Structural Pest Control Act
Florida · Pest Control · §§ 482.011 to 482.243 · 35 sections
Overview
The act regulates the business of structural pest control — the commercial identification, prevention, and treatment of pests in, on, and around buildings and other structures, chiefly through the application of pesticides. It requires businesses to hold a license, centralizes licensing authority and fee-setting in a designated committee, and provides for rulemaking on licensing standards, environmental and advertising practices, inspection of license holders, and liability for misapplication of pesticides, backed by subpoena and enforcement powers. It also exempts a range of activities — work on one's own or an employer's premises, agricultural and ordinary household use, beekeeping and falconry, and low-risk or non-pesticide methods — and directs the regulator toward integrated pest management, including programs for school districts, along with public information, complaint-handling, and public participation procedures.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- Fla. Stat. § 482.011Short title
- Fla. Stat. § 482.021Definitions
- Fla. Stat. § 482.032Enforcement
- Fla. Stat. § 482.051Rules
- Fla. Stat. § 482.061Inspectors
- Fla. Stat. § 482.071Licenses
- Fla. Stat. § 482.072Pest control customer contact centers
- Fla. Stat. § 482.0815Permit to perform preventive termite treatment services for new construction only
- Fla. Stat. § 482.091Employee identification cards
- Fla. Stat. § 482.111Pest control operator’s certificate
- Fla. Stat. § 482.121Misuse of certificate
- Fla. Stat. § 482.132Qualifications for examination and certification
- Fla. Stat. § 482.141Examinations
- Fla. Stat. § 482.151Special identification card for performance of fumigation
- Fla. Stat. § 482.152Duties of certified operator in charge of pest control activities of licensee
- Fla. Stat. § 482.155Limited certification for governmental pesticide applicators or private applicators
- Fla. Stat. § 482.156Limited certification for commercial landscape maintenance personnel
- Fla. Stat. § 482.1562Limited certification for urban landscape commercial fertilizer application
- Fla. Stat. § 482.157Limited certification for commercial wildlife management personnel
- Fla. Stat. § 482.161Disciplinary grounds and actions; reinstatement
- Fla. Stat. § 482.163Responsibility for pest control activities of employee
- Fla. Stat. § 482.165Unlicensed practice of pest control; cease and desist order; injunction; civil suit and penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 482.1821Closing pest control business without providing for contracts and liabilities
- Fla. Stat. § 482.183Limitations
- Fla. Stat. § 482.191Violation and penalty
- Fla. Stat. § 482.211Exemptions
- Fla. Stat. § 482.226Wood-destroying organism inspection report; notice of inspection or treatment; financial responsibility
- Fla. Stat. § 482.2265Consumer information; notice of application of pesticide
- Fla. Stat. § 482.2267Registry of persons requiring prior notification of the application of pesticides
- Fla. Stat. § 482.227Guarantees and warranties
- Fla. Stat. § 482.231Use of fogging machines
- Fla. Stat. § 482.2401Disposition and use of revenues from fees and fines
- Fla. Stat. § 482.241Liberal interpretation
- Fla. Stat. § 482.242Preemption
- Fla. Stat. § 482.243Pest Control Enforcement Advisory Council
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