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Subtitle 1 - Maryland Pesticide Registration and Labeling Law
Section 5-101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-102 - Administration; Cooperation With State, Federal, and Private Agencies; Comprehensive Pesticide Data Program - (a) The State Chemist shall administer the provisions of this...
Section 5-104 - Rules and Regulations; Determinations - (a) The Secretary, after public hearing, may adopt appropriate rules...
Section 5-105 - Registration of Pesticides - (a) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section,...
Section 5-106 - Packaging and Labeling Requirements - (a) A pesticide is subject to the requirements of this...
Section 5-107 - Noncomplying Pesticides - (a) If the Secretary determines that any pesticide does not...
Section 5-107.1 - Administrative Penalties - (a) Instead of refusing or cancelling a registration, the Secretary...
Section 5-108 - Stop-Sale Orders - (a) The Secretary may issue and enforce a written stop–sale...
Section 5-109 - Prohibited Acts - (a) A person may not distribute, sell, or offer for...
Section 5-110 - Exemptions - (a) The following persons are not subject to any penalty...
Section 5-111 - Seizure and Condemnation - (a) Any pesticide distributed in the State may be proceeded...
Section 5-112 - Enforcement - (a) The Secretary shall examine pesticides to determine whether they...
Section 5-113 - Termination of Registration Upon Conviction of Violation - In addition to any other penalty provided by this article,...
Section 5-114 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the Maryland Pesticide Registration...
Subtitle 2 - Pesticide Applicator's Law
Section 5-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-202 - Gifts, Contributions, etc.; Receipt or Issuance of Grants or Contracts - To carry out the provisions of this subtitle, the Secretary...
Section 5-203 - Pesticide Fund - All fees collected under the provisions of this subtitle shall...
Section 5-204 - Duties of Secretary - The Secretary, by suitable administrative procedures including public hearings, if...
Section 5-205 - Sampling and Inspection - The Secretary may sample any pesticide and inspect any device,...
Section 5-206 - Qualifications for Licenses; Issuance and Revocation; Financial Responsibility - (a) The Secretary shall establish, by rule or regulation, qualifications...
Section 5-207 - Requirements -- Certificates, Fees, Permits, Etc - (a) Each pest control consultant, pest control applicator, or public...
Section 5-207.1 - Additional Training; Reinstatement of Certification - (a) The Secretary shall require that each pest control consultant,...
Section 5-208 - Information to Be Supplied Customer; Advance Notice of Application; Signs Posted for Exterior Applications; Information to Be Supplied Department Prior to Application of Experimental Pesticide - (a) When a pesticide is applied, or at the time...
Section 5-208.1 - Integrated Pest Management Systems in Schools and School Grounds - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...
Section 5-209 - Supervision by Certified Persons - Each commercial application of a pesticide shall be under the...
Section 5-209.1 - Employee Training Programs - (a) (1) A licensee or permittee shall register with the...
Section 5-210 - Labels; Unlawful Use of Pesticide - A person may not use, apply, or recommend use of...
Section 5-210.1 - Reciprocity - The Secretary may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states...
Section 5-210.2 - Civil Penalties - (a) (1) A person who violates any provision of this...
Section 5-210.3 - Limitations on Employer - An employer may not require a pest control applicator, as...
Section 5-210.4 - Injunctions - (a) The Secretary may bring an action for an injunction...
Section 5-210.5 - Restricted Use Pesticides - (a) In this section, “cyclodiene termiticide” means chlordane (1, 2,...
Section 5-211 - Penalty; Indemnification for Financial Injury From Violation; Actions for Civil Damages - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any person...
Subtitle 2A - Neonicotinoid Pesticides
Section 5-2A-01 - "Neonicotinoid Pesticide" Defined - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-2A-02 - General Provisions - (a) This section does not apply to: (1) Pet care...
Section 5-2A-03 - Pollinator Habitat Expansion and Enhancement Practices - The Department shall incorporate pollinator habitat expansion and enhancement practices...
Section 5-2A-04 - Regulations and Reports - (a) On completion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s pollinator...
Section 5-2A-05 - Civil Penalty - A person who violates this subtitle is subject to a...
Subtitle 3 - Plant Disease Control
Section 5-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-302 - Inspections; Rules Governing Certification and Licensing; Development of Programs; Fees; Plant Protection Fund - (a) The Secretary at least once a year shall determine...
Section 5-304 - Quarantine of Infested or Infected Areas - In order to control, retard, or eradicate dangerously injurious plant...
Section 5-305 - Aircraft Dissemination of Insecticides, Fungicides, and Bactericides - (a) The Secretary shall determine whether any plant infestation, plant...
