California Code
DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS
CHAPTER 2 - Pesticides

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 12751. - 12751. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 12752. - 12752. “Defoliating” includes killing or artifically accelerating the drying of...

Section 12753. - 12753. “Pesticide” includes any of the following: (a) Any spray...

Section 12754. - 12754. “Insect” means any animal within the class of animals...

Section 12754.5. - 12754.5. “Pest” means any of the following that is, or...

Section 12755. - 12755. “Registrant” means a person that has registered a pesticide...

Section 12756. - 12756. “Regulating plant growth” means the use of any substance...

Section 12757. - 12757. “Rodent” means all members of the order Rodentia and...

Section 12757.5. - 12757.5. “Service container” means any container, other than the original...

Section 12758. - 12758. “Spray adjuvant” means any wetting agent, spreading agent, deposit...

Section 12758.5. - 12758.5. “Use-dilution” means a dilution specified on the label or...

Section 12759. - 12759. “Weed” means any plant which grows where not wanted....

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 12781. - 12781. The director may adopt regulations which are reasonably necessary...

Section 12782. - 12782. A copy of the regulations which are adopted by...

Section 12783. - 12783. Any person who is charged with the enforcement or...

Section 12784. - 12784. Any money that is received by the director pursuant...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Agricultural Pest Control Research

Section 12786. - 12786. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 12790. - 12790. Proposals for research consistent with the purposes of this...

Section 12794. - 12794. Members of the research and screening committees shall serve...

Section 12797. - 12797. To the extent that funding is available, the secretary...

Section 12798. - 12798. (a) The department shall establish a competitive grants program...

Section 12798.6. - 12798.6. The secretary shall establish a Pest Science and Technology...

ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions

Section 12801. - 12801. This chapter does not apply to any preparation, drug,...

Section 12802. - 12802. A person may mix or dilute any registered pesticide...

Section 12803. - 12803. The director, by regulation, may exempt from all or...

Section 12804. - 12804. (a) The director, by regulation, may exempt from all...

ARTICLE 4 - Registration

Section 12811. - 12811. Every manufacturer of, importer of, or dealer in any...

Section 12811.5. - 12811.5. The director may rely upon any evaluations of previously...

Section 12812. - 12812. (a) The director shall establish, by regulation, fees for...

Section 12814. - 12814. Any county, state, or federal officer or employee who...

Section 12815. - 12815. If a manufacturer, importer, or dealer in pesticides that...

Section 12816. - 12816. If the director finds that registration cannot be permitted...

Section 12817. - 12817. Every registration expires on December 31st of each year...

Section 12818. - 12818. If renewal is not applied for within one calendar...

Section 12819. - 12819. A penalty shall not be collected if the person...

Section 12820. - 12820. The payment of any renewal fee or penalty is...

Section 12821. - 12821. Each applicant for a certificate of registration shall also...

Section 12822. - 12822. A supplemental application for registration of any additional pesticide...

Section 12823. - 12823. A change in the name or percentage, or both,...

Section 12824. - 12824. The director shall endeavor to eliminate from use in...

Section 12825. - 12825. Pursuant to Section 12824, the director, after hearing, may...

Section 12825.5. - 12825.5. (a) If, during the registration process or at any...

Section 12826. - 12826. If the director has reason to believe that any...

Section 12827. - 12827. The director may cancel a certificate of registration, or,...

Section 12827.5. - 12827.5. Whenever the director cancels the registration of, or refuses...

Section 12828. - 12828. Action by the director pursuant to Sections 12824, 12825,...

Section 12828.5. - 12828.5. (a) A registrant at any time may request that...

Section 12829. - 12829. If a person has a research authorization for a...

Section 12832. - 12832. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, alfalfa...

Section 12833. - 12833. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the...

Section 12836. - 12836. (a) The director, by January 1, 1999, shall implement...

Section 12836.5. - 12836.5. The director shall accept applications for registration of pesticide...

Section 12836.6. - 12836.6. The director shall, with the assistance of the Legislative...

Section 12837. - 12837. (a) The director may waive the submission or review,...

Section 12838. - 12838. (a) On or before July 1, 2018, the department...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Assessments

Section 12841. - 12841. (a) It is unlawful for a person to sell...

Section 12841.1. - 12841.1. (a) The director may collect an assessment, in addition...

Section 12841.2. - 12841.2. (a) The Department of Pesticide Regulation shall create a...

Section 12841.3. - 12841.3. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 2282, 12784, and 12841, the director...

Section 12841.4. - 12841.4. (a) Every registrant of any production agricultural- or structural-use...

Section 12842. - 12842. Every person who sells for use in this state...

Section 12843. - 12843. The payments required by this article, together with a...

