Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3368 – Structural pest control operator’s license
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3368
- Applicant: means a person or place of business that makes a formal application for a license, permit, certification, registration, or certificate issued pursuant to this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
- Commission: means the Structural Pest Control Commission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3362
- EPA: means the United States Environmental Protection Agency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3362
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3362
- Place of business: means a permanent location or a portion of a permanent location from which business, in a regulated profession or occupation, is transacted. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
- Structural pest: means any member of any species of wood-destroying insects, vermin, rodents, vertebrates, and pest birds which attack and damage wood. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3362
- Structural pest control: means any procedure intended to effect the prevention, regulation, extermination, or eradication of structural pests in household, commercial, and vacant structures, including adjacent outside areas and the contents of such structures. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3362
A. Except as otherwise provided in La. Rev. Stat. 3:3369, no person shall apply pesticides in connection with structural pest control work unless that person has a structural pest control operator’s license.
B. A structural pest control operator’s license shall be issued only after the applicant has satisfactorily passed an examination. The examination shall include the general standards examination required by the EPA and a separate examination for the category in which the applicant desires to be licensed.
C. Each applicant for examination shall possess one of the following qualifications in order to take the examination:
(1) A degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in entomology.
(2) A degree from an accredited four-year college or university with at least twelve semester hours of coursework in entomology and at least one year of experience as a registered technician under the supervision of a licensee in the license category for which the applicant desires to take the examination.
(3) Four years of experience as a registered technician under the supervision of a licensee in the license phase for which the applicant desires to take the examination.
(4) Four years of experience as a technician under the supervision of a structural pest control operator in another state in the license category for which the licensee desires to take the examination. Experience with an out of state structural pest control operator shall be substantiated by evidence acceptable to the commission.
D. Each applicant for examination shall submit an application which shall contain such information as the commission by rule may require and which shall be accompanied by the examination fee and by proof of experience and education acceptable to the commission.
E. The examination shall be administered at any location approved by the commission after the application for examination is received by the commission.
F. The examination shall test the applicant’s practical and scientific knowledge of structural pest control including the ability to recognize and control hazardous conditions which might have an adverse effect on human health and safety.
G. Any person who successfully completes the examination may apply for a structural pest control operator’s license. The application shall contain such information as the commission by rule may require and shall be accompanied by the license fee.
H. A structural pest control operator’s license shall not be issued unless the applicant has applied for and is eligible to receive a place of business permit or submits evidence acceptable to the commission that the applicant will be employed by a person who holds a place of business permit.
I. The commission shall issue a license and a commercial applicator’s certification card to each person who successfully completes the examination and meets the other requirements of this Section.
J. Each licensee shall participate in continuing educational programs as a condition of obtaining recertification as a certified commercial applicator. The commission by rule shall establish requirements for continuing education for licensees, including the substantive content of the course and the amount of time which must be spent attending the course.
K. Structural pest control licenses are not transferable.
Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 149, §1; Acts 2022, No. 8, §1, eff. May 13, 2022.