California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 19 - Structural Pest Control Board › Article 3.5 - Continuing Education › Section 1950 - Continuing Education Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Except as provided in section
				1951, every licensee is required,
				as a condition to renewal of a license, to certify that he or she has completed
				the continuing education requirements set forth in this article. A licensee who
				cannot verify completion of continuing education by producing certificates of
				activity completion, whenever requested to do so by the Board, may be subject
				to disciplinary action under section
				8641 of the code.
(b) Each licensee is required to complete a
				certain number of continuing education hours during the three year renewal
				period. The number of hours required depends on the number of branches of pest
				control in which licenses are held. The subject matter covered by each activity
				shall be designated as "technical" or "general" by the Board when the activity
				is approved. Hour values shall be assigned by the Board to each approved
				educational activity, in accordance with the provisions of section
				1950.5.
(c) Operators licensed in one branch of pest
				control shall complete 16 continuing education hours during each three year
				renewal period. Operators licensed in two branches of pest control shall
				complete 20 continuing education hours during each three year renewal period.
				Operators licensed in three branches of pest control shall complete 24
				continuing education hours during each three year renewal period. In each case,
				a minimum of four continuing education hours in a technical subject directly
				related to each branch of pest control held by the licensee must be completed
				for each branch license, a minimum of two hours in Integrated Pest Management
				as defined in section
				1984 must be completed by Branch 2
				and/or 3 licensees renewing on or after June 30, 2010, and a minimum of eight
				hours must be completed from Board approved courses on the Structural Pest
				Control Act, the Rules and Regulations, or structural pest control related
				agencies' rules and regulations.
(d) Field representatives licensed in one
				branch of pest control shall have completed 16 continuing education hours,
				field representatives licensed in two branches of pest control shall have
				completed 20 continuing education hours, field representatives licensed in
				three branches of pest control shall have completed 24 continuing education
				hours during each three year renewal period. In each case, a minimum of four
				continuing education hours in a technical subject directly related to each
				branch of pest control held by the licensee must be completed for each branch
				of pest control licensed, a minimum of two hours in Integrated Pest Management
				must be completed by Branch 2 and/or 3 licensees renewing on or after June 30,
				2010, and a minimum of eight hours must be completed from Board approved
				courses on the Structural Pest Control Act, the Rules and Regulations, or
				structural pest control related agencies' rules and regulations.
(e) For the renewal period ending December
				31, 2008, and each subsequent renewal period up to the renewal period ending
				June 29, 2010, a licensed applicator shall have completed 12 hours of Board
				approved continuing education. Such continuing education shall consist of eight
				hours of continuing education covering pesticide application and use, and four
				hours covering the Structural Pest Control Act and its rules and regulations or
				structural pest related agencies' rules and regulations.
(f) For the renewal period ending June 30,
				2010 and each subsequent renewal period, a licensed applicator shall have
				completed 12 hours of Board approved continuing education. Such continuing
				education shall consist of six hours of continuing education covering pesticide
				application and use, two hours covering Integrated Pest Management, and four
				hours covering the Structural Pest Control Act and its rules and regulations or
				structural pest related agencies' rules and regulations.
(g) Operators who hold a field
				representative's license in a branch of pest control in which they do not hold
				an operator's license must complete four of the continuing education hours
				required by section
				1950(c) in a
				technical subject directly related to the branch or branches of pest control in
				which the field representative's license is held, in order to keep the field
				representative's license active.
(h) No course, including complete operator's
				courses developed pursuant to section
				8565.5, may be taken more than
				once during a renewal period for continuing education hours.
1. Amendment
				  filed 6-13-91; operative 7-13-91 (Register 91, No. 41).
2. Amendment
				  filed 5-12-94; operative 6-13-94 (Register 94, No. 19).
3. Amendment
				  of subsections (c) and (d) filed 8-12-96; operative 9-11-96 (Register 96, No.
				  33).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (c)
				  and (d) filed 4-6-2000 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2000, No. 14).
5. Change without regulatory
				  effect amending subsections (c)-(e) filed 3-26-2002 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2002, No. 13).
6. New subsection (e) and
				  subsection relettering filed 3-21-2006; operative 4-20-2006 (Register 2006, No.
				  12).
7. Amendment of subsections (b)-(e), new subsection (f),
				  subsection relettering and amendment of newly designated subsection (g) filed
				  3-20-2009; operative 4-19-2009 (Register 2009, No.
				  12).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 8525,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 8560
					 and
					 8593,
					 Business and Professions Code.