Ohio Revised Code Chapter 921 - Pesticides

• Section 921.01 - Pesticide Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Active ingredient" means any ingredient that will prevent, destroy, kill, repel, control, or mitigate any pest, or that...
• Section 921.02 - Pesticide Registration.
  (A) No person shall distribute a pesticide within this state unless the pesticide is registered with the director of agriculture under this chapter. Registrations...
• Section 921.021 - Amended And Renumbered Rc 921.09.
  Effective Date: 07-01-2004
• Section 921.03 - Experimental Use Permits.
  Provided the state is authorized by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency to issue experimental use permits, the director of agriculture...
• Section 921.04 - Protection Of Trade Secrets Or Commercial Or Financial Information.
  (A) In submitting data required for product registration under this chapter, the applicant may: (1) Clearly mark any portions thereof which in his opinion...
• Section 921.05 - Refusal, Cancellation Or Suspension Of Registration.
  (A) If it appears to the director of agriculture that: (1) The pesticide does not warrant the proposed claims for it or if the...
• Section 921.06 - Commercial Applicator License.
  (A) (1) No individual shall do any of the following without having a commercial applicator license issued by the director of agriculture: (a) Apply...
• Section 921.07 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 07-01-2004
• Section 921.08 - Licensing Of Nonresident Applicators And Operators.
  Nonresident commercial applicators and nonresident private applicators who are licensed in another state having a state plan approved by the United States environmental protection...
• Section 921.09 - Pesticide Business License.
  (A) (1) No person shall own or operate a pesticide business without obtaining a license from the director of agriculture. Licenses shall be issued...
• Section 921.10 - Effective Liability Insurance Policy Or Other Evidence Of Financial Responsibility.
  (A) The director of agriculture shall not issue a pesticide business license until the applicant has submitted to the director an effective liability insurance...
• Section 921.11 - Applying Restricted Use Pesticides.
  (A) (1) No individual shall apply restricted use pesticides unless the individual is one of the following: (a) Licensed under section 921.06 of the...
• Section 921.12 - Examinations.
  (A) The director of agriculture shall require each applicant for a license under section 921.06 or 921.11 of the Revised Code to be examined...
• Section 921.13 - Pesticide Dealer License.
  (A) Any person who is acting in the capacity of a pesticide dealer or who advertises or assumes to act as a pesticide dealer...
• Section 921.14 - Records.
  (A) Each commercial applicator shall keep a record of both of the following: (1) All diagnostic inspections conducted to determine infestations of pests as...
• Section 921.15 - Pesticides Having Unreasonable Adverse Effects On Environment Prohibited.
  No person shall transport, store, dispose of, display, or distribute any pesticide or pesticide container in such a manner as to have unreasonable adverse...
• Section 921.151 - Amended And Renumbered Rc .
  Effective Date: 07-01-2004
• Section 921.16 - Administrative Rules.
  (A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules the director determines necessary for the effective enforcement and administration of this chapter. The rules may...
• Section 921.17 - Director May Delegate Authority.
  All authority vested in the director of agriculture by virtue of sections 921.01 to 921.29 of the Revised Code may with like force and...
• Section 921.18 - Director Of Agriculture - Powers And Duties.
  (A) The director of agriculture may: (1) In order to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, enter any public or...
• Section 921.19 - Government Use Of Pesticides.
  Every state agency, municipal corporation, and other governmental agency and political subdivision is subject to this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder with respect...
• Section 921.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1995
• Section 921.21 - Director May Cooperate With Federal And State Agencies - Agreements.
  The director of agriculture may cooperate with, and enter into cooperative agreements with any official agency of the federal government, of this state or...
• Section 921.22 - Pesticide Program Fund.
  The pesticide, fertilizer, and lime program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under...
• Section 921.23 - Disciplinary Actions.
  The director of agriculture may suspend, prior to a hearing, for not longer than ten days, and after the opportunity for a hearing may...
• Section 921.24 - Prohibited Acts.
  No person shall do any of the following: (A) Apply, use, directly supervise such application or use, or recommend a pesticide for use inconsistent...
• Section 921.25 - Civil Penalties.
  (A) (1) Whenever the director of agriculture has cause to believe that any person has violated, or is violating, this chapter or any rule...
• Section 921.26 - Exceptions.
  (A) The penalties provided for violations of this chapter do not apply to any of the following: (1) Any carrier while lawfully engaged in...
• Section 921.27 - Seizing Illegal Pesticides.
  (A) If the director of agriculture has reasonable cause to believe that a pesticide or device is being distributed, stored, transported, or used in...
• Section 921.28 - Statement Of Alleged Damages.
  A person who claims damages from a pesticide application shall notify the director of agriculture and the pesticide applicator by submitting an oral or...
• Section 921.29 - Fines, Penalties, Costs, And Damages Are Lien Of State.
  Fines, penalties, costs, and damages assessed against a person in consequence of violations of this chapter, as provided in this chapter or any other...
• Section 921.30 - Discretion Of Director.
  Nothing in this chapter or any rule adopted under it shall be construed to require the director of agriculture to report any findings to...
• Section 921.31 - Child Support Default.
  On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the director of agriculture shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50...
• Section 921.41 To 921.53 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-01-1976
• Section 921.60 - Pest Control Compact - Pest Control Insurance Fund.
  The pest control compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form as follows:...
• Section 921.61 - Cooperation With Insurance Fund.
  Consistent with the law and within available appropriations, the departments, agencies, and officers of this state may cooperate with the insurance fund established by...
• Section 921.62 - Copies Of Bylaws And Amendments To Be Filed With Secretary Of State.
  Pursuant to Article IV (h) of the pest control compact, copies of bylaws and amendments thereto shall be filed with the secretary of state....
• Section 921.63 - Director Of Agriculture To Serve As Pest Control Compact Administrator.
  The director of agriculture shall serve as the pest control compact administrator for this state and expenses he incurs in so serving shall be...
• Section 921.64 - Director May Request Or Apply For Assistance From Insurance Fund.
  The director of agriculture, with the approval of the governor, may make a request or application for assistance from the insurance fund under Article...
• Section 921.65 - Executive Head Means The Governor.
  As used in the pest control compact, with reference to this state, "executive head" means the governor. Effective Date: 11-21-1973
• Section 921.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates this chapter or rules adopted under it, except division (G) or (P) of section 921.24 of the Revised Code, is guilty...

Last modified: October 10, 2016