Section 12844. - 12844. The director and the county agricultural commissioners shall jointly...

Section 12844.5. - 12844.5. Notwithstanding Section 12784, the funds paid to the counties...

Section 12845. - 12845. (a) The director may adopt regulations that require persons...

Section 12847. - 12847. Sales invoices for pesticides first sold into or within...

ARTICLE 5 - Labeling and Warranty

Section 12851. - 12851. The registrant of any pesticide shall attach to each...

Section 12852. - 12852. The registrant of any pesticide that is sold or...

Section 12853. - 12853. A registrant of pesticides may print upon the label...

Section 12854. - 12854. No limitations of warranty by the seller shall exclude...

Section 12855. - 12855. Except as otherwise provided in this article, the registrant...

Section 12856. - 12856. Except as otherwise provided in Section 12857, a pesticide...

Section 12857. - 12857. The director , pursuant to regulations prescribed by him...

Section 12858. - 12858. The statement of ingredients in any pesticide that is...

Section 12859. - 12859. The director shall adopt regulations governing the labeling of...

ARTICLE 6 - Misbranding

Section 12881. - 12881. A pesticide is misbranded in any of the following...

Section 12882. - 12882. A pesticide is also misbranded in any of the...

Section 12883. - 12883. Except as otherwise provided in Section 12884 , a...

Section 12884. - 12884. If the preparation is highly toxic to humans, as...

Section 12885. - 12885. In addition to the other provisions of this article,...

ARTICLE 7 - Adulteration

Section 12911. - 12911. A pesticide is adulterated in any of the following...

ARTICLE 8 - Analysis

Section 12931. - 12931. The director may take samples of pesticides, make analyses...

ARTICLE 9 - Seizure

Section 12961. - 12961. The director may seize and quarantine any pesticide that...

ARTICLE 10 - Recommendations and Usage

Section 12971. - 12971. No recommendation shall be in conflict with the registered...

Section 12972. - 12972. The use of any pesticide by any person shall...

Section 12973. - 12973. The use of any pesticide shall not conflict with...

Section 12974. - 12974. Failure of a person using a pesticide to possess...

Section 12975. - 12975. A person making a written recommendation does not incur...

Section 12976. - 12976. The director may adopt regulations to govern the possession,...

Section 12977. - 12977. The director, and the commissioner of each county under...

Section 12978. - 12978. Pesticide applications on public property which take place on...

Section 12978.7. - 12978.7. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 12979. - 12979. A pesticide use report shall be submitted to the...

ARTICLE 10.5 - Pesticides and Worker Safety

Section 12980. - 12980. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is...

Section 12981. - 12981. The director shall adopt regulations to carry out the...

Section 12982. - 12982. The director and the commissioner of each county under...

Section 12985. - 12985. Any person who orders an employee to enter an...

Section 12986. - 12986. (a) The director shall approve programs for training persons...

Section 12987. - 12987. The director shall require registrants of pesticides to submit...

Section 12988. - 12988. No pesticide may be registered or reregistered unless the...

ARTICLE 11 - Violations

Section 12991. - 12991. It is unlawful for any person, individually or through...

Section 12992. - 12992. It is unlawful for any person to sell any...

Section 12993. - 12993. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, deliver,...

Section 12994. - 12994. It is unlawful for any person to transport, destroy,...

Section 12995. - 12995. Except as provided in regulations adopted by the director...

ARTICLE 12 - Penalties and Injunctive Relief

Section 12996. - 12996. (a) Every person who violates any provision of this...

Section 12996.5. - 12996.5. (a) For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Office”...

Section 12997. - 12997. In lieu of seeking prosecution of any violation of...

Section 12997.5. - 12997.5. (a) In addition to any penalties paid in connection...

Section 12997.7. - 12997.7. (a) The agency, in consultation with the department, the...

Section 12998. - 12998. Any person who violates this division relating to pesticides...

Section 12999. - 12999. Upon a complaint by the director, or by the...

Section 12999.2. - 12999.2. The remedies or penalties provided by this division are...

Section 12999.4. - 12999.4. (a) In lieu of civil prosecution by the director,...

Section 12999.5. - 12999.5. (a) In lieu of civil prosecution by the director,...

Section 12999.6. - 12999.6. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 13000. - 13000. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c),...

Section 13000.1. - 13000.1. The commissioner or director may bring an action to...

Section 13001. - 13001. The director may, by regulation, adjust the level of...

ARTICLE 13 - Cease and Desist

Section 13101. - 13101. The director, upon a finding that the use, handling,...

Section 13102. - 13102. The agricultural commissioner, upon a finding that the use,...

ARTICLE 14 - Birth Defect Prevention

Section 13121. - 13121. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13122. - 13122. It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 13123. - 13123. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms mean:...

