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Food and Agricultural Code - FAC

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• § 12814 — Any county, state, or federal officer or employee who sells any pesticide at cost is not required to pay any fee that is imposed by this chapter.
• § 12815 — If a manufacturer, importer, or dealer in pesticides that applies for registration of pesticides has complied with this chapter and the regulations that are adopted pursuant to it, the director shall
• § 12816 — If the director finds that registration cannot be permitted due to noncompliance with this chapter or the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it, he or she may, after reasonable notice, call a h
• § 12817 — Every registration expires on December 31st of each year except when renewal is applied for within one month thereafter in the manner which is provided for registration.
• § 12818 — If renewal is not applied for within one calendar month after the expiration of a registration, a penalty as prescribed by the director pursuant to Section 12812 shall be added to the registration fee
• § 12819 — A penalty shall not be collected if the person that makes application for renewal of registration makes an affidavit that no business was done during the period of nonregistration.
• § 12820 — The payment of any renewal fee or penalty is not a bar to any prosecution for doing business without proper registry.
• § 12821 — Each applicant for a certificate of registration shall also file a statement of every brand, trademark, and kind of pesticide that the applicant intends to manufacture or sell, the correct name and pe
• § 12822 — A supplemental application for registration of any additional pesticide may be submitted at any time without payment of the penalty required by Section 12818.
• § 12823 — A change in the name or percentage, or both, of an inert ingredient is not a change in composition of the pesticide that requires a new registration unless the change in inert material results in a ch
• § 12824 — (a) The director shall endeavor to eliminate from use in the state any pesticide that endangers the agricultural or nonagricultural environment, is not beneficial for the purposes for which it is sold
• § 12824.5 — (a) (1) On or before July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, until July 2, 2029, the department shall annually identify and initiate the reevaluation of potential adverse effects of at least one pestic
• § 12825 — (a) Pursuant to Section 12824, the director, after a hearing, may cancel the registration of, or refuse to register, a pesticide if any of the following conditions apply: (1) The pesticide has signifi
• § 12825.5 — (a) If, during the registration process or at any time after the registration of a pesticide, the registrant has factual or scientific evidence of any adverse effect or risk of the pesticide to human
• § 12826 — If the director has reason to believe that any of the conditions stated in Section 12825 are applicable to any registered pesticide and that the use or continued use of that pesticide constitutes an i
• § 12827 — The director may cancel a certificate of registration, or, refuse to issue certification to any manufacturer, importer, or dealer in any pesticide that repeatedly violates any of the provisions of thi
• § 12827.5 — Whenever the director cancels the registration of, or refuses to register, any pesticide currently registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the director shall provide the appli
• § 12828 — Action by the director pursuant to Sections 12824, 12825, 12826, or 12827 is not a condition precedent to the institution of any action to prosecute a violation of the chapter.
• § 12828.5 — (a) A registrant at any time may request that the registration of any of its pesticides be voluntarily canceled.
• § 12829 — If a person has a research authorization for a pesticide issued pursuant to Section 6260 of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations for the purpose of testing the pesticide, and the produce on w
• § 12832 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, alfalfa and all vegetable crops, when grown for seed production, with the exception of corn, beans, pumpkin, and peas, shall be considered a no
• § 12833 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the director may issue a certificate of emergency registration for a pesticide if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The pesticide is
• § 12836 — (a) The director, by January 1, 1999, shall implement a program for the expedited registration of or for the expedited amendment of the registration of any pesticide classified by the United States En
• § 12836.5 — The director shall accept applications for registration of pesticide products containing a new active ingredient concurrently with the application to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
• § 12836.6 — The director shall, with the assistance of the Legislative Analyst, conduct a study to consider more carefully the consequences of data-sharing agreements required under Section 12811.
• § 12837 — (a) The director may waive the submission or review, or both, of efficacy data developed by a registrant as a prerequisite for registration for any antimicrobial pesticide product if all of the follow
• § 12838 — (a) On or before July 1, 2018, the department shall issue a determination with respect to its reevaluation of neonicotinoids.
