11731-11741
FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE
SECTION 11731-11741
11731. "Commissioner," as used in this article, includes the director in any county in which there is no commissioner. 11732. It is unlawful for any person to advertise, solicit, or operate as a pest control business in any county unless the person has registered with the commissioner for the current calendar year. The registration shall be in the form prescribed by the commissioner and shall show all of the following information: (a) Name and address of the registrant. (b) Number and kind of units to be operated in the county. (c) Type of pests that are intended to be controlled. (d) Any other information as the commissioner may require. 11733. The registrant shall keep and maintain a record of each property treated that shows all the information required by the director or commissioner. The registrant shall report the information to the commissioner or the director when and in the form as required. 11734. The board of supervisors of any county may establish reasonable fees for the registration required under Section 11732. Payment of the fee shall be due by the date designated by the commissioner. However, registration fees for pest control businesses licensed pursuant to Section 11704 shall be that amount necessary to cover the costs of registration, but shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25) per year. 11735. A pest control operator registration may be refused, revoked, or suspended by the commissioner, if the commissioner makes any of the following findings: (a) That the equipment of the registrant or applicant is unsuitable. (b) That the operators employed by him are incompetent or unqualified. (c) That the registrant or the applicant has not complied with any provision of this division or of Division 7 (commencing with Section 12501) pertaining to pesticides, or with regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions, or with any lawful order of the commissioner. 11737. The commissioner or director may order any person or the agent or employee of any licensee or registrant or person, to cease operation of any equipment or facility which he finds unsuitable, or which he finds being operated in any of the following ways: (a) By an incompetent or unqualified person. (b) In violation of this division or Division 7 (commencing with Section 12501) relating to pesticides or any regulation issued thereunder or any regulation of the commissioner. (c) In a manner or under conditions which may interfere with proper control of the pest for which treatment is applied. (d) In a manner or under conditions which may cause injury, illness, or adverse effects to persons or animals, or cause damage to crops or property being treated, or to crops or property of others. 11737.5. It is unlawful for any person to violate any order of a commissioner or the director made pursuant to Section 11737. The commissioner or director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any order made pursuant to Section 11737 in the superior court in the county in which the order was issued or the violation has occurred or is threatened, and the court may enjoin such violation or threatened violation upon such showing and without further evidence of irreparable injury. The court may compel specific performance of any acts or course of conduct necessary to protect persons, animals, crops, or property. 11738. The regulations of the commissioner may provide for the qualification, by examination or otherwise of the following persons: (a) Registrants. (b) Persons in charge of the pest control operations of registrants within the county. (c) Persons employed by registrants to operate pest control equipment, other than aircraft, within the county. 11739. The regulations of the commissioner may provide that it is a ground for cancellation of registration to operate pest control equipment within the county unless either: (a) A person qualified pursuant to Section 11738 is in charge of the operations. (b) Each unit which is operated within the county is under personal direction of a person qualified pursuant to Section 11738. 11740. Any certificate of qualification which is issued pursuant to Section 11738 may be revoked or suspended, or its issuance or renewal refused, if the commissioner finds that the applicant or holder of the certificate is incompetent or has violated any provision of this division, or any regulation which is issued pursuant to it, or has not complied with any lawful order of the commissioner. 11741. Any person whose certificate has been revoked, suspended, or refused may appeal to the director within 10 days for a hearing.