Bill Text: FL S1498 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Pest Control
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-03 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 1205 (Ch. 2016-143) [S1498 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S1498-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 1498
By Senator Benacquisto
30-00950A-16 20161498__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to pest control; amending s. 482.051,
3 F.S.; making technical changes; authorizing the
4 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to
5 specify the circumstances when a written, 24-hour
6 advance notice of fumigation to the department is not
7 required; authorizing the department to determine the
8 notice required in such circumstances; deleting a
9 provision specifying that, under certain emergency
10 situations, the required advance notice may be first
11 given by certain specified communication methods;
12 requiring the department to adopt rules that require
13 certain safety measures for clearance of residential
14 structures after fumigation; amending s. 487.051,
15 F.S.; authorizing the department to establish certain
16 conditions for fumigant registration or
17 reregistration; providing an effective date.
18
19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
20
21 Section 1. Section 482.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to
22 read:
23 482.051 Rules.—The department has authority to adopt rules
24 pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the
25 provisions of this chapter. Before Prior to proposing the
26 adoption of a rule, the department must shall counsel with
27 members of the pest control industry concerning the proposed
28 rule. The department shall adopt rules for the protection of the
29 health, safety, and welfare of pest control employees and the
30 general public which require:
31 (1) Require that all pesticides or economic poisons be used
32 only in accordance with the registered labels and labeling, or
33 as directed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
34 or the department.
35 (2) Require that vehicles and trailers used in pest control
36 be permanently marked with the licensee’s name that is
37 registered with the department. However, vehicles that are used
38 to perform only sales and solicitation may have temporary or
39 removable markers.
40 (3) Require that written contracts be used required for
41 providing termite termites and other wood-destroying organism
42 organisms pest control, that provisions necessary to ensure
43 assure consumer protection as specified by the department be
44 included in such contracts, and that require licensees to comply
45 with the contracts issued.
46 (4) Require that a licensee, before performing general
47 fumigation, notify in writing the department of inspector having
48 jurisdiction over the location where the fumigation is to be
49 performed, which notice must be received by the department
50 inspector at least 24 hours before the fumigation and must
51 contain such information as the department requires. The
52 department may specify under what circumstances less than 24-
53 hour notification is allowed and what notice is required in
54 those circumstances. However, in an authentic and verifiable
55 emergency, when 24 hours’ advance notice is not possible,
56 advance notice may be given by telephone, facsimile, or any
57 other form of acceptable electronic communication, but such
58 notice must be immediately followed by written confirmation
59 providing the required information.
60 (5) Require that any pesticide used as the primary
61 preventive treatment for subterranean termites in new
62 construction be applied in the amount, concentration, and
63 treatment area in accordance with the label; that a copy of the
64 label of the registered pesticide being applied be carried in a
65 vehicle at the site where the pesticide is being applied; and
66 that the licensee maintain for 3 years the record of each
67 preconstruction treatment, indicating the date of treatment, the
68 location or address of the property treated, the total square
69 footage of the structure treated, the type of pesticide applied,
70 the concentration of each substance in the mixture applied, and
71 the total amount of pesticide applied.
72 (6) Authorize That the department to may issue an immediate
73 stop-use or stop-work order for fumigation performed in
74 violation of fumigant label requirements or department rules, or
75 in a manner that presents an immediate serious danger to the
76 health, safety, or welfare of the public, including, but not
77 limited to, failure to use required personal protective
78 equipment, failure to use a required warning agent, failure to
79 post required warning signs, failure to secure a structure’s
80 usual entrances as required, or using a fumigant in a manner
81 that will likely result in hazardous exposure to humans,
82 animals, or the environment.
83 (7) Require that safety measures be taken for clearance of
84 residential structures before reoccupation after a fumigation.
85 These measures may include, but are not limited to, extended
86 aeration times or specific clearance procedures.
87 Section 2. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of
88 section 487.051, Florida Statutes, to read:
89 487.051 Administration; rules; procedure.—
90 (1) The department may by rule:
91 (f) Establish conditions of registration or reregistration
92 for structural fumigants which include requirements that
93 registrants:
94 1. Train distributors and end users in safety measures and
95 in proper use, safe storage, and management of fumigant
96 materials.
97 2. Obtain continuing education program approval for
98 stewardship training programs.
99 3. Conduct quality assurance reviews.
100 4. Report to the department any probation or stop-sale
101 notice issued to end users. Under such circumstances, the
102 department shall notify all other structural fumigant
103 registrants of the reported probation or stop-sale notice.
104 5. Assist the department, upon request, with the removal of
105 fumigant containers from distributors and end users for
106 compliance with permanent or extended stop-sale notices.
107 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
