(1) No person shall engage in structural pest management or structural fumigation without first obtaining a license from the department certifying competence to make commercial or noncommercial pesticide applications.
(2) A separate examination and license is required to operate in each of the following categories:
(a) Commercial structural pest management; (b) Commercial structural fumigation;
(c) Noncommercial structural pest management; and
(d) Any additional category the department shall designate on recommendation of the board.
(3) Any person holding only a termite or a general pest control license or a fumigation license on or after June 17, 1978, may continue to operate in that category. That person may take the commercial structural pest management operator’s license examination without jeopardizing his or her current license. Should the license of the license holder lapse or be revoked for any reason, the person, in order to be licensed again, shall be required to fulfill the requirements of KRS § 217B.515 to
217B.545.
(4) Licenses issued under this section shall expire annually.
(5) The department may promulgate administrative regulations establishing other types of licenses certifying persons to engage in structural pest management and structural fumigation and providing for examinations to obtain those licenses. The department shall assess reasonable fees for licenses and the administration of examinations.
Effective: June 29, 2021
History: Repealed and reenacted 2021 Ky. Acts ch. 84, sec. 19, effective June 29,
2021. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 4, effective June 17, 1978.