California Code
Food and Agricultural Code - FAC
DIVISION 7 - AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS, LIVESTOCK REMEDIES, AND COMMERCIAL FEEDS

CHAPTER 1 - Definitions

Section 12500. - 12500. As used in Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 12501),...

Section 12500.5. - 12500.5. “Director” means the Director of Pesticide Regulation. (Added by...

Section 12500.6. - 12500.6. “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. (Added...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Produce Carrying Pesticide Residue

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 12501. - 12501. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 12502. - 12502. “Food” means any article which is used for food...

Section 12503. - 12503. “Pesticide chemical” means any substance that is used in...

Section 12504. - 12504. “Produce” means any food in its raw or natural...

Section 12505. - 12505. “Pesticide residue” means any pesticide chemical which is added...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 12531. - 12531. The director may adopt such regulations as are reasonably...

Section 12532. - 12532. (a) The director shall continuously interpret the results of...

Section 12533. - 12533. Nothing in this chapter repeals or amends any of...

Section 12534. - 12534. (a) Pursuant to this chapter, the director shall conduct...

Section 12535. - 12535. (a) Commencing in 1990, the department shall substantially expand...

Section 12536. - 12536. (a) The director, by regulation, shall establish a pest...

ARTICLE 3 - Permissible Tolerances

Section 12561. - 12561. The director by regulation may establish permissible tolerances for...

Section 12562. - 12562. The director may exempt any pesticide chemical from the...

Section 12563. - 12563. The director may establish the tolerance for any pesticide...

Section 12565. - 12565. If a tolerance for a pesticide chemical in or...

ARTICLE 4 - Inspection

Section 12581. - 12581. (a) The director may inspect and take samples of...

Section 12582. - 12582. The director shall immediately notify the State Director of...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Commercial Laboratories

Section 12591. - 12591. The director may accredit a commercial laboratory to test...

Section 12592. - 12592. The director may charge a fee for accreditation and...

Section 12593. - 12593. The director may refuse to accredit, or may suspend...

Section 12594. - 12594. Analysis data developed by an accredited laboratory shall be...

Section 12595. - 12595. In the event of a dispute of the findings...

ARTICLE 5 - Seizure

Section 12601. - 12601. The director may seize and hold any lot of...

Section 12602. - 12602. If the director seizes any lot of produce, he...

Section 12603. - 12603. Any lot of produce for which a hold order...

Section 12604. - 12604. Any produce which is seized and held pursuant to...

Section 12605. - 12605. Upon the demand of the owner or bailee at...

Section 12606. - 12606. If the seized and held lot, as determined by...

Section 12607. - 12607. If the seized and held lot of produce is...

Section 12608. - 12608. Upon demand of the owner or bailee for permission...

Section 12608.5. - 12608.5. Upon demand of the owner or person in rightful...

Section 12609. - 12609. The produce after reconditioning is subject to all the...

Section 12610. - 12610. If the lot of produce which is seized and...

Section 12611. - 12611. Upon receipt of an appeal by the owner or...

Section 12612. - 12612. The director shall permit the owner to be present...

Section 12613. - 12613. After seizure by the director pursuant to this chapter...

Section 12614. - 12614. If the appeal analysis shows that the lot of...

Section 12615. - 12615. If the appeal analysis shows that the lot of...

ARTICLE 6 - Abatement as Public Nuisance

Section 12641. - 12641. As used in this article, “nuisance” means the public...

Section 12642. - 12642. Any lot of produce which is found to carry...

Section 12643. - 12643. The district attorney of the county in which the...

Section 12644. - 12644. Upon judgment and by order of the court, the...

Section 12645. - 12645. If the owner fails to comply with the order...

Section 12646. - 12646. If the court orders the sale of any of...

Section 12647. - 12647. A proceeding pursuant to this article where the value...

Section 12648. - 12648. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a...

Section 12648.5. - 12648.5. (a) It is unlawful for the owner of a...

Section 12648.6. - 12648.6. Any person who is licensed pursuant to this code...

Section 12649. - 12649. The director may bring an action to enjoin the...

ARTICLE 7 - Violations

Section 12671. - 12671. It is unlawful for any person to pack, ship,...