Section 5-306 - Right of Entry; Treatment of Plants - (a) To accomplish the purpose of this subtitle, the Secretary...
Section 5-307 - Marking or Tagging Infested or Infected Plants; Notice to Owner; Destruction - (a) If the Secretary or his designee finds any plant...
Section 5-308 - Reciprocal Agreements for Nursery Stock - The Secretary may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states...
Section 5-309 - Inspection of Nurseries; Inspection and License Fees; Special Certificates for Certain Plants - (a) At least once each year the Secretary shall inspect...
Section 5-310 - Shipping Nursery Stock Into State - (a) If any nursery stock is shipped into the State...
Section 5-311 - Selling or Shipping Nursery Stock Without Certificate - (a) No nurseryman, broker, dealer, or other person may sell,...
Section 5-312 - Condemnation of Diseased Nursery Stock Sold, Shipped or Delivered in State - If any nurseryman, dealer, or agent of a carrier sells,...
Section 5-313 - Penalties for Violations of Subtitle - Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle is...
Section 5-314 - Alternative Civil Penalty; Payments; Regulations - (a) Instead of any other penalty authorized under this article,...
Subtitle 4 - Mosquito Control
Section 5-401 - Acquisition of Property - The Secretary, in the name of the State, may acquire...
Section 5-402 - Acceptance of Gifts or Loans From Federal Government - The Secretary may accept, use, or expend, on terms satisfactory...
Section 5-403 - Execution of Work by Contract or Open Account - The Secretary may execute work undertaken pursuant to this subtitle...
Section 5-404 - Receipt of Funds From and Contracts With Political Subdivisions; Expenses of Mosquito Control on State-Owned Land - (a) The Secretary may receive from any county, municipality, or...
Section 5-405 - Control and Elimination of Mosquitoes - (a) The Secretary may make inspections, investigations, studies, and determinations...
Section 5-405.1 - Notification of Mosquito Spraying - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 5-406 - Mosquito Control - (a) If the Secretary, in cooperation with the local health...
Section 5-407 - Mosquito Control -- Injunction - (a) The Secretary may bring an action for an injunction...
Section 5-408 - Mosquito Control -- Penalty - A person who fails to comply with the requirements of...
Subtitle 5 - Honey Bees
Section 5-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-502 - Inspection of Apiaries; Investigations; Information to Promote Industry; Records - The Secretary shall: (1) Inspect apiaries and honey houses; (2)...
Section 5-503 - Registration - (a) (1) A beekeeper shall register annually with the Department...
Section 5-504 - Diseased Colonies or Equipment - (a) Except as provided in this section, a person may...
Section 5-505 - Colonies or Used Equipment Shipped or Transported Into State - (a) A person may not ship or transport into this...
Section 5-506 - Movable Frames Required - In each colony that it maintains, a beekeeper shall provide...
Section 5-507 - Identification of Apiary on Another Person's Property; Abandoned Apiaries - (a) A beekeeper whose apiary is located on the property...
Subtitle 6 - San Juan Rabbits
Section 5-601 - Importation of San Juan Rabbits - A person may not possess or import into the State...
Subtitle 8 - Nuisance Bird Law
Section 5-801 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-802 - Powers and Duties of Secretary - (a) The Secretary may conduct research to determine population trends...
Section 5-803 - Investigation of Complaint - The Secretary, upon receipt of a complaint of a nuisance...
Section 5-804 - Cooperation With Other Agencies; Special Nuisance Bird Fund - (a) The Secretary shall cooperate with federal agencies, other State...
Subtitle 9 - Antifouling Paints
Section 5-901 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-902 - Distribution, Possession, Sale, Application, etc., of Antifouling Paint Containing Tributyltin Compound - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 5-903 - Subtitle Not Infringement on Interstate Commerce - This subtitle does not infringe on interstate commerce, and out-of-state...
Section 5-904 - Regulations - The Secretary shall adopt regulations before September 15, 1987 to...
Section 5-905 - Seizure and Forfeiture - (a) The Department may seize any antifouling paint or any...
Section 5-906 - Penalty - A person who violates any provision of this subtitle is...
Subtitle 10 - Nuisance Insects
Section 5-1001 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...
Section 5-1002 - Legislative Findings - The General Assembly finds that the proliferation of certain species...
Section 5-1003 - Program to Control or Eliminate Nuisance Insects - (a) (1) Subject to available funding in the State budget...
Section 5-1004 - Nuisance Insects Fund - (a) There is a Nuisance Insects Fund. (b) The purpose...
Section 5-1005 - Regulations - The Secretary may adopt regulations to implement this subtitle.