Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 482 - Pest Control

482.011 - Short Title. - History.—s. 1, ch. 59-454; s. 1, ch. 65-295; s. 3,...

482.021 - Definitions. - (1) “Agricultural area” means an area: (a) Upon which a...

482.032 - Enforcement. - (1) The department is empowered to enforce this chapter. (2)...

482.051 - Rules. - (1) That all pesticides or economic poisons be used only...

482.061 - Inspectors. - History.—s. 1, ch. 59-454; s. 1, ch. 65-295; ss. 19,...

482.071 - Licenses. - (1) The department may issue licenses to qualified businesses to...

482.072 - Pest Control Customer Contact Centers. - (1) The department may issue a license to a qualified...

482.0815 - Permit to Perform Preventive Termite Treatment Services for New Construction Only. - (1) A licensee must have a permit to perform preventive...

482.091 - Employee Identification Cards. - (1)(a) Each employee who performs pest control for a licensee...

482.111 - Pest Control Operator’s Certificate. - (1) The department shall issue a pest control operator’s certificate...

482.121 - Misuse of Certificate. - (1) A certified operator may not allow her or his...

482.132 - Qualifications for Examination and Certification. - (1) The department may award a pest control operator’s certificate...

482.141 - Examinations. - (1) Each individual seeking certification must satisfactorily pass an examination...

482.151 - Special Identification Card for Performance of Fumigation. - (1) Any individual who performs fumigation must be a special...

482.152 - Duties of Certified Operator in Charge of Pest Control Activities of Licensee. - (1) The selection of proper and correct chemicals for the...

482.155 - Limited Certification for Governmental Pesticide Applicators or Private Applicators. - (1)(a) The department shall establish limited certification categories for: 1....

482.156 - Limited Certification for Commercial Landscape Maintenance Personnel. - (1) The department shall establish a limited certification category for...

482.1562 - Limited Certification for Urban Landscape Commercial Fertilizer Application. - (1) To provide a means of documenting and ensuring compliance...

482.157 - Limited Certification for Commercial Wildlife Management Personnel. - (1) The department shall establish a limited certificate that authorizes...

482.161 - Disciplinary Grounds and Actions; Reinstatement. - (1) The department may issue a written warning to or...

482.163 - Responsibility for Pest Control Activities of Employee. - History.—s. 43, ch. 92-203; s. 8, ch. 94-194.

482.165 - Unlicensed Practice of Pest Control; Cease and Desist Order; Injunction; Civil Suit and Penalty. - (1) It is unlawful for a person, partnership, firm, corporation,...

482.1821 - Closing Pest Control Business Without Providing for Contracts and Liabilities. - History.—s. 46, ch. 92-203; s. 40, ch. 95-144.

482.183 - Limitations. - (1)(a) A person may not be charged with a violation...

482.191 - Violation and Penalty. - (1) It is unlawful to solicit, practice, perform, or advertise...

482.211 - Exemptions. - (1) Pest control, except for fumigation, performed by a person...

482.226 - Wood-Destroying Organism Inspection Report; Notice of Inspection or Treatment; Financial Responsibility. - (1) When an inspection for wood-destroying organisms is made by...

482.2265 - Consumer Information; Notice of Application of Pesticide. - (1) Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business entity...

482.2267 - Registry of Persons Requiring Prior Notification of the Application of Pesticides. - (1) The department shall maintain a current registry of persons...

482.227 - Guarantees and Warranties. - (1) The Legislature finds that the terms “guarantee” and “warranty”...

482.231 - Use of Fogging Machines. - History.—s. 1, ch. 59-454; s. 1, ch. 65-295; s. 3,...

482.2401 - Disposition and Use of Revenues From Fees and Fines. - (1) All moneys collected or received by the department under...

482.241 - Liberal Interpretation. - History.—s. 1, ch. 59-454; s. 1, ch. 65-295; s. 3,...

482.242 - Preemption. - (1) This chapter is intended as comprehensive and exclusive regulation...

482.243 - Pest Control Enforcement Advisory Council. - (1) The Pest Control Enforcement Advisory Council is created within...