Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.010
Short title
This chapter may be known and cited as the Washington Pesticide Control Act.
Revised Code of Washington Chapter 15.58 — Washington Pesticide Control Act
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Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.020
Declaration of public interest
The formulation, distribution, storage, transportation, and disposal of any pesticide and the dissemination of accurate scientific information as to the proper use, or nonuse, of any pesticide, is important and vital to the maintenance of a high level of public health and welfare both immediate and future, and is hereb…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.030
Definitions
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.(1) "Active ingredient" means any ingredient which will prevent, destroy, repel, control, or mitigate pests, or which will act as a plant regulator, defoliant, desiccant, or spray adjuvant.(2) "Antidote" means th…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.040
Director's authority—Rules
(1) The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter. All the authority and requirements provided for in chapter 34.05 RCW (Administrative Procedure Act) and chapter 42.30 RCW shall apply to this chapter in the adoption of rules including those requiring due…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.045
Disposal of unusable pesticides—Rules
The director of agriculture may adopt rules to allow the department of agriculture to take possession and dispose of canceled, suspended, or otherwise unusable pesticides held by persons licensed under chapter 15.58 RCW or regulated under chapter 17.21 RCW. For purposes of this section, the department may become licens…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.050
Registration of pesticides—Generally
Every pesticide which is distributed within this state or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state shall be registered with the director subject to the provisions of this chapter. However, registration is not required if:…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.060
Statement for registration—Contents
(1) The applicant for registration shall file a statement with the department which shall include:(a) The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the applicant's;(b) The name of the pesticide;(c) The complete formula of the pesticide, i…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.065
Protection of privileged or confidential information
(1) In submitting data required by this chapter, the applicant may:(a) Mark clearly any portions which in the applicant's opinion are trade secrets or commercial or financial information; and(b) Submit such marked material separately from other material required to be submitted under this chapter.(2) Notwithstanding an…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.070
Pesticide annual registration fee—Expiration of registrations—Deposit in agricultural local fund
(1) All registrations issued by the department expire December 31st of the following year except that registrations issued by the department to a registrant who is applying to register an additional pesticide during the second year of the registrant's registration period shall expire December 31st of that year.(2) An a…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.080
Additional fee for late registration renewal
If the renewal of a pesticide registration or special needs registration is not filed by the day the registration expires, an additional fee of fifty dollars shall be assessed and added to the original fee. The additional fee shall be paid by the applicant before the registration renewal for that pesticide shall be iss…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.090
Certain agencies may register without fee—Not subject to RCW 15.58.180
All federal, state, and county agencies shall register without fee all pesticides sold by them and they shall not be subject to the license provisions of RCW 15.58.180.
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.100
Criterion for registering
(1) The director shall require the information required under RCW 15.58.060 and shall register the label or labeling for such pesticide if he or she determines that:(a) Its composition is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it;(b) Its labeling and other material required to be submitted comply with the requireme…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.110
Refusing or canceling registration—Procedure
(1) If it does not appear to the director that the pesticide is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it or if the pesticide and its labeling and other material required to be submitted do not comply with the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, the registrant shall be notified of the ma…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.120
Suspension of registration when hazard to public health
The director may, when the director determines that there is or may be an imminent hazard to the public health and welfare, suspend on the director's own motion, the registration of a pesticide in conformance with the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW.
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.130
"Misbranded" as applicable to pesticides, devices, or spray adjuvants
The term "misbranded" shall apply:(1) To any pesticide or device if its labeling bears any statement, design, or graphic representation relative thereto or to its ingredients which is false or misleading in any particular;(2) To any pesticide:(a) If it is an imitation of or is offered for sale under the name of another…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.140
"Adulterated" as applicable to pesticides
The term "adulterated" shall apply to any pesticide if its strength or purity deviates from the professed standard or quality as expressed on its labeling or under which it is sold, or if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part for the pesticide, or if any valuable constituent of the pesticide has been who…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.150
Unlawful practices
(1) It is unlawful for any person to distribute within the state or deliver for transportation or transport in intrastate commerce or between points within this state through any point outside this state any of the following:(a) Any pesticide which has not been registered pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;(b)…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.160
Violations of chapter—"Stop sale, use or removal" order
When the director has reasonable cause to believe a pesticide or device is being distributed, stored, or transported in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or of any of the prescribed rules under this chapter, the director may issue and serve a written "stop sale, use or removal" order upon the owner or…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.170
"Stop sale, use or removal" order—Adjudication
(1) After service of a "stop sale, use or removal" order is made upon any person, either that person or the director may file an action in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county in which a violation of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter is alleged to have occurred for an adjudication of the alleg…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.180
Pesticide dealer license—Generally
(1) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5) of this section, it is unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of a pesticide dealer or advertise as or assume to act as a pesticide dealer without first having obtained an annual license from the director. The license expires on the business license expiration d…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.200
Pesticide dealer manager—License qualifications
The director shall require each pesticide dealer manager to demonstrate to the director knowledge of pesticide laws and rules; pesticide hazards; and the safe distribution, use and application, and disposal of pesticides by satisfactorily passing a written examination after which the director shall issue a license of q…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.205
Structural pest inspector licenses—Required—Exemptions
(1) No individual may perform services as a structural pest inspector or advertise that they perform services of a structural pest inspector without obtaining a structural pest inspector license from the director. The license expires annually on a date set by rule by the director. Application for a license must be on a…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.206
Structural pest inspector licenses—Exemption—Home inspectors
A person licensed as a home inspector under chapter 18.280 RCW is exempt from licensing as a structural pest inspector except when reporting on the identification of or damage by wood destroying insects.
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.207
Structural pest inspector licenses—Examination
The director shall require each applicant for a structural pest inspector license to demonstrate to the director the applicant's knowledge of applicable laws and regulations; structural pest identification and damage; and conditions conducive to the development of wood destroying organisms by satisfactorily passing a w…
Wash. Rev. Code § 15.58.210
Pest control consultant licenses—Required—Exemptions
(1) No individual may perform services as a pest control consultant without obtaining a license from the director. The license expires annually on a date set by rule by the director. Application for a license must be on a form prescribed by the director and must be accompanied by a fee of sixty-eight dollars.(2) The fo…
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