Kansas Statutes 2-2440c. Registered pest control technician; training; approval of training materials; maintenance of records verifying training
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 2-2440c
- Person: means any individual, partnership, association of persons, corporation or governmental agency. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
- Pest: means , but is not limited to, any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacteria or other microorganism, except viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms on or in man or other animals, or which the secretary may declare to be a pest. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
- Pest control: means the destruction, prevention, repulsion or mitigation of a population, infection or infestation of a pest. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
- Pesticide: means , but is not limited to, (1) any substance or mixture of substances used to prevent, destroy, control, repel, attract or mitigate any pest and (2) any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
- Pesticide business: means any individual, partnership, association of persons or corporation which applies pesticides to the property of another for compensation. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
- Pesticide business licensee: shall mean an individual, business, association of persons or corporation who is licensed or would be required to be licensed under the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
- Registered pest control technician: means an uncertified commercial applicator who applies pesticides for wood destroying pest control, for structural pest control, for ornamental pest control, for turf pest control, for interior landscape pest control or for any combination of these types of pest control, and who has received verifiable training. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
- Secretary: means the secretary of agriculture. See Kansas Statutes 2-2438a
(a) Each registered pest control technician shall have received training, to the extent prescribed by the secretary by rules and regulations in each of the subjects enumerated in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 2-2443a, and amendments thereto.
(b) Within 90 days after the effective date of this act, each pesticide business licensee who applies pesticides or causes pesticides to be applied for the control of wood destroying pests, structural pests, ornamental pests, turf pests or interior landscape pests shall submit its training materials to the secretary for approval. After initial approval, each such pesticide business licensee shall resubmit its training materials for approval every five years. Training materials submitted to the secretary shall be approved or disapproved within 60 days of the date of receipt by the secretary. If the training materials submitted are disapproved, the secretary shall provide the pesticide business licensee within 60 days of receipt of the training materials a written explanation of the reason for such disapproval.
(c) Each pesticide business licensee who applies pesticides or causes pesticides to be applied for the control of wood destroying pests, structural pests, ornamental pests, turf pests or interior landscape pests shall maintain records to verify that each registered pest control technician employed by such pesticide business licensee has been properly trained. These records shall contain the name of each person who takes the training to become a registered pest control technician, the date or dates of such training, the date the training was completed and any other information required by the secretary. These records shall be maintained for a period of three years after the training has been given. These records shall be made available to the secretary or the secretary’s authorized designee upon request.
(d) This section shall be part of and supplemental to the Kansas pesticide law.