(a)  Any person issued a pesticide dealer’s license under the provisions of this chapter shall be required by the director to keep accurate records containing the following information:

(1)  The delivery, movement, or holding of any restricted use or state limited use pesticide, including the quantity;

(2)  The date of shipment and receipt;

(3)  The name of consignor and name and certification number of the consignee; and

(4)  Any other information necessary for the enforcement of this chapter as prescribed in regulations adopted by the director.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-23

  • Commercial applicator: means any person (whether or not that person is a private applicator with respect to some uses), including employees of any federal, state, county or municipal agency, department, office, division, section, bureau, board, or commission, who applies or supervises the application of any pesticide for any purpose or on any property other than as provided by the definition of "private applicator". See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4
  • Director: means the director of environmental management. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, association, fiduciary, corporation, governmental entity, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4
  • Pesticide: means :

    (i)  Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest; and

    (ii)  Any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4

  • State limited use pesticide: means any pesticide or pesticide use which, when used as directed or in accordance with a widespread and commonly recognized practice, the director determines, subsequent to a hearing, requires additional restrictions to prevent unreasonable adverse effects on the environment including humans, land, beneficial insects, animals, crops, and wildlife, other than pests. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-25-4

(b)  The director or his or her agent shall have access to the records at any reasonable time to copy or make copies of the records for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. Unless required for the enforcement of this chapter, that information shall be confidential and, if summarized, shall not identify an individual person.

(c)  The director shall require certified applicators to maintain records with respect to applications of “restricted use” and “state limited use” pesticides and may require those records on all pesticides. Any relevant information that the director may deem necessary may be specified by regulation. The records shall be kept for a period of at least two (2) years from the date of the application to which the records refer, and the director shall, upon a request in writing, immediately be furnished with a copy of the records by the certified applicator.

(d)  The director may require licensed commercial applicators to maintain records with respect to applications of all pesticides. Any relevant information that the director may deem necessary may be specified by regulation. The records shall be kept for a period of two (2) years from the date of the application to which the records refer, and the director shall, upon a request in writing, immediately be furnished with a copy of the records by the licensed commercial applicator.

History of Section.
P.L. 1976, ch. 191, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 23-41.1-23; P.L. 1979, ch. 39, § 1.