(a) No person, except those acting as a private applicator or licensed as a commercial applicator, public applicator, or registered technician shall apply any pesticide in the District for a fee.
(b) The application to become a licensed registered technician shall be made in writing on a form prescribed by the Mayor, and the registration shall be valid for the time period prescribed by the Mayor. The Mayor shall, by regulation, establish appropriate education and training requirements for registration as a registered technician.
(c) The Mayor shall provide for the issuance of appropriate credentials for all registrants.
(Apr. 18. 1978, D.C. Law 2-70, § 5, 24 DCR 6867; Oct. 23, 2012, D.C. Law 19-191, § 12(c), 59 DCR 10166.)
1981 Ed., § 6-751.4.
This section is referenced in § 8-401 and § 8-408.
The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-191 rewrote this section.
Applicability of D.C. Law 19-191: Section 14(a) of D.C. Law 19-191 provided that §§ 1 through 5 and 8 through 13 of the act shall apply as of October 1, 2013.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection
Subchapter I - Pesticide Operations
§ 8–402. Registration pesticides
§ 8–403. Pesticide applicators
§ 8–403.01. Information to be supplied customers
§ 8–403.02. Information to be supplied multi-unit property residents and tenants
§ 8–403.03. Signs posted for exterior application
§ 8–403.04. Reduced-risk pesticides and methods of pest control
§ 8–403.05. Notification to abutting properties
§ 8–404. Registered technicians
§ 8–408. Application of this subchapter to governmental entities and public applicators
§ 8–410. Denial, suspension, modification, and revocation of certification or license
§ 8–411. Administration and enforcement; adoption of regulations
§ 8–413. Reports of pesticide accidents or losses