A.  No person shall own or operate a business engaged in structural pest control work unless that person has a place of business permit for each location at which the person conducts business.

B.  Each place of business permit shall expire annually on the last day of June.

C.  Prior to being issued a place of business permit, each applicant shall file with the commission the following documents as evidence of financial responsibility:

(1)  A certificate of insurance written by an admitted or nonadmitted insurance company which has complied with the requirements of the Insurance Code, covering the applicant’s public liability for not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars per accident and not less than one hundred thousand dollars property damage.  The certificate of insurance shall provide for ten days written notice to the commission prior to cancellation.

(2)  A surety or fidelity bond issued by a bonding, surety, or insurance company authorized to do business in this state conditioned upon the faithful performance of all duties and obligations to clients and customers of the business and compliance with this Part and the rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this Part.  The bond shall be in the amount of two thousand dollars and of tenor and solvency acceptable to the commission and shall provide for ten days written notice to the commission prior to cancellation.  A certified copy of the bond shall be received as evidence in any court in lieu of the original.

D.  Each applicant for a place of business permit shall be a licensed structural pest control operator or shall employ at least one full-time licensed pest control operator.  No place of business permit shall be issued by the commission unless there is a licensee employed on a full-time basis at the place of business for which the permit is sought.

E.  If a person who holds a place of business permit no longer has a license or no longer employs a person who has a license on a full-time basis, the person who holds the place of business permit shall have ninety days or until the next meeting of the commission, whichever is longer, to obtain a license or to employ a person who has a license on a full-time basis.

F.  Each person who holds a place of business permit shall maintain accurate records for at least three years covering the possession, use, and disposition of restricted use pesticides and of all recommendations relative to the application of restricted use pesticides.

G.  Place of business permits are not transferable.

Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; HCR 259, 1985 R.S.; Acts 1986, No. 300, §1; Acts 2012, No. 147, §1, eff. May 14, 2012.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1984, No. 800, §5.}}