District of Columbia Code
Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection
Chapter 4 - Pesticides

Subchapter I - Pesticide Operations

§ 8–401. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (a) The term “active ingredient”...

§ 8–402. Registration pesticides - (a) Only those compounds that are registered with the Pesticide...

§ 8–403. Pesticide applicators - (a) Licensing — (1) No person shall purchase, use, or...

§ 8–403.01. Information to be supplied customers - (a) Before a pesticide is applied, the pesticide operator shall...

§ 8–403.02. Information to be supplied multi-unit property residents and tenants - At least 24 hours, and not more than 7 days,...

§ 8–403.03. Signs posted for exterior application - (a) Any person applying pesticides to a lawn or to...

§ 8–403.04. Reduced-risk pesticides and methods of pest control - (a) If a pesticide designated by the Mayor as reduced-risk...

§ 8–403.05. Notification to abutting properties - A certified applicator or registered technician, before applying a restricted-use...

§ 8–404. Registered technicians - (a) No person, except those acting as a private applicator...

§ 8–405. Pesticide dealers - (a) No person shall act in the capacity of, or...

§ 8–406. Pesticide operators - (a) No person shall act in the capacity of a...

§ 8–407. Liability insurance - (a) The Mayor shall not issue a pesticide operator’s license...

§ 8–408. Application of this subchapter to governmental entities and public applicators - (a) Except as otherwise provided, all District and other governmental...

§ 8–409. Records and reports - (a) Commercial applicators and pesticide operators shall maintain records containing...

§ 8–410. Denial, suspension, modification, and revocation of certification or license - (a) In denying a license or certificate, or before revoking,...

§ 8–411. Administration and enforcement; adoption of regulations - (a)(1) The Mayor shall administer and enforce the provisions of...

§ 8–412. Enforcement - (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of...

§ 8–413. Reports of pesticide accidents or losses - The Mayor may require the reporting of significant pesticide accidents...

§ 8–414. Storage and disposal - No person shall transport, store, or dispose of any pesticide...

§ 8–415. Reciprocity - The Mayor may waive all or part of any applicator...

§ 8–416. Cooperative agreements - The Mayor may cooperate, receive grants-in-aid, and enter into agreements...

§ 8–417. Unlawful acts - It shall be unlawful for any person to: (a) Make...

§ 8–418. Penalties - (a) A person violating a provision of this subchapter or...

§ 8–419. Severability - If any provision of this chapter is declared unconstitutional, or...

Subchapter II - Pesticide Education and Control

§ 8–431. Definitions - For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “Agriculture”...

§ 8–432. District restricted-use pesticides - (a) The Department shall create and maintain lists of pesticides...

§ 8–433. Prohibited and restricted uses - (a) Except as provided in § 8-434, no person or...

§ 8–434. Exemptions - (a) Section 8-433 shall not apply to the use of...

§ 8–435. Pesticide education - The University shall provide: (1) An educational course on integrated...

§ 8–436. Annual reporting. [Repealed] - Repealed. (Oct. 23, 2012, D.C. Law 19-191, § 7, 59...

§ 8–437. Pesticide applicator reports - Pesticide applicators shall submit to the Department records of pesticide...

§ 8–438. Pesticide registration fee - The Department shall set a pesticide registration fee of at...

§ 8–438.01. Pesticide Registration Fund - (a) There is established as a special fund the Pesticide...

§ 8–439. Penalties - (a) A violation of this subchapter shall be a civil...

§ 8–440. Rules - (a) Within 570 days of October 23, 2012, the Mayor...