of the following: (a) Any spray...

Section 8504.2. - 8504.2. “Control” means a pest population management system that utilizes...

Section 8504.3. - 8504.3. “Eradication” means the total elimination of a pest from...

Section 8504.4. - 8504.4. “Inspection” is the act of a field representative or...

Section 8505. - 8505. (a) “Structural pest control” and “pest control” as used...

Section 8505.1. - 8505.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 8505.2. - 8505.2. Fumigation shall be performed only under the direct and...

Section 8505.3. - 8505.3. “Direct and personal supervision” as used in Section 8505.2...

Section 8505.4. - 8505.4. Fumigation shall be performed in compliance with all applicable...

Section 8505.5. - 8505.5. (a) Notice of the date and place of fumigation,...

Section 8505.7. - 8505.7. The space to be fumigated shall be vacated by...

Section 8505.8. - 8505.8. Prior to the commencement of fumigation, the space to...

Section 8505.9. - 8505.9. Prior to the commencement of fumigation, warning signs shall...

Section 8505.10. - 8505.10. Warning signs shall be printed in red on white...

Section 8505.11. - 8505.11. If the structure which has been fumigated has an...

Section 8505.12. - 8505.12. A registered company performing fumigation shall use an adequate...

Section 8505.13. - 8505.13. A registered company shall maintain a log of each...

Section 8505.14. - 8505.14. “Fumigator” means any individual licensed by the board as...

Section 8505.16. - 8505.16. All fumigators shall be familiar with and able to...

Section 8505.17. - 8505.17. (a) There is hereby continued in existence in the...

Section 8506. - 8506. (a) “Structural pest control operator” is any individual licensed...

Section 8506.1. - 8506.1. (a) A “registered company” is any sole proprietorship, partnership,...

Section 8506.2. - 8506.2. A “qualifying manager” is the licensed operator or operators...

Section 8507. - 8507. (a) “Structural pest control field representative” is any individual...

Section 8507.1. - 8507.1. (a) (1) “Structural pest control applicator” is any individual...

Section 8508. - 8508. “Household” means any structure and its contents that are...

Section 8509. - 8509. “Branch office” is any fixed place of business in...

Section 8510. - 8510. For purposes of this chapter, “wood preservative” means any...

Section 8511. - 8511. “Manufacturer” is a person engaged in the processing of...

Section 8512. - 8512. “Employer” refers to a registered company that employs operators,...

Section 8513. - 8513. (a) The board shall prescribe a form entitled “Notice...

Section 8514. - 8514. (a) A Branch 2 or 3 registered company shall...

Section 8514.5. - 8514.5. It is unlawful for any registered company under this...

Section 8515. - 8515. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a company registered...

Section 8516. - 8516. (a) This section, and Section 8519, apply only to...

Section 8517. - 8517. Any work contract, billing, agreement, letter of work completed,...

Section 8518. - 8518. (a) When a registered company completes work under a...

Section 8519. - 8519. Certification as used in this section means a written...

Section 8519.5. - 8519.5. (a) After an inspection report has been prepared by...

ARTICLE 2 - Administration

Section 8520. - 8520. (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs...

Section 8520.1. - 8520.1. Protection of the public shall be the highest priority...

Section 8520.2. - 8520.2. (a) The Structural Pest Control Board is hereby transferred...

Section 8521. - 8521. The board is composed of seven members, three of...

Section 8522. - 8522. (a) Members of the board shall be appointed for...

Section 8523. - 8523. The board shall organize and elect a president who...

Section 8524. - 8524. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum...

Section 8525. - 8525. (a) The board, subject to the approval of the...

Section 8526. - 8526. Each member of the board shall receive a per...

Section 8527. - 8527. The board shall adopt and use a seal. The...

Section 8528. - 8528. (a) With the approval of the director, the board...

Section 8529. - 8529. The registrar, with the approval of the board and...

Section 8530. - 8530. The board, with the approval of the director, may...

Section 8531. - 8531. The registrar shall keep a complete record of the...

Section 8531.5. - 8531.5. The board shall prepare minutes of its annual meeting...

Section 8532. - 8532. Copies of all records and papers in the office...