Section 12672. - 12672. The director or commissioner may prohibit the harvest of...

Section 12673. - 12673. The director or commissioner may prohibit the harvest of...

Section 12674. - 12674. It is unlawful for any person to harvest, pack,...

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,...

CHAPTER 3 - Restricted Materials

ARTICLE 1 - Generally

Section 14001. - 14001. The director shall control and otherwise regulate the use...

Section 14002. - 14002. This chapter applies to all agencies of the United...

Section 14003. - 14003. This article does not relieve any person from liability...

Section 14004. - 14004. The director, and the commissioner of each county under...

Section 14004.5. - 14004.5. The director shall, by regulation, designate and establish as...

Section 14005. - 14005. Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 14006.6,...

Section 14006. - 14006. The regulations shall prescribe the time when, and the...

Section 14006.5. - 14006.5. Except as provided in Section 14006.6, no person shall...

Section 14006.6. - 14006.6. (a) A permit shall not be required for the...

Section 14006.7. - 14006.7. The director shall designate, by regulation, a list of...

Section 14007. - 14007. (a) Every permit that is issued under the regulations...

Section 14008. - 14008. Any permit may be refused, revoked, or suspended for...

Section 14009. - 14009. (a) Any interested person may request the commissioner to...

Section 14010. - 14010. It is unlawful for any person to sell or...

Section 14011. - 14011. It is unlawful for any person to apply any...

Section 14011.5. - 14011.5. Except as may be provided in regulations adopted by...

Section 14012. - 14012. (a) Any person who is required to register pesticides...

Section 14015. - 14015. Except as provided by regulation adopted by the director,...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Pesticides

Section 14021. - 14021. (a) As used in this article, “pesticide” is defined...

Section 14022. - 14022. (a) In consultation with the Office of Environmental Health...

Section 14023. - 14023. (a) Upon completion of the evaluation conducted pursuant to...

Section 14024. - 14024. (a) For those pesticides for which a need for...

Section 14025. - 14025. Any person may petition the department to review a...

Section 14026. - 14026. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit...

Section 14027. - 14027. (a) Notwithstanding Section 12998, any person who violates any...

ARTICLE 2 - ,4-D and Other Herbicides

Section 14031. - 14031. As used in this article, “2,4-D” means any form...

Section 14032. - 14032. Except as otherwise provided in this article and in...

Section 14033. - 14033. The director shall adopt regulations that govern the use...

Section 14034. - 14034. This article does not relieve any person from liability...

ARTICLE 3 - Compound 1080

Section 14061. - 14061. As used in this article, “Compound 1080” means sodium...

Section 14062. - 14062. Except as otherwise provided in this article, it is...

Section 14063. - 14063. Subject to regulations of the director, any of the...

ARTICLE 4 - Methyl Bromide and Chloropicrin

Section 14081. - 14081. The director, after investigation and hearing, shall adopt regulations...

Section 14082. - 14082. The director may prescribe the time when, and the...

CHAPTER 3.4 - Private Applicator Certification

Section 14090. - 14090. It is unlawful for a private applicator to possess,...

Section 14091. - 14091. The application for a private applicator certificate or a...

Section 14092. - 14092. (a) Applicants shall be examined on the requirements of...

Section 14093. - 14093. The commissioner, or the director in any county where...

Section 14094. - 14094. If a passing score of 70 percent is not...

Section 14095. - 14095. A private applicator certificate shall be issued for a...

Section 14096. - 14096. Certified private applicators may renew their certificate for a...

Section 14097. - 14097. The commissioner, or the director in a county where...

Section 14098. - 14098. (a) A private applicator certificate may be refused, revoked,...

Section 14099.5. - 14099.5. This chapter shall become operative on January 1, 1997....

CHAPTER 3.5 - Environmentally Harmful Material

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 14101. - 14101. As used in this division, “environment” means the aggregate...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 14102. - 14102. The director shall prohibit or regulate the use of...

Section 14103. - 14103. In establishing criteria and regulations relating to environmental injury...

CHAPTER 3.6 - Qualified Applicator Certificates

Section 14151. - 14151. The director may, by regulation, specify the pesticide applications...

