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 › Issuance of a License › Section 2-1-3-11-01-105.01

Current through June 25, 2024
If the qualifications and other requirements of the
						  license applicant are satisfactory, the Bureau shall then require that said
						  applicant submit a detailed statement of the methods he will employ. He must
						  submit in writing his proposed company name for approval. No license shall be
						  issued for two companies with the same or similar names. To avoid the
						  likelihood of confusion, the following are examples of when a requested name
						  will be considered "not distinguishable from" and therefore "same or similar
						  with" regarding an existing name:
1.
						Names are not distinguishable if the only difference is "a," "an," or "the" at
						the beginning of the name. "The Kudzu Pest Control" is similar and not
						distinguishable from "Kudzu Pest Control."
2. "&" and "and" do not make names
						distinguishable. "A & B Pest Control" is not distinguishable from "A and B
						Pest Control." And "A and B Pest Control" or "A & B Pest Control" is not
						distinguishable from "AB Pest Control" or "A.B. Pest Control."
3. Punctuation does not make names
						distinguishable. "A.B.C Pest Control" is not distinguishable from "ABC Pest
						Control."
4. Plural forms of the
						same word do not make names distinguishable.
5. A suffix added to a word or any other
						deviation from or derivative of the same word does not make names
						distinguishable.
6. Names are not
						distinguishable if the only difference is the abbreviation of a word in the
						name. "MS Pest Control" is not distinguishable from "Mississippi Pest
						Control."
7. Names are not
						distinguishable if the only difference is a phonetic spelling of the same word.
						"Boyz Pest Control" is not distinguishable from "Boys Pest Control."
8. Names are not distinguishable if the only
						difference includes any of the following terms or combination of terms: "Pest,"
						"Control," "Solutions," "Management," "Exterminating," "Exterminator,"
						"Fumigator," "Services," or "Inc.," "LLC or L.L.C.," "LP." "Mississippi
						Exterminating" is not distinguishable from "Mississippi Pest
						Control."
9. Names shall not be
						considered too similar solely because they contain a name or term common to the
						Industry as long as they are accompanied by an identifiable term or name not
						related to the Industry. "Mosquito Joe," "Mr. Mosquito," "Mosquito .," "Trutech
						Wildlife Removal," "Nations Wildlife Removal," "Wildlife Removal Northeast
						Mississippi."
If these are approved, said applicant shall then
						  furnish a bond in the proper amount as set forth in subsection 112.01 of this
						  chapter in conformity to
Miss. Code Ann.
Section
						  69-19-9.
						  After all requirements have been met by the applicant for licensing, the Bureau
						  shall then issue said applicant a license, PROVIDED, that no license shall be
						  issued any person who fails to disclose to the Bureau the ingredients used in
						  his practice, or who uses any material or method which has not been approved by
						  the Bureau. A license is not transferable. When there is a change in a
						  licensee's status, ninety (90) days shall be allowed for a qualified person to
						  meet the requirements of section 102 of this chapter. When the death or
						  disability of a licensee occurs, the Bureau may extend the period for
						  qualifying a new licensee an additional 90 days before revoking or canceling
						  the work of the operation.
Miss. Code Ann.
						  §
													69-3-17.