Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 132b - Massachusetts Pesticide Control Act
Section 6d - Posting of Standard Written Notification of Pesticide Use at Schools, Child Care Centers and School Age Child Care Programs

Section 6D. Each school administration, child care center operator, or school age child care program operator shall ensure that standard written notification is posted in a common area of its facility at least two working days before the outdoor spraying, release, deposit or application of a pesticide and for at least 72 hours following the spraying, release, deposit or application. Treated areas will be posted with clear and conspicuous warning signs along the perimeter in accordance with regulations to be promulgated by the department governing indoor and outdoor spraying, release, deposit or application of pesticides at schools, child care centers and school age child care programs. Larval mosquito control applications using pesticides classified as category four pesticides by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, as applied by mosquito control projects under chapter 252, are exempt from the notification requirements of this section. This section shall not apply to any use of an anti-microbial pesticide as defined in section 2.

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Massachusetts General Laws

Part I - Administration of the Government

Title XIX - Agriculture and Conservation

Chapter 132b - Massachusetts Pesticide Control Act

Section 1 - Title; Purpose

Section 2 - Definitions

Section 3 - Pesticide Board

Section 3a - Pesticide Board Subcommittee

Section 4 - Programs Director

Section 5 - Powers and Duties of Department

Section 5a - Reduction of Pesticide Use; Annual Report

Section 6 - Prohibited Distributions, Etc.

Section 6a - Prohibited Activities

Section 6b - Pesticide Use by Utilities; Notice; Development of Policies to Reduce Pesticide Use Along Roadways; Personal Protection Equipment and Clothing

Section 6c - Pesticide Use at Schools, Child Care Centers or School Age Child Care Programs; Standard Written Notification

Section 6d - Posting of Standard Written Notification of Pesticide Use at Schools, Child Care Centers and School Age Child Care Programs

Section 6e - Integrated Pest Management Plans

Section 6f - Pesticide Products Eligible for Use Indoors at Schools, Child Care Centers and School Age Child Care Programs

Section 6g - Pesticide Products Eligible for Outdoor Use at Schools, Child Care Centers and School Age Child Care Programs

Section 6h - Emergency Situations at Schools, Child Care Centers and School Age Child Care Programs; Single-Use Waivers for Pesticides

Section 6i - Written or Electronic Records of Pesticide Use at Schools, Child Care Centers and School Age Child Care Programs

Section 6j - Pesticide Use as Part of Supervised Training Programs at Vocational, Technical and Agricultural Schools

Section 6k - Review of Anti-Microbial Pesticides

Section 7 - Registration

Section 7a - Pesticide Use Reporting System

Section 8 - Experimental Use Permits

Section 9 - Dealers' Licenses

Section 10 - Certificates, Licenses and Permits; Issuance, Suspension and Revocation; Administrative or Civil Penalty

Section 11 - Protection of Health and Environment; Regulations

Section 12 - Hazards; Adverse Environmental Effects; Departmental Orders; Violations

Section 13 - Adjudicatory Hearings

Section 14 - Violations; Penalties; Injunctions

Section 14a - Civil Administrative Penalties; Adjudicatory Hearings

Section 15 - Departmental Personnel, Agents and Inspectors; Powers; Evidence; Confidential Information

Section 16 - Children and Families Protection Fund