Section 8533. - 8533. Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the registrar,...

Section 8534. - 8534. Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the registrar,...

Section 8535. - 8535. The registrar, and any member of the board, may...

Section 8536. - 8536. No manufacturer, his or her agents or employees, nor...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Pesticides

Section 8538. - 8538. (a) A registered structural pest control company shall provide...

ARTICLE 3 - Application of the Chapter

Section 8550. - 8550. (a) It is unlawful for any person to advertise,...

Section 8551. - 8551. It is unlawful for any unlicensed person to perform...

Section 8551.5. - 8551.5. Except as provided in this chapter, an unlicensed individual...

Section 8552. - 8552. It is unlawful for any person to advertise or...

Section 8553. - 8553. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter,...

Section 8554. - 8554. No individual engaged in the business or acting in...

Section 8555. - 8555. This chapter does not apply to: (a) Public utilities...

Section 8556. - 8556. (a) Licensed contractors acting in their capacity as such,...

Section 8557. - 8557. No city, county, or city and county shall prohibit...

ARTICLE 4 - Issuance of Licenses

Section 8560. - 8560. (a) Licenses issued to operators, field representatives, or applicators...

Section 8561. - 8561. Any individual 18 years of age or over may...

Section 8562. - 8562. (a) To obtain an original operator’s license, an applicant...

Section 8563. - 8563. Any individual 18 years of age or over may...

Section 8564. - 8564. (a) To obtain an original field representative’s license, an...

Section 8564.5. - 8564.5. (a) Any individual 18 years of age or older...

Section 8564.6. - 8564.6. (a) To obtain an original applicator’s license, an applicant...

Section 8565. - 8565. The board shall ascertain by examination that an applicant...

Section 8565.5. - 8565.5. (a) An applicant for a Branch 1 operator’s license...

Section 8566. - 8566. The board shall ascertain by examination that an applicant...

Section 8566.5. - 8566.5. An individual shall be permitted to hold only one...

Section 8567. - 8567. (a) Should a field representative or applicator change his...

Section 8568. - 8568. After a hearing the board may deny a license...

Section 8569. - 8569. In addition to the partner or other individual designated...

Section 8570. - 8570. In addition to the officer or other individual designated...

Section 8571. - 8571. If the licensed operator who is designated as the...

Section 8572. - 8572. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board...

ARTICLE 5 - Renewal of Licenses

Section 8590. - 8590. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, an operator’s, field...

Section 8591. - 8591. If delinquency in the payment of the fee for...

Section 8592. - 8592. Any licensee whose license is under suspension may make...

Section 8593. - 8593. (a) The board shall require as a condition to...

Section 8593.1. - 8593.1. The board shall require as a condition to the...

Section 8593.2. - 8593.2. Commencing July 1, 2016, a licensee shall comply with...

ARTICLE 6 - Regulation of Licensees

Section 8610. - 8610. (a) Every company that engages in the practice of...

Section 8611. - 8611. (a) Each branch office shall have a branch supervisor...

Section 8612. - 8612. (a) The licenses of qualifying managers and company registrations...

Section 8613. - 8613. A registered company which changes the location of its...

Section 8616. - 8616. The Director of Pesticide Regulation shall be designated by...

Section 8616.4. - 8616.4. The Director of Pesticide Regulation shall designate county agricultural...

Section 8616.5. - 8616.5. (a) The county agricultural commissioner shall be the lead...

Section 8616.6. - 8616.6. The Director of Pesticide Regulation shall be notified by...

Section 8616.7. - 8616.7. When a county agricultural commissioner is acting, pursuant to...

Section 8616.9. - 8616.9. (a) If an employee is found during an inspection...

Section 8617. - 8617. (a) The board or county agricultural commissioners, when acting...

Section 8617.5. - 8617.5. Regulations adopted pursuant to Section 11503 of the Food...

Section 8618. - 8618. Documents as specified by regulation must be maintained by...

Section 8619. - 8619. (a) An inspection tag shall be posted whenever an...

ARTICLE 7 - Disciplinary Proceedings

Section 8620. - 8620. The board may upon its own motion, and shall...