Section 13123.5. - 13123.5. To the extent feasible, health effects studies shall be...

Section 13126. - 13126. No new active pesticide ingredient shall be conditionally registered...

Section 13127. - 13127. (a) Not later than December 31, 1985, the department...

Section 13127.2. - 13127.2. The director shall, on January 15, 1992, issue a...

Section 13127.3. - 13127.3. (a) The director shall grant an extension of time...

Section 13127.31. - 13127.31. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 13127.3, if the director...

Section 13127.32. - 13127.32. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the...

Section 13127.5. - 13127.5. (a) The director, with the concurrence of the Secretary...

Section 13127.6. - 13127.6. The director shall levy a charge on data generators...

Section 13127.7. - 13127.7. All documentation relevant to a finding made pursuant to...

Section 13127.8. - 13127.8. (a) A suspension of registration of a pesticide product...

Section 13127.9. - 13127.9. For each mandatory health effects study that is required...

Section 13127.91. - 13127.91. The director shall suspend the registration of any pesticide...

Section 13127.92. - 13127.92. (a) Extensions of time granted pursuant to Sections 13127.3,...

Section 13128. - 13128. No applicant for registration or current registrant of a...

Section 13129. - 13129. (a) If the director, after evaluation of the health...

Section 13130.3. - 13130.3. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13127, the time...

Section 13131.1. - 13131.1. (a) Not later than March 1, 1992, the director...

Section 13131.2. - 13131.2. (a) Prior to March 1, 1992, or in response...

Section 13131.3. - 13131.3. If the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment does...

Section 13131.4. - 13131.4. (a) On or before January 1, 1994, the director...

Section 13131.5. - 13131.5. The director shall suspend the registration of any pesticide...

Section 13133. - 13133. If any provision of this article or the application...

Section 13134. - 13134. (a) The department, in cooperation with the State Department...

Section 13135. - 13135. The department and the State Department of Health Services...

ARTICLE 15 - The Pesticide Contamination Prevention Act

Section 13141. - 13141. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 13142. - 13142. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 13143. - 13143. (a) Not later than December 1, 1986, a person...

Section 13144. - 13144. (a) The department shall establish specific numerical values for...

Section 13145. - 13145. (a) Any registrant of a pesticide identified in paragraph...

Section 13146. - 13146. (a) The director shall not register or renew the...

Section 13147. - 13147. The director shall annually request a budget appropriation in...

Section 13148. - 13148. (a) In order to more accurately determine the mobility...

Section 13149. - 13149. (a) Within 90 days after the active ingredient, other...

Section 13150. - 13150. The director may allow the continued registration, sale, and...

Section 13151. - 13151. Any pesticide identified pursuant to Section 13149 that fails...

Section 13152. - 13152. (a) (1) The department shall conduct ongoing soil and...

ARTICLE 16 - The Interim Data Gap Exemption for Qualified Federally Registered Pesticides

Section 13161. - 13161. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 13162. - 13162. The director may issue a certificate of interim registration...

Section 13163. - 13163. In granting a certificate of interim registration, the director...

Section 13164. - 13164. Consistent with the limitations of Section 13163, a registrant...

Section 13165. - 13165. Notwithstanding Section 13163, the director shall not grant a...

Section 13166. - 13166. The director shall limit the use of any pesticide...

Section 13167. - 13167. The director shall revoke or refuse to renew a...

Section 13168. - 13168. The director may adopt regulations to carry out this...

Section 13169. - 13169. To the extent that this article conflicts with other...

Section 13170. - 13170. The department shall impose a fee in an amount...

ARTICLE 17 - Healthy Schools Act of 2000

Section 13180. - 13180. This article, Article 4 (commencing with Section 17608) of...

Section 13181. - 13181. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of this...

Section 13182. - 13182. It is the policy of the state that effective...

Section 13183. - 13183. (a) The department shall promote and facilitate the voluntary...

Section 13184. - 13184. (a) In implementing Section 13183, the department shall establish...

Section 13185. - 13185. (a) The department shall establish an integrated pest management...

Section 13186. - 13186. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department...

Section 13186.5. - 13186.5. (a) Commencing July 1, 2016, and except as provided...

Section 13187. - 13187. Sections 13186 and 13186.5 shall not apply to any...

Section 13188. - 13188. The Director of Pesticide Regulation may adopt regulations to...

ARTICLE 18 - Contamination of Compost

Section 13190. - 13190. (a) “Clopyralid” means 3,6-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid. (b) “Compost” means the...

Section 13191. - 13191. (a) No person, except a pest control dealer licensed...

Section 13192. - 13192. Not later than April 1, 2003, the department shall,...