Section 14152. - 14152. An application for a qualified applicator certificate shall be...

Section 14153. - 14153. Applicants shall be examined on the requirements of laws...

Section 14153.1. - 14153.1. The director may designate subcategories within the categories established...

Section 14154. - 14154. The director shall issue a qualified applicator certificate to...

Section 14155. - 14155. A qualified applicator certificate may be refused, revoked, or...

CHAPTER 3.7 - Carbon Monoxide Pest Control Devices

Section 14160. - 14160. For purposes of this chapter, “carbon monoxide pest control...

Section 14161. - 14161. The director shall regulate the use of carbon monoxide...

CHAPTER 4 - Livestock Drugs

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Intent

Section 14200. - 14200. The Legislature hereby declares that this chapter, which prescribes...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Definitions

Section 14201. - 14201. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 14202. - 14202. “Drug” means any of the following substances: (a) Any...

Section 14203. - 14203. “Restricted drug” means any livestock drug which is sold...

Section 14204. - 14204. “Label” includes written and graphic matter which is imprinted...

Section 14205. - 14205. “Livestock” includes all animals, poultry, and bees, and aquatic...

Section 14206. - 14206. “Livestock drug” means any drug, combination of drugs, proprietary...

Section 14207. - 14207. “Manufacturer” includes any person that is responsible for the...

Section 14208. - 14208. “Retailer” means any person that sells any livestock drug...

Section 14209. - 14209. “Distribute” means to offer for sale, sell, exchange, or...

ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions

Section 14231. - 14231. The director shall enforce this chapter and, in accordance...

Section 14232. - 14232. All money which is received under this chapter shall...

Section 14233. - 14233. The provisions of this chapter shall be controlling over...

ARTICLE 3 - Exemptions

Section 14261. - 14261. This chapter, except Section 14363, does not apply to...

Section 14262. - 14262. This chapter also does not apply to any of...

ARTICLE 4 - Registration

Section 14281. - 14281. A person shall not sell any livestock drug in...

Section 14282. - 14282. The manufacturer of any livestock drug shall apply to...

Section 14283. - 14283. The application shall be in a form which is...

Section 14284. - 14284. The application shall also contain a detailed description, or...

Section 14285. - 14285. The label shall contain all of the following: (a)...

Section 14286. - 14286. If it is proposed that any instructions for use,...

Section 14287. - 14287. The director shall examine and consider the application together...

Section 14288. - 14288. The director shall refuse to register a livestock drug...

Section 14289. - 14289. If the livestock drug is a restricted drug, the...

Section 14290. - 14290. The registration of a livestock drug includes all of...

Section 14291. - 14291. (a) The fee for a two-year registration certificate for...

Section 14292. - 14292. If registration is granted, the original fee covers the...

Section 14293. - 14293. The fee for application for renewal of registration is...

Section 14294. - 14294. The director may quarantine and remove from sale any...

Section 14295. - 14295. The director shall have access at all reasonable hours...

Section 14296. - 14296. The director may revoke the registration of any livestock...

ARTICLE 5 - Retail Licenses for Restricted Drugs

Section 14321. - 14321. A person shall not sell any restricted drug in...

Section 14322. - 14322. Any person may file with the director an application...

Section 14323. - 14323. The application shall be accompanied by an application fee...

Section 14324. - 14324. If the license is issued, the application fee covers...

Section 14325. - 14325. The fee for the renewal application for a license...

Section 14326. - 14326. A separate license is required for each place of...

Section 14327. - 14327. The director may make an examination of the facilities...

Section 14328. - 14328. Each holder of a license under this chapter shall...

Section 14329. - 14329. The record required pursuant to Section 14328 shall include...

Section 14330. - 14330. The director shall revoke a restricted drug license if...

ARTICLE 6 - Violations

Section 14351. - 14351. It is unlawful for any person to sell any...

Section 14352. - 14352. It is unlawful for any registrant to sell any...

Section 14353. - 14353. It is unlawful for any person to administer any...

Section 14354. - 14354. It is unlawful for any person to sell any...

Section 14355. - 14355. It is unlawful for any person to use or...

