Kentucky Statutes 217.560 – Unlawful practices
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It shall be unlawful:
(1) For any person to detach, alter, deface, or destroy, in whole or in part, any label or labeling provided for in KRS § 217.542 to KRS § 217.630 or the regulations adopted hereunder, or to add any substance to, or take any substance from a pesticide in a manner that may defeat the purposes of KRS § 217.542 to KRS § 217.630 or the regulations adopted hereunder;
(2) For any person to use for his own advantage or to reveal, other than to the department, or proper officials or employees of the state or officials or employees of EPA, or other federal agencies, or to the courts in response to a subpoena, or to physicians, or in emergencies to pharmacists and other qualified persons for use in the preparation of antidotes, in accordance with such directions as the department may prescribe, any information relative to formulas of products, or trade secrets or other confidential information obtained under authority of KRS § 217.542 to KRS § 217.630;
(3) For any person to oppose or interfere in any way with the department or its duly authorized agents in carrying out the duties imposed by KRS § 217.542 to KRS § 217.630 or any regulations adopted hereunder;
(4) For any person to handle, transport, store, display or distribute pesticides in such a manner as to endanger man and his environment, or to endanger food, feed, or any other products that may be transported, stored, displayed or distributed with such pesticides; and
(5) For any person to dispose of, discard, or store any pesticides or pesticide containers in such a manner as to cause injury to humans, vegetation, crops or livestock, wildlife, beneficial insects, or to pollute any water supply or waterway.
Effective: July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 51, effective July 15, 1980. — Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 5. — Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 3, effective July
1, 1956.
(1) For any person to detach, alter, deface, or destroy, in whole or in part, any label or labeling provided for in KRS § 217.542 to KRS § 217.630 or the regulations adopted hereunder, or to add any substance to, or take any substance from a pesticide in a manner that may defeat the purposes of KRS § 217.542 to KRS § 217.630 or the regulations adopted hereunder;
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 217.560
- Distribute: means to offer for sale, hold for sale, sell, barter, ship, deliver for shipment, or receive and, having received, deliver or offer to deliver pesticides in this state. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
- Environment: includes water, air, land, and all plants and man and other animals living therein and the interrelationships which exist among these. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
- EPA: means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Label: means the written, printed, or graphic matter on, or attached to, the pesticide or device, or to any of its containers or wrappers. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
- Labeling: means the label and other written, printed, or graphic matter: (a) On the pesticide or device, or any of its containers or wrappers. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
- Livestock: means cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses, alpacas, llamas, buffaloes, and any other animals of the bovine, ovine, porcine, caprine, equine, or camelid species. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
- Person: means any individual, partnership, association, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
- Pesticide: means any substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy, control, repel, attract, or mitigate any pest. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Wildlife: means all living things that are neither human, domesticated, nor as defined in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 217.544
(2) For any person to use for his own advantage or to reveal, other than to the department, or proper officials or employees of the state or officials or employees of EPA, or other federal agencies, or to the courts in response to a subpoena, or to physicians, or in emergencies to pharmacists and other qualified persons for use in the preparation of antidotes, in accordance with such directions as the department may prescribe, any information relative to formulas of products, or trade secrets or other confidential information obtained under authority of KRS § 217.542 to KRS § 217.630;
(3) For any person to oppose or interfere in any way with the department or its duly authorized agents in carrying out the duties imposed by KRS § 217.542 to KRS § 217.630 or any regulations adopted hereunder;
(4) For any person to handle, transport, store, display or distribute pesticides in such a manner as to endanger man and his environment, or to endanger food, feed, or any other products that may be transported, stored, displayed or distributed with such pesticides; and
(5) For any person to dispose of, discard, or store any pesticides or pesticide containers in such a manner as to cause injury to humans, vegetation, crops or livestock, wildlife, beneficial insects, or to pollute any water supply or waterway.
Effective: July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 51, effective July 15, 1980. — Amended
1974 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 5. — Created 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 3, effective July
1, 1956.