Arizona Laws 3-3631. Termite action report form; exemption
A. Within thirty calendar days after completion of a pretreatment, a new-construction treatment, a final grade treatment, an initial corrective treatment or a wood-destroying insect inspection report, a business licensee or certified applicator shall file with the division in a form approved by the director a termite action report form and the prescribed fee. A termite action report is required for termite action only and does not include all wood-destroying organisms.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 3-3631
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Certified applicator: means an individual who is licensed by the division to provide pest management services in accordance with this chapter. See Arizona Laws 3-3601
- Division: means the pest management division of the department. See Arizona Laws 3-3601
- Final grade treatment: means the establishment of a complete vertical barrier at the exterior of foundation walls in stem wall or monolithic construction. See Arizona Laws 3-3601
- Initial corrective treatment: means the first postconstruction treatment of any kind performed by a licensee, excluding a treatment performed under warranty by a licensee who has performed the pretreatment or new-construction treatment. See Arizona Laws 3-3601
- New-construction treatment: means a treatment that protects all cellulose components of a structure from subterranean termites and that is performed after a permanent concrete slab foundation is installed or footings and supports for a raised foundation are installed, but before the structure or a final grade treatment is completed. See Arizona Laws 3-3601
- Pretreatment: means a termite treatment that protects all cellulose components of a structure from subterranean termites, that is performed before a permanent concrete slab foundation is installed or in conjunction with establishing footings and supports for a raised foundation and that establishes thorough and complete horizontal and vertical treated barriers. See Arizona Laws 3-3601
- Wood-destroying insect inspection report: means a written inspection report on a form approved by the director that is prepared in connection with the sale or refinancing of real property whether or not the report is used as part of the transaction. See Arizona Laws 3-3601
- Wood-destroying organisms: means organisms that attack, damage or destroy wood or wood-derivative products, but does not include birds or mammals. See Arizona Laws 3-3601
B. The termite action report form shall include:
1. The address or location of the work or project.
2. The type and date of the work.
3. The name of the business licensee.
4. Any other information required by rule.
C. The director may:
1. Adjust the fee upward or downward to a level that is calculated to produce sufficient revenue to carry out the functions of wood-destroying organism regulation.
2. Establish tiered fees according to the means of submission to encourage electronic submission of the termite action report form.
3. Assess a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars per form for failing to submit the required form or fee, or both, within thirty calendar days.
D. If the business licensee who performs an initial corrective treatment performed the pretreatment or new-construction treatment at the same site and filed a termite action report form with the division documenting the pretreatment or new-construction treatment, the business licensee is exempt from this section with respect to the initial corrective treatment.