(a) Whether or not engaged in the business of applying pesticides, a person may not apply a pesticide within any of the following buildings, except under the direct supervision of a person licensed to apply pesticides in accordance with this chapter:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-21-124

  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Pesticide: means any substance or mixture of substances or chemical intended for defoliating or desiccating plants or for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any insects, rodents, fungi, bacteria, weeds or other forms of plant or animal life the commissioner declares to be a pest. See Tennessee Code 62-21-102
  • Under the direct supervision: means any application or sale of a pesticide by a certified applicator acting under the instructions and control of a private applicator, commercial applicator or commercial pest control operator who is available if and when needed, if the applicator or operator is physically present or in direct communication by conventional means of communication. See Tennessee Code 62-21-102
(1) Any building used for the preparation or serving of food;
(2) Any building used for the temporary or permanent lodging of others;
(3) Any building used primarily for educational purposes, except those buildings used primarily for religious instruction or for providing education to no more than ten (10) persons; or
(4) Any commercial food processing facility.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the application of pesticides by an individual in the individual’s dwelling nor to the application of pesticides by the owner of a multi-unit dwelling in which the owner resides and that contains no more than three (3) additional units used for the temporary or permanent lodging of others.
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