(1) No person shall act in the capacity of a structural pest management company, or shall engage or offer to engage in the business of, advertise as, or assume to act as a structural pest management company, without having registered as such with the department.
(2) Application for a structural pest management company registration shall be in the form and shall contain the information prescribed by the department. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75). All registrations issued under this section shall expire on December 31 of the year for which they are issued. The registration for a structural pest management company may be renewed annually upon application to the department, accompanied by a fee of seventy-five dollars ($75) for each registration, on or before the first day of January of the calendar year for which the registration is issued.
(3) No person shall be registered as a structural pest management company without proof of financial responsibility as required by KRS 217B.516.