Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5E - Division of Agricultural Environmental Services › Chapter 5E-13 - MOSQUITO CONTROL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION › Section 5E-13.021 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
In addition to those terms contained in Section
				  388.011, F.S., the following
				  terms shall mean:
(1) "Adulticide" - a
				pesticide intended to affect an adult arthropod.
(2) "Annual Certified Budget" - District or
				county budget for control of arthropods attested to by the clerk of the circuit
				court, secretary of the board of commissioners, or any other Person duly
				authorized by law under the official seal of the District or county.
(3) "Approved Mosquito Control Program"- any
				county or District in current compliance with ss.
				388.101 or
				388.241,
				388.261(2),
				388.271,
				388.341,
				403.088(1),
				F.S., and Rule 5E-13.032, F.A.C.
(4) "Arthropods" - those insects of public
				health or nuisance importance, including all mosquitoes, midges, sand flies,
				dog flies, yellow flies, and house flies.
(5) "Arthropod control pesticide" - any
				substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying,
				repelling or mitigating any arthropod as defined in ss.
				388.011(1),
				F.S.
(6) "Arthropod control
				program" - a program organized to control arthropod populations on property
				other than that exempted under ss.
				388.361(4),
				F.S.
(7) "Arthropod Control
				Research or Demonstration Projects" - studies, educational/administrative
				product development, demonstration or training projects that are funded by
				State funds.
(8) "Beaches and
				bayshores" - the areas within 1500 feet landward of the high-tide
				mark.
(9) "Biologically highly
				productive" - those public lands that make exceptionally high beneficial
				contributions to the overall ecology of a region or area.
(10) "Department" - the Department of
				Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(11) "Direct Supervision" - supervision by
				licensed applicators, who are responsible for the pesticide Use activities and
				actions of unlicensed individuals. The licensed direct supervisor must be in
				immediate contact, either directly or by electronic means, including, but not
				limited to, cell phones, radios and computers.
(12) "Director" - a qualified Person
				responsible for the planning and direct supervision of a District as defined
				under ss. 388.011(5),
				F.S., who directs the execution of a county or District mosquito control
				program and oversees its day-to-day activities.
(13) "District" - any mosquito control
				district established in this state by law for the express purpose of
				controlling arthropods within boundaries of said districts.
(14) "Environmentally sensitive" - public
				lands that have special ecological values and which values may be lost to a
				substantial degree by the application of certain pesticides or other practices
				used in the control of arthropods.
(15) "Labeling" - all labels and all other
				written, printed, or graphic matter:
(a)
				Accompanying the pesticide or device at any time; or
(b) To which reference is made on the label
				or in literature accompanying the pesticide or device, except to current
				official publications of the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States
				Departments of Agriculture and Interior, the Department of Health and Human
				Service, and other similar federal or state institutions or agencies authorized
				by law to conduct research in the field of pesticides.