West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 61 - Agriculture › Title 61 - LEGISLATIVE RULE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Series 61-12J - Integrated Pest Management Programs In Schools And Day Care Centers/Facilities › Section 61-12J-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. "Broadcast"
				means the application of pesticides over an area such as a lawn, field, room,
				crawl space, or other such surface. The term does not include crack and crevice
				or spot applications made to selected plants, insects, soil, or
				surfaces.
2.2. "Child care" means a
				child care center or a family child care facility.
2.3. "Child care center" means a completed
				structure used for the care of thirteen or more children on a non-residential
				basis.
2.4. "Crack and crevice
				treatment" means the application of small amounts of insecticides into openings
				commonly found at expansion joints, between different elements of construction,
				and between equipment and floors or walls.
2.5. "Family child care facility" means a
				completed structure used to provide non-residential child care for seven to
				twelve children.
2.6. "Least
				hazardous materials" means the use of pest control practices and methods,
				including the use of chemicals in a manner to cause the least practical
				exposure to the occupants of a structure. The "least hazardous materials" takes
				into account the method of application, toxicity of the product and the
				exposure to the occupants to the practice or methods employed to control pests,
				such as the use of a non-volatile material formulation and/or application
				method as opposed to a broadcast application that creates potential for
				exposure.
2.7. "Material safety
				data sheet" means a fact sheet that is designed for distribution to chemical
				manufacturing plant workers and refers to the toxicity of the concentrate of a
				pesticide product. In the case of ready-to-use products, "material safety data
				sheets" may be the same as "consumer information sheets."
2.8. "Pesticide" means, for the purposes of
				this rule, the use of insecticides and herbicides that are applied into or
				around a building and the adjacent grounds used by a school, child care center
				or family child care facility.
2.9.
				"Re-entry period" means the time that must elapse from the completion of a
				pesticide application until students or school and child care employees may
				enter the building to conduct scheduled activities.
2.10. "School" means a completed structure
				used for public or private education, grades kindergarten through twelfth
				grade.
2.11. "School grounds" means
				the area outside of the school buildings controlled, managed, or owned by the
				school or school district, including lawns, playgrounds, sports fields, and any
				other property or facility controlled, managed, or owned by a school.
2.12. "Space treatment" means the application
				of a pesticide that is intended to discharge the pesticide into the air
				throughout an entire room or area.
2.13. "Spot treatment" means the application
				of a pesticide to a limited area where pests are likely to occur, such as
				floors, walls, bases or the underside of equipment, turf or ground. A "spot"
				shall not be more than 2 square feet and shall not be more than 20 percent of a
				surface area.