Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 17 Weeds, Rodents, And Pests - Chapter 17.21 Washington Pesticide Application Act

17.21.010 Declaration of police power and purpose
The application and the control of the use of various pesticides is important and vital to the maintenance of a high level of public health ...

17.21.020 Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Agricultural commodity" means any plant or part of a ...

17.21.030 Director's authority -- Rules
The director shall administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter. (1) The director may adopt rules: (a) Governing ...

17.21.040 Rules subject to administrative procedure act
All rules adopted under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 34.05 RCW as enacted or hereafter amended, concerning ...

17.21.050 Hearings -- Administrative procedure act
All hearings for the imposition of a civil penalty and/or the suspension, denial, or revocation of a license, certification, or permit issued under the provisions ...

17.21.060 Subpoenas -- Witness fees
The director may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and/or production of books, documents, and records anywhere in the state in any hearing ...

17.21.065 Classification of licenses
The director may classify licenses to be issued under the provisions of this chapter. These classifications may include but are not limited to pest control ...

17.21.070 Commercial pesticide applicator license -- Requirements
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of applying pesticides to the land of another without a commercial pesticide applicator ...

17.21.080 Commercial pesticide applicator license -- Application -- Form
Application for a commercial pesticide applicator license provided for in RCW 17.21.070 shall be on a form prescribed by the director. (1) The application shall ...

17.21.091 Commercial pesticide applicator license -- Persons who may apply under license authority
(1) No commercial pesticide applicator shall allow a person to apply pesticides under the authority of the commercial pesticide applicator's license unless the commercial pesticide ...

17.21.100 Recordkeeping by licensees and agricultural users
(1) Certified applicators licensed under the provisions of this chapter, persons required to be licensed under this chapter, all persons applying pesticides to more than ...

17.21.110 Commercial pesticide operator license -- Requirements
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as an employee of a commercial pesticide applicator and apply pesticides manually or as the operator ...

17.21.122 Private-commercial pesticide applicator license -- Requirements
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a private-commercial pesticide applicator without having obtained a private-commercial pesticide applicator license from the director. ...

17.21.126 Private applicator, limited private applicator, or rancher private applicator -- Requirements--Application for license--Fees
It is unlawful for any person to act as a private applicator, limited private applicator, or rancher private applicator without first complying with requirements determined ...

17.21.128 Renewal of certificate or license -- Recertification standards
(1) The director may renew any certification or license issued under authority of this chapter subject to the recertification standards identified in subsection (2) of ...

17.21.129 Demonstration and research license -- Requirements
Except as provided in RCW 17.21.203, it is unlawful for a person to use or supervise the use of any experimental use pesticide or any ...

17.21.130 Revocation, suspension, or denial
Any license, permit, or certification provided for in this chapter may be revoked or suspended, and any license, permit, or certification application may be denied ...

17.21.132 License, certification -- Applications -- Expiration dates
Any person applying for a license or certification authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall file an application on a form prescribed by the ...

17.21.134 Licenses -- Examination requirements
(1) The director shall not issue a commercial pesticide applicator license until the applicant, if he or she is the sole owner and manager of ...

17.21.140 Renewal -- Delinquency
(1) If the application for renewal of any license provided for in this chapter is not filed on or prior to the expiration date of ...

17.21.150 Violation of chapter -- Unlawful acts
A person who has committed any of the following acts is declared to be in violation of this chapter: (1) Made false or fraudulent claims ...

17.21.160 Commercial pesticide applicator license -- Financial responsibility
The director shall not issue a commercial pesticide applicator license until the applicant has furnished evidence of financial responsibility. (1) Evidence of financial responsibility shall ...

17.21.170 Commercial pesticide applicator license -- Amount of bond or insurance required -- Notice of reduction or cancellation by surety or insurer
The following requirements apply to the amount of bond or insurance required for commercial applicators: (1) The amount of the surety bond or liability insurance, ...

17.21.180 Commercial pesticide applicator license -- Suspension of license for failure to meet financial responsibility criteria
The commercial pesticide applicator license shall, whenever the licensee's surety bond or insurance policy is reduced below the requirements of RCW 17.21.170 or whenever the ...

17.21.190 Damages due to use or application of pesticide -- Report of loss required
Any person suffering property loss or damage resulting from the use or application by others of any pesticide shall file with the director a verified ...

