Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=18B.37&year=2016
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18B.37 - 2016 Minnesota Statutes
Section 18B.37
18B.3618B.38
2017 Subd. 3 Amended 2017 c 88 art 2 s 20
2015 Subd. 2 Amended 2015 c 44 s 7
2015 Subd. 3 Amended 2015 c 44 s 8
2015 Subd. 4 Amended 2015 c 44 s 9
2013 Subd. 4 Amended 2013 c 114 art 2 s 39
2010 Subd. 4 Amended 2010 c 333 art 1 s 9
2009 Subd. 1 Amended 2009 c 94 art 1 s 61
2003 Subd. 6 New 2003 c 128 art 3 s 27
18B.37 RECORDS; PLANS; INSPECTIONS.
Subdivision 1.Pesticide dealer.
(a) A pesticide dealer must maintain records of all sales of restricted use pesticides as required by the commissioner. Records must be kept at the time of sale on forms supplied by the commissioner or on the pesticide dealer's forms if they are approved by the commissioner.
(b) Records must be submitted upon request of the commissioner.
(c) Copies of records required under this subdivision must be maintained by the pesticide dealer for a period of five years after the date of the pesticide sale.
Subd. 2.Commercial and noncommercial applicators.
(3) brand name of the pesticide, the United States Environmental Protection Agency registration number, and rate used;
(8) name of applicator, name of company, license number of applicator, and address of applicator company; and
(c) All information for this record requirement must be contained in a document for each pesticide application, except a map may be attached to identify treated areas. An invoice containing the required information may constitute the required record. The commissioner shall make sample forms available to meet the requirements of this paragraph.
(e) A commercial applicator must give a copy of the record to the customer.
(f) Records must be retained by the applicator, company, or authorized agent for five years after the date of treatment.
Subd. 3.Structural pest control applicators.
(7) name of structural pest control applicator, name of company and address of applicator or company, and license number of applicator; and
(b) All information for this record requirement must be contained in a document for each pesticide application. An invoice containing the required information may constitute the record.
(d) Records must be retained for five years after the date of treatment.
(e) A copy of the record must be given to a person who ordered the application that is present at the site where the structural pest control application is conducted, placed in a conspicuous location at the site where the structural pest control application is conducted immediately after the application of the pesticides, or delivered to the person who ordered an application or the owner of the site. The commissioner must make sample forms available that meet the requirements of this subdivision.
Subd. 4. Incident response plan.
A pesticide dealer, agricultural pesticide dealer, or a commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control company or a person who is required to be permitted to store or produce bulk agricultural chemicals must develop and maintain an incident response plan that describes the actions that will be taken to prevent and respond to agricultural chemical incidents. The plan must include information the commissioner deems necessary to respond to an agricultural chemical emergency incident. The commissioner shall make sample incident response plan forms available. The plan must be kept at a principal business site or location within this state and must be submitted to the commissioner upon request. The plan must be:
(1) updated every three years or whenever information on the form becomes out of date, whichever is earlier;
Subd. 5.Inspection of records.
The commissioner may enter a commercial, noncommercial, or structural pest control applicator's business and inspect the records required in this section at any reasonable time and may make copies of the records. Unless required for enforcement of this chapter, the information in the records in this section is private or nonpublic.
Subd. 6.Access to pesticide application information.
(a) A physician licensed to practice in Minnesota, or a Minnesota licensed veterinarian, may submit a request to the commissioner for access to available information on the application of pesticides by a commercial or noncommercial pesticide applicator related to a course of diagnosis, care, or treatment of a patient under the care of the physician or veterinarian.
(b) A request for pesticide application information under this subdivision must include available details as to the specific location of a known or suspected application that occurred on one or more specified dates and times. The request must also include information on symptoms displayed by the patient that prompted the physician or veterinarian to suspect pesticide exposure. The request must indicate that any information discovered will become part of the confidential patient record and will not be released publicly.
(c) Upon receipt of a request under paragraph (a), the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall promptly review the information contained in the request and determine if release of information held by the department may be beneficial for the medical diagnosis, care, and treatment of the patient.
(d) The commissioner may release to the requester available information on the pesticide. The commissioner shall withhold nonessential information such as total acres treated, the specific amount of pesticides applied, and the identity of the applicator or property owner.
1987 c 358 s 79; 1989 c 326 art 5 s 47-50; 1993 c 367 s 10; 2003 c 128 art 3 s 27; 2009 c 94 art 1 s 61; 2010 c 333 art 1 s 9; 2013 c 114 art 2 s 39; 2015 c 44 s 7-9