Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 11 - Regulation of Professional Services › Subchapter 01 - Regulations Governing Commercial Insect, Rodent, Plant Disease, and Weed Control Work › Approved Pesticides; Minimum Requirements › Section 2-1-3-11-01-118.06 - Alternative treatments

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Spot Treatment-
						for existing structures.
Spot or localized area treatment is allowed for all
						  construction types, provided the purchaser requests in writing to the licensee
						  this type of treatment prior to the termiticide application. A copy of the
						  customer's request shall be maintained in the pest control operator's customer
						  file. The licensee shall write on the face of the contract "Spot Treatment" and
						  clearly define area treated on the graph. The contract must guarantee the area
						  treated for one year. The monthly structural report shall state "Spot
						  Treatment".
2. Fipronil
						Exterior Perimeter/Localized Interior (EP/LI)
Post Construction Structural Treatment-
Fipronil EP/LI treatment may be performed on existing
						  structures according to the product label instructions. Subsections 118.02(1),
						  (2), (3), (5) and/or 118.03 (4) of these regulations must be followed. The face
						  of the contract shall specify "trade name of product Exterior
						  Perimeter/Localized Interior" and the areas treated and the application methods
						  used shall be clearly defined on the graph and application records. Known
						  termite activity at time of treatment must be clearly noted on the graph. The
						  monthly structural report shall state "trade name of product EP/LI." Proof of
						  licensee training in the use of the approved Fipronil labeled for EP/LI, as
						  approved by the Bureau, is required prior to the initial use of the approved
						  Fipronil labeled as an EP/LI treatment.
3. Bora-Care® shall be applied, in
						accordance with product label directions, as a subterranean termite
						preventative treatment for new slab-type, crawl-space or basement construction.
						A supplemental exterior soil applied perimeter treatment must be performed
						within one year of the Bora-Care® treatment. Only EPA registered
						termiticides with 24(c) supplemental labels approved for this use in
						Mississippi may be used.
4.
						Imidacloprid Insecticide in Water Soluble Packets Exterior Perimeter/Interior
						Spot Treatment (EP/IST)
Post Construction Structural Treatment-
Imidacloprid Exterior Perimeter/Interior Spot Treatment
						  may be performed on existing slab type construction according to the
						  Imidacloprid label instructions. For pier-type crawl space construction, treat
						  according to label instructions; except all piers and plumbing and utility
						  penetrations entering soil in accessible crawl spaces must be treated by
						  trenching and rodding into the trench or trenching, even if there is no termite
						  infestation. Subsections 118.02(1), (2), (3), (5) and/or 118.03 (4) of these
						  regulations must be followed. The face of the contract shall specify
						  "Imidacloprid Exterior Perimeter/Interior Spot Treatment" and the areas treated
						  and the application methods used shall be clearly defined on the graph and
						  application records. Known termite activity at time of treatment must be
						  clearly noted on the graph. The monthly structural report shall state "trade
						  name of product EP/IST." Proof of licensee training in the use of Imidacloprid
						  EP/IST, as approved by the Bureau, is required prior to the initial use of
						  Imidacloprid as an EP/IST application.
Miss. Code Ann.
						  §
													69-19-1
						  & 69-23-109