17.21.200 Commercial pesticide applicator license -- Exemptions
The provisions of this chapter relating to commercial pesticide applicator licenses and requirements for their issuance shall not apply to: (1) Any forest landowner, or ...

17.21.203 Government research personnel -- Requirements
The licensing provisions of this chapter shall not apply to research personnel of federal, state, county, or municipal agencies when performing pesticide research in their ...

17.21.220 Application of chapter to governmental entities -- Public operator license required -- Exemption -- Liability
(1) All state agencies, municipal corporations, and public utilities or any other governmental agency shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and rules ...

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 ...

17.21.240 Pesticide advisory board -- Vacancies
Upon the death, resignation or removal for cause of any member of the pesticide advisory board, the director shall attempt to fill such vacancy, within ...

17.21.250 Pesticide advisory board -- Duties
The pesticide advisory board shall advise the director on any or all problems relating to the use and application of pesticides in the state.[1989 c ...

17.21.260 Pesticide advisory board -- Officers, meetings
The pesticide advisory board shall elect one of its members as chair. The members of the board shall meet at such time and at such ...

17.21.270 Pesticide advisory board -- Travel expenses
No person appointed to the pesticide advisory board shall receive a salary or other compensation as a member of the board: PROVIDED, That each member ...

17.21.280 Disposition of revenue, enforcement of chapter -- District court fees, fines, penalties and forfeitures
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all moneys collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid to the director ...

17.21.290 Pesticide application apparatuses -- License plate as identification
All licensed apparatuses shall be identified by a license plate furnished by the director, at no cost to the licensee, which plate shall be affixed ...

17.21.300 Agreements with other governmental entities
The director is authorized to cooperate with and enter into agreements with any other agency of the state, the United States, and any other state ...

17.21.305 Licensing by cities of first class and counties
The provisions of this chapter requiring all structural pest control operators, exterminators and fumigators to license with the department shall not preclude a city of ...

17.21.310 General penalty
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any person who violates any provisions or requirements of this chapter or rules adopted hereunder ...

17.21.315 Civil penalty for failure to comply with chapter
Every person who fails to comply with this chapter or the rules adopted under it may be subjected to a civil penalty, as determined by ...

17.21.320 Access to public or private premises -- Search warrants -- Prosecuting attorney's duties -- Injunctions
(1) For purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter the director may enter upon any public or private premises at reasonable times, in ...

17.21.340 Violation of chapter -- Remedies
(1) A person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter: (a) May request an inspection of the area ...

17.21.350 Report to legislature
By February 1st of each year the department shall report to the appropriate committees of the house of representatives and the senate on the activities ...

17.21.400 Landscape or right-of-way applications -- Notice
(1)(a) A certified applicator making a landscape application shall display the name and telephone number of the applicator or the applicator's employer on any power ...

17.21.410 Landscape applications -- Marking of property, posting requirements
(1) A certified applicator making a landscape application to: (a) Residential property shall at the time of the application place a marker at the usual ...

17.21.415 Schools -- Policies and methods -- Notification -- Records -- Liability
(1) As used in this section, "school" means a licensed day care center or a public kindergarten or a public elementary or secondary school. (2) ...

17.21.420 Pesticide-sensitive individuals -- List procedure
(1) The department shall develop a list of pesticide-sensitive individuals. The list shall include any person with a documented pesticide sensitivity who submits information to ...

17.21.430 Pesticide-sensitive individuals -- Notification
(1) A certified applicator making a landscape application or a right-of-way application to the pesticide notification area, as defined in RCW 17.21.420(2), of a person ...

17.21.440 Agricultural workers and handlers of agricultural pesticides -- Coordination of regulation and enforcement with department of labor and industries
(1) As used in this section, "federal worker protection standard" or "federal standard" means the worker protection standard for agricultural workers and handlers of agricultural ...

17.21.900 Preexisting liabilities not affected
The enactment of this act shall not have the effect of terminating, or in any way modifying, any liability, civil or criminal, which shall already ...

17.21.920 Short title
This chapter may be cited as the Washington pesticide application act.[1961 c 249 § 33.] ...

17.21.930 Severability -- 1961 c 249
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act, or the application ...

17.21.931 Severability -- 1967 c 177
If any provision of this amendatory act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this act, or the ...

17.21.932 Severability -- 1979 c 92
If any provision of this 1979 act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the ...

17.21.933 Severability -- 1989 c 380
See RCW 15.58.942. ...