(a) The department may grant a certificate of registration for a spray yard apiary location to provide an area for holding hives during pesticide application to allow a safe haven for the health and safety of the bees.
(b) A spray yard apiary location shall not be used for planned honey production.
(c) Any hive shall not be held at a spray yard apiary location for more than sixteen (16) days after any pesticide application and the hive then shall be returned to the registered location.
(d) A general beekeeper shall notify the department or the apiary inspector when hives are moved to spray yard apiary locations.