Section 8621. - 8621. A complaint of any person against a nonlicensee, licensee,...

Section 8622. - 8622. (a) When a complaint is accepted for investigation of...

Section 8623. - 8623. (a) Notwithstanding Section 8620 or any other provision of...

Section 8623.5. - 8623.5. (a) A person whose license or registration has been...

Section 8624. - 8624. If the board suspends or revokes an operator’s license...

Section 8625. - 8625. The lapsing or suspension of a license or company...

Section 8632. - 8632. The suspension or revocation of a license or a...

Section 8635. - 8635. Departure from, or disregard of, plans or specifications in...

Section 8636. - 8636. Disregard and violation of the buildings laws of the...

Section 8637. - 8637. Misrepresentation of a material fact by the applicant in...

Section 8638. - 8638. Failure on the part of a registered company to...

Section 8639. - 8639. Aiding or abetting an unlicensed individual or unregistered company...

Section 8640. - 8640. Payment, or the offer to pay, by any licensee...

Section 8641. - 8641. Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter,...

Section 8642. - 8642. The commission of any grossly negligent or fraudulent act...

Section 8643. - 8643. The negligent handling or use of any pesticide is...

Section 8644. - 8644. Fraud or misrepresentation, after inspection, by any licensee or...

Section 8645. - 8645. Impersonation of any state, county or city inspector or...

Section 8646. - 8646. Disregard and violation of pesticide use and application, structural...

Section 8646.5. - 8646.5. A notice of noncompliance shall be issued to a...

Section 8647. - 8647. Failure to comply in the sale or use of...

Section 8648. - 8648. Authorizing, directing, conniving at or aiding in the publication,...

Section 8649. - 8649. Conviction of a crime substantially related to the qualifications,...

Section 8650. - 8650. Acting in the capacity of a licensee or registered...

Section 8651. - 8651. The performing or soliciting of structural pest control work,...

Section 8652. - 8652. Failure of a registered company to make and keep...

Section 8653. - 8653. The failure of any registered company or agent or...

Section 8654. - 8654. Any individual who has been denied a license for...

Section 8655. - 8655. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction...

Section 8656. - 8656. In addition to the remedies provided for in Section...

Section 8657. - 8657. The appointment of a receiver of the property of...

Section 8658. - 8658. The board may bring an action to enjoin the...

Section 8660. - 8660. A disciplinary review committee consisting of three members shall...

Section 8662. - 8662. (a) Whenever the right of a structural pest control...

Section 8663. - 8663. (a) This section only applies to work conducted under...

Section 8664. - 8664. (a) This section only applies to work conducted under...

Section 8665. - 8665. The fact that an applicator is licensed shall not...

Section 8666. - 8666. It shall be unlawful for any licensee under this...

ARTICLE 8 - Revenue

Section 8670. - 8670. As used in this chapter, “original operator’s license” means...

Section 8671. - 8671. As used in this chapter, “renewal operator’s license” means...

Section 8672. - 8672. As used in this chapter, “original field representative’s license”...

Section 8672.1. - 8672.1. (a) As used in this chapter, “original applicator’s license”...

Section 8673. - 8673. License fees shall not be prorated unless an individual...

Section 8674. - 8674. The fees prescribed by this chapter are the following:...

Section 8675. - 8675. The delinquent penalty for a renewal of any license...

Section 8676. - 8676. The Department of Consumer Affairs shall receive and account...

ARTICLE 9 - Financial Responsibility

Section 8690. - 8690. The board shall not issue any company registration under...

Section 8691. - 8691. A registered company shall not engage in the practices...

Section 8692. - 8692. (a) An “insurance policy” as used in this article...

Section 8693. - 8693. (a) The board shall not issue, reinstate, or continue...

Section 8695. - 8695. The violation of any provision of this article is...

ARTICLE 10 - Indemnity Bonds

Section 8697. - 8697. Each company registered under the provisions of this chapter...

Section 8697.2. - 8697.2. The bonds required by this article shall be in...

Section 8697.3. - 8697.3. (a) If, after a hearing conducted in accordance with...

Section 8697.4. - 8697.4. Upon failure of a licensee or registered company to...