California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 19 - Structural Pest Control Board › Article 4 - Fumigation and Pesticide Use › Section 1970 - Standards and Record Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purpose of maintaining proper standards of safety and
				  the establishment of responsibility in handling the dangerous gases used in
				  fumigation and the pesticides used in other pest control operations, a
				  registered company shall compile and retain for a period of at least three
				  years, a log for each fumigation job and for each pesticide control operation
				  in which a pesticide is used by the registered company or the registered
				  company's employee. If the fumigation is to be performed by a fumigation
				  subcontractor, the subcontractor shall complete the fumigation log and forward
				  a copy of the log to the primary contractor within ten business days.
(a) The log (See Form 43M-47 (Rev. 5/07) at
				the end of this section) for each fumigation job shall contain the following
				information:
Name, address and company registration certificate number of
				  prime contractor.
Name, address and company registration certificate number of
				  subcontractor, if any.
Address of property.
Date of fumigation.
Name and address of owner or his or her agent.
Date and hour fire department was notified pursuant to
				  Business and Professions Code section
				  8505.5.
Date and hour county agricultural commissioner was notified
				  and method of notification, where required.
Property description including type of structure as to
				  details of roofing, walls, and the presence of construction elements, conduits,
				  drains, air ducts, or vacuum systems that could allow the passage of fumigant
				  from the structure to be fumigated to any adjacent or adjoining structure(s),
				  thereby connecting them, and method(s) used to prevent passage of the
				  fumigant.
Cubic feet fumigated.
Target pest(s).
Kind of fumigant(s) used.
United States Environmental Protection Agency registration
				  number(s) of fumigant(s).
Name of warning agent and amount used.
Type of sealing method used.
Weather conditions as to temperature and wind.
Date and hour fumigant introduced.
Cylinder number of each fumigant used.
Weight of each fumigant cylinder before introduction of
				  gas.
Pounds of fumigant used from each cylinder.
Total pounds of fumigant used.
List of any extraordinary safety precautions taken.
Name, signature and license number of operator or field
				  representative releasing fumigant.
First name and surname of crew when fumigant was released,
				  when aeration commenced and when the property was released for
				  occupancy.
Indication of whether or not safety equipment was available
				  at the fumigation site at the time the fumigant was introduced, when
				  ventilation commenced and when the property was released for occupancy.
Date and hour aeration commenced.
Conditions of tarp and seal.
Name, signature and license number of operator or field
				  representative commencing ventilation.
Type of device(s) used to test for re-entry.
Date and hour ready for occupancy.
Name, signature and license number of operator or field
				  representative releasing property for occupancy.
Method used to calculate amount of fumigant used.
Factors used in calculation of fumigant.
Special notes or comments pertinent to
				  fumigation.
(b) The report
				for each pest control operation, other than fumigation, in which a pesticide is
				used shall contain the following information:
Date of treatment.
Name of owner or his or her agent.
Address of property.
Description of area treated.
Target pest(s).
Pesticide and amount used.
Identity of person or persons who applied the
				  pesticide.
(c) The term
				"fraudulent act" as used in Section
				8642 includes but is not limited
				to the falsification of any records pertaining to fumigation jobs or other pest
				control operations in which a pesticide other than a fumigant is
				used.
1. Amendment
				  filed 9-29-78 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 78, No. 39). For
				  prior history, see Register 68, No. 1.
2. Amendment filed 9-29-78;
				  effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 78, No. 52).
3.
				  Certificate of Compliance filed 1-23-79 (Register 79, No. 4).
4.
				  Editorial correction (Register 79, No. 43).
5. Amendment of NOTE
				  filed 9-22-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
				  39).
6. Amendment filed 3-23-87; effective upon filing pursuant to
				  Government Code section
				  11346.2(d)
				  (Register 87, No. 13).
7. Amendment of first paragraph and
				  subsections (a) and (b), amendment of NOTE, and new form 43M-47 filed 4-28-98;
				  operative 5-28-98 (Register 98, No. 18).
8. Amendment of subsection
				  (a) filed 10-23-2001; operative 11-22-2001 (Register 2001, No.
				  43).
9. Amendment of subsection (a) and form 43M-47 filed 7-13-2004;
				  operative 8-12-2004 (Register 2004, No. 29).
10. Amendment of first
				  paragraph and subsection (a) and repealer and new Form 43M-47 filed 4-29-2008;
				  operative 5-29-2008 (Register 2008, No. 18).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 8525,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 8505.5,
					 8505.7,
					 8505.13,
					 8505.15,
					 8505.16,
					 8516,
					 8642,
					 8646
					 and
					 8652,
					 Business and Professions Code.