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Tex. Occ. Code § 1951.455

PEST CONTROL INFORMATION FOR INDOOR TREATMENTS: CERTAIN OTHER BUILDINGS

Known as the Texas Structural Pest Control Act

The act spans §§ 1951.001 to 1951.603 (79 sections).

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff

(a) For an indoor treatment at a building that is a hospital, nursing home, hotel, motel, lodge, warehouse, food-processing establishment, school, or day-care center, a certified applicator or technician shall make available a pest control information sheet developed under Section 1951.254 and a pest control sign developed under that section to the chief administrator or building manager. The chief administrator or building manager shall notify the persons who work in the building of the treatment by:

(1) posting the sign in an area of common access that the persons are likely to check on a regular basis at least 48 hours before each planned treatment; and

(2) providing the information sheet to a person working in the building on request of the person.

(b) Personnel at a school or day-care center shall inform the parent, guardian, or managing conservator of each child attending the school or center, at the time the child is registered, that:

(1) the school or center periodically applies pesticides indoors; and

(2) information on the application of the pesticides is available at the request of the parent, guardian, or managing conservator.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.