Massachusetts · statute · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 132B · 31 active provisions
Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Massachusetts Pesticide Control Act. The purpose of this chapter is to conform the laws of the commonwealth to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, Public Law 92–516, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder and to establis…
Section 2. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, when used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:— ''Active ingredient'', in the case of a pesticide other than a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant, an ingredient which prevents, destroys, repels, or mitigates a…
Section 3. There shall be within the department of food and agriculture a pesticide board which shall consist of the commissioner of environmental protection or his designee, the commissioner of food and agriculture or his designee, the director of the division of food and drugs or his designee, the commissioner of fis…
Section 3A. A subcommittee of the pesticide board shall be established and shall be charged with the responsibility of registering all pesticides for use in the commonwealth pursuant to section seven. Said subcommittee shall also be responsible for issuing all experimental use permits pursuant to section eight. Said su…
Section 4. The pesticide regulatory functions conferred upon the department under the provisions of this chapter shall be under the administrative supervision of a pesticide programs director who shall be qualified by training and experience to perform such duties. Said director shall be appointed by the commissioner w…
Section 5. The department with the approval of the board may cooperate and enter into cooperative agreements and contracts with appropriate federal agencies, the agencies of other states, interstate agencies, other agencies of the commonwealth or its political subdivisions, or private or nonprofit organizations in matt…
Section 5A. The department shall promote the use of biologic controls, integrated pest management, sustainable agriculture and other alternate pest control methods through education, technical assistance and research in order to reduce or eliminate, whenever possible, human or environmental exposures to chemical pestic…
Section 6. No person shall distribute a pesticide not registered pursuant to the provisions of section seven. This prohibition shall not apply to the transfer of a pesticide from one plant or warehouse to another plant or warehouse and used solely at such plant or warehouse as a constituent part to make a pesticide whi…
Section 6A. No person shall use a registered pesticide in a manner that is inconsistent with its labeling or other restrictions imposed by the department. No person shall use a pesticide which is the subject of an experimental use permit inconsistently with the terms and conditions of said permit. No individual certifi…
Section 6B. (a) No gas, electric, telephone or other utility company licensed to do business in the commonwealth, nor any agency of the commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions, nor any authority, as defined in section 39 of chapter 3, nor any private entity or their agent, shall spray, release, deposit or app…
Section 6C. (a) Pesticides shall not be sprayed, released, deposited or applied indoors while children are on the property of a school, child care center or school age child care program, except for those pesticides listed in section 6F. (b) Pesticides shall not be sprayed, released, deposited or applied on the outdoor…
Section 6D. Each school administration, child care center operator, or school age child care program operator shall ensure that standard written notification is posted in a common area of its facility at least two working days before the outdoor spraying, release, deposit or application of a pesticide and for at least…
Section 6E. (a) On or before November 1, 2001, each school, child care center and school age child care program in the commonwealth shall adopt and implement, in accordance with any regulations promulgated by the department pursuant to this chapter, an integrated pest management plan. The plan shall cover both indoor a…
Section 6F. Beginning November 1, 2001, pesticide products eligible for use indoors on the facility grounds of any school, child care center or school age child care program shall be limited to the following: (a) Anti-microbial pesticides; (b) Rodenticides placed in tamper resistant bait stations or placed in areas ina…
Section 6G. Beginning November 1, 2001, pesticide products eligible for use on the outdoor grounds of any school, child care center or school age child care program shall be limited to the following: (a) pesticides used in accordance with the facility's integrated pest management plan filed with the department and main…
Section 6H. (a) If a school official or an operator of a child care center or school age child care program determines that a human health emergency warrants the use of a pesticide not otherwise allowed under this chapter, or warrants its use sooner than two days after providing the required standard written notificati…
Section 6I. A written or electronic record of any and all chemical pesticide spraying, release, deposit or application made at a school, child care center or school age child care program in the commonwealth shall be maintained on site for a period of not less than five years, and shall be made available to the public…
Section 6J. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, sections 6C to 6I, inclusive, shall not apply to the spraying, release, deposit or application of any pesticide made as a part of a supervised training program at any of the state-aided and approved vocational-technical or agricultural schools in the com…
Section 6K. The department shall conduct a review of anti-microbial pesticides, as defined in section 2, to determine whether and to what extent they should be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
Section 7. Pesticides, including pesticides that are federally registered may be registered by the subcommittee of the pesticide board for use in the commonwealth. Each applicant for the registration of a pesticide shall annually file with the subcommittee an application providing thereon such information as said subco…
Section 7A. (a) Subject to appropriation, the department shall establish and implement a pesticide use reporting system for use by government agencies, researchers, policy makers and the public to ensure the public health and safety and to protect the environment of the commonwealth. In establishing and implementing th…
Section 8. Any person may apply to the subcommittee for an experimental use permit for a pesticide. Each applicant for an experimental use permit shall file with the department an application providing thereon such information as the department may require. Each applicant for an experimental use permit shall pay such r…
Section 9. A person may apply to the department to be a licensed pesticide dealer. Said applicants shall submit to the department a statement supplying such information thereon as the department may require. An applicant for such a license shall pay such registration fee, not to exceed twenty-five dollars, as the depar…
Section 10. (a) The department may issue certifications, licenses and permits to use pesticides to individuals in accordance with the standards and procedures contained in and established pursuant to this chapter. Each certification, license and permit issued pursuant to this section shall be valid only for the individ…
Section 11. The department shall by regulation establish such restrictions and prohibitions upon the disposal and storage of pesticides, packages and containers of pesticides, and materials used in the testing or application of pesticides as it deems necessary to protect health and the environment.