Section 14356. - 14356. It is unlawful for the holder of a restricted...

Section 14357. - 14357. It is unlawful for any person to refuse to...

Section 14358. - 14358. It is unlawful for any person to sell any...

Section 14359. - 14359. It is unlawful for any person to make any...

Section 14360. - 14360. It is unlawful for any livestock owner or his...

Section 14361. - 14361. The director may seize and hold any livestock drug...

Section 14362. - 14362. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, distribute,...

Section 14363. - 14363. (a) It is unlawful for any livestock owner or...

Section 14364. - 14364. (a) It is unlawful to sell or dispose of...

Section 14365. - 14365. (a) It is unlawful to sell or dispose of...

ARTICLE 7 - Penalties

Section 14381. - 14381. A violation of this chapter or of any regulation...

Section 14382. - 14382. (a) The director may, after a hearing, refuse to...

ARTICLE 8 - Procedure for Prosecution

Section 14390. - 14390. In addition to the remedies provided in this chapter,...

CHAPTER 4.5 - Livestock: Use of Antimicrobial Drugs

Section 14400. - 14400. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:...

Section 14401. - 14401. Beginning January 1, 2018, a medically important antimicrobial drug...

Section 14402. - 14402. (a) Beginning January 1, 2018, a medically important antimicrobial...

Section 14403. - 14403. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 14401 and 14402 of this code...

Section 14404. - 14404. (a) The department, in consultation with the Veterinary Medical...

Section 14405. - 14405. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

Section 14406. - 14406. The department has the authority to request and receive...

Section 14407. - 14407. Notwithstanding the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing...

Section 14408. - 14408. (a) A person who violates this chapter shall be...

CHAPTER 5 - Fertilizing Materials

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 14501. - 14501. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the...

Section 14502. - 14502. The secretary shall enforce this chapter and adopt and...

Section 14502.1. - 14502.1. The secretary shall notify every licensee that manufactures, distributes,...

Section 14503. - 14503. Any money which is received by the director pursuant...

Section 14504. - 14504. The secretary shall prepare an annual statement of the...

Section 14505. - 14505. Agricultural products derived from municipal sewage sludge shall be...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 14511. - 14511. “Agricultural liming materials” are agricultural minerals composed of calcium...

Section 14512. - 14512. “Agricultural mineral” means any substance with nitrogen (N), available...

Section 14512.5. - 14512.5. “Ammonium nitrate” means solid ammonium nitrate that is chiefly...

Section 14513. - 14513. “Auxiliary soil and plant substance” means any chemical or...

Section 14513.5. - 14513.5. “Biochar” means materials derived from thermochemical conversion of biomass...

Section 14514. - 14514. “Biotics” means all materials for which claims are made...

Section 14515. - 14515. “Board” means the Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board. (Repealed and...

Section 14516. - 14516. “Brand” means any term, design, or trademark used in...

Section 14517. - 14517. “Bulk material” means fertilizing materials distributed in nonpackaged form...

Section 14518. - 14518. “Business location” means any place where fertilizing materials are...

Section 14519. - 14519. “Captured dilute solutions” means solutions that contain low levels...

Section 14520. - 14520. “Chelates” means compounds, usually organic, which can combine with...

Section 14521. - 14521. “Chelated plant nutrients” means compounds of metallic secondary nutrients...

Section 14522. - 14522. “Commercial fertilizer” means any substance which contains 5 percent...

Section 14523. - 14523. “Common carrier” means a company licensed with the Public...

Section 14524. - 14524. “Complex” means bonding which includes both of the following:...

Section 14525. - 14525. “Compost” means a biologically stable material derived from the...

Section 14526. - 14526. “Composting” means the biological decomposition of organic matter which...

Section 14527. - 14527. “Derivation statement” means the sources of all guaranteed primary...

Section 14528. - 14528. “Discontinued manufacturing” means an auxiliary soil and plant substance,...

Section 14529. - 14529. “Distribute” means to sell, offer, expose for sale, exchange,...

Section 14530. - 14530. “Distributor” means any person who imports or consigns a...

Section 14531. - 14531. “Experimental use” means any application of a fertilizing material...

