§ 17.21.230. Pesticide advisory board
(1) There is hereby created a pesticide advisory board consisting of four licensed pesticide applicators residing in the state (one shall be licensed to operate agricultural ground apparatus, one shall be an urban landscape applicator, one shall be licensed to operate aerial apparatus, and one shall be licensed for structural pest control), one licensed pest control consultant, one licensed pesticide dealer manager, one entomologist in public service, one toxicologist in public service, one pesticide coordinator from Washington State University, one member from the agricultural chemical industry, one member from the food processing industry, one member representing agricultural labor, one health care practitioner in private practice, two members from the environmental community, one producer of aquacultural products, and two producers of agricultural crops or products on which pesticides are applied.
(2) Such members shall be appointed by the director for terms of four years and may be appointed for successive four-year terms at the discretion of the director. The terms shall be staggered so that approximately one-fourth of the terms expire on June 30 of each calendar year. In making appointments, the director shall seek nominations from affected agricultural and environmental groups. The director may remove any member of the pesticide advisory board prior to the expiration of his or her term of appointment for cause. The pesticide advisory board shall also include the following nonvoting members: The director of the department of labor and industries or a duly authorized representative, the environmental health specialist from the department of health, the assistant director of the pesticide management division of the department, and the directors, or their appointed representatives, of the department[s] of fish and wildlife, natural resources, and ecology.
[1994 c 283 § 26; 1989 c 380 § 54; 1988 c 36 § 8; 1974 ex.s. c 20 § 1; 1971 ex.s. c 191 § 8; 1967 c 177 § 14; 1961 c 249 § 23.]
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