Section 14532. - 14532. “Farm use” means that the fertilizing material is used...

Section 14533. - 14533. “Fertilizing material” means any commercial fertilizer, agricultural mineral, auxiliary...

Section 14534. - 14534. “Fish emulsion” means fertilizing material from which the guaranteed...

Section 14535. - 14535. “Grade” means the percentage of total nitrogen, available phosphoric...

Section 14536. - 14536. “Guaranteed analysis” means the minimum percentage of primary or...

Section 14537. - 14537. (a) “Gypsum” means calcium sulfate dihydrate, a mineral used...

Section 14538. - 14538. “Hydroponics” means a system in which water soluble primary...

Section 14539. - 14539. “Investigational allowance” means an allowance for variation inherent in...

Section 14540. - 14540. “Label” means the display of all written, printed, or...

Section 14541. - 14541. “Label guarantor” means the manufacturer’s or person’s name appearing...

Section 14542. - 14542. “Labeling” means all written, printed, or graphic matter on,...

Section 14543. - 14543. “Licensee” means a person who has obtained a license...

Section 14544. - 14544. “Manufacturer” means a person who produces, sells, or distributes...

Section 14545. - 14545. “Manure” means any substances composed primarily of animal excrement,...

Section 14546. - 14546. “Micronutrients” means boron, chlorine, cobalt, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum,...

Section 14547. - 14547. “Mixed fertilizer” is a commercial fertilizer containing any combination...

Section 14548. - 14548. “Natural organic fertilizer” means materials derived from either plant...

Section 14549. - 14549. “Noncommercial use” means materials used primarily for application to...

Section 14550. - 14550. “Official sample” means any sample of fertilizing material taken...

Section 14550.5. - 14550.5. “Organic input material” means any bulk or packaged commercial...

Section 14551. - 14551. “Packaged” means a fertilizing material distributed in packaged form...

Section 14552. - 14552. “Packaged soil amendment” means any substance distributed for the...

Section 14553. - 14553. “Percent or percentage” means percentage by weight. (Repealed and...

Section 14554. - 14554. “Person” means individual, partnership, association, firm, limited liability company,...

Section 14555. - 14555. “Plant” means any business location where fertilizing materials are...

Section 14556. - 14556. “Primary plant nutrient” means nitrogen (N), available phosphoric acid...

Section 14557. - 14557. “Provisional registration” means that under certain circumstances, a label...

Section 14558. - 14558. “Registrant” means any person who has registered a packaged...

Section 14559. - 14559. “Secondary plant nutrient” means calcium, magnesium, or sulfur, alone...

Section 14559.5. - 14559.5. “Secretary” means the Secretary of Food and Agriculture. (Added...

Section 14560. - 14560. “Sewage sludge” means the solid material resulting from the...

Section 14561. - 14561. “Soil conditioners” means polyelectrolytes, such as complex vinyl and...

Section 14562. - 14562. “Soilless growing medium” means a medium of an inorganic...

Section 14563. - 14563. “Specialty fertilizer” means packaged commercial fertilizer labeled for home...

Section 14564. - 14564. “Ton” means a net weight of 2,000 pounds avoirdupois....

ARTICLE 3 - Fertilizer Inspection Advisory Board

Section 14581. - 14581. There is, in the department, a Fertilizer Inspection Advisory...

Section 14582. - 14582. The term of office of a member of the...

Section 14583. - 14583. The board shall be advisory to the secretary and...

Section 14583.5. - 14583.5. (a) The secretary, by January 1, 2012, and in...

Section 14584. - 14584. The board shall elect a chairperson and other officers...

Section 14585. - 14585. The board shall meet at the call of the...

Section 14586. - 14586. The secretary shall accept the recommendations of the advisory...

ARTICLE 4 - Licensing

Section 14591. - 14591. (a) Every person who manufactures or distributes fertilizing materials...

Section 14592. - 14592. A violation of this article is an infraction punishable...

Section 14593. - 14593. The license shall expire on December 31, of an...

ARTICLE 5 - Registration

Section 14601. - 14601. (a) Each differing label, other than weight or package...

Section 14602. - 14602. A violation of this article is an infraction punishable...

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