• § 12839 — (a) On and after July 1, 2027, the department shall meet the following timelines to review and evaluate, and issue final decisions on, applications to register new pesticide products or amend existing
• § 12840 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, when the department hires staff due to the mill increases described in Section 12841 and registration fee increases in 2024, the department prioritize hir
• § 12841 — (a) A person shall not sell for use in this state any pesticide products that have been registered by the director for which the mill assessment established by this article, and the regulations adopte
• § 12841.1 — (a) The director may collect an assessment, in addition to the mill assessment collected pursuant to Section 12841, for all pesticide sales for use in this state except for sales for use in this state
• § 12841.2 — (a) The Department of Pesticide Regulation shall create a program to conduct outreach and education activities for worker safety, environmental safety, school safety, and proper pesticide handling and
• § 12841.3 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 2282, 12784, and 12841, the director shall pay from the revenue collected from the mill assessment in the Department of Pesticide Regulation Fund an amount not to exceed t
• § 12841.4 — (a) Every registrant of any production agricultural- or structural-use pesticide product sold for use in this state that is packaged in rigid, nonrefillable, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) container
• § 12842 — Every person who sells for use in this state any pesticide products that have been registered by the director shall maintain in this state, or with the director’s permission at another location, an ac
• § 12843 — The payments required by this article, together with a return in a form prescribed by the director, shall be made quarterly one calendar month after March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of
• § 12844 — The director and the county agricultural commissioners shall jointly develop regulations specifying the criteria to be used in allocating pesticide mill assessment funds to the counties based upon eac
• § 12844.5 — Notwithstanding Section 12784, the funds paid to the counties under Section 12844 shall also be considered as reimbursement for costs incurred by the counties in the administration and enforcement of
• § 12845 — (a) The director may adopt regulations that require persons subject to this article to provide information determined by the director to be necessary to enable the director to perform the audit author
• § 12847 — Sales invoices for pesticides first sold into or within this state shall show that the assessments specified in Sections 12841 and 12841.
• § 12851 — The registrant of any pesticide shall attach to each separate lot, and each separate, finished, sealed, or closed container or package of pesticide that the registrant intends to sell within this stat
• § 12852 — The registrant of any pesticide that is sold or delivered to a consumer in this state shall furnish printed directions for use, and dilution if any, upon the label, or shall enclose the printed direct
• § 12853 — A registrant of pesticides may print upon the label of any sealed or closed container or package of pesticide that the registrant intends to sell within this state, or upon the label of any opened lot
• § 12854 — No limitations of warranty by the seller shall exclude or waive either of the following implied warranties: (a) That the pesticide corresponds to all claims and descriptions that the registrant has ma
• § 12855 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the registrant is not liable for any injury or damage that is suffered solely by reason of any of the following: (a) The use of the pesticide for a purpos
• § 12856 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 12857, a pesticide shall not be sold unless it is in a registrant’s sealed or closed container or package.
• § 12857 — The director , pursuant to regulations prescribed by him or her, may authorize sales of pesticides to be made out of a registrant’s opened but properly labeled lot, container, or package.
• § 12858 — The statement of ingredients in any pesticide that is intended and sold for internal administration to animals may be given in terms of dosage in lieu of percentage by weight as required by Article 4
• § 12859 — The director shall adopt regulations governing the labeling of service containers.
• § 12881 — A pesticide is misbranded in any of the following cases: (a) The package or label bears any false or misleading statement, design, or device regarding the article or any ingredient or substance that i
• § 12882 — A pesticide is also misbranded in any of the following cases: (a) The contents of the package as originally put up have been removed in whole or in part and other contents placed in the package.
• § 12883 — Except as otherwise provided in Section 12884 , a pesticide is also misbranded when the label fails to state one of the following: (a) The name and percentage of each active ingredient, together with
• § 12884 — If the preparation is highly toxic to humans, as determined by regulations of the director, a pesticide is misbranded if the label fails to state the name and percentage of each active ingredient toge
• § 12885 — In addition to the other provisions of this article, a spray adjuvant is misbranded if the label fails to state the type or function and the names of the principal functioning agents.
• § 12911 — A pesticide is adulterated in any of the following cases: (a) Its strength or purity falls below the standard or quality that it is represented to have.
• § 12931 — The director may take samples of pesticides, make analyses or examinations of them, and make such investigations as are necessary for the full enforcement of this chapter.
• § 12961 — The director may seize and quarantine any pesticide that is adulterated, misbranded, or detrimental to agriculture or to the public health, or which is otherwise not in conformity with any provision o
• § 12971 — No recommendation shall be in conflict with the registered labeling for the product being recommended.
• § 12972 — The use of any pesticide by any person shall be in such a manner as to prevent substantial drift to nontarget areas.
• § 12973 — The use of any pesticide shall not conflict with labeling registered pursuant to this chapter which is delivered with the pesticide or with any additional limitations applicable to the conditions of a
• § 12974 — Failure of a person using a pesticide to possess a written recommendation shall create a rebuttable presumption that he or she has assumed responsibility for the recommendation.
• § 12975 — A person making a written recommendation does not incur an obligation to insure that the actual use follows his or her recommendation.
• § 12976 — The director may adopt regulations to govern the possession, sale, or use of any pesticide which the director finds necessary to carry out the purposes of Division 6 (commencing with Section 11401) or
• § 12977 — The director, and the commissioner of each county under the direction and supervision of the director, shall enforce the provisions of this article and the regulations adopted pursuant to it.
• § 12978 — Pesticide applications on public property which take place on school grounds, parks, or other public rights-of-way where public exposure is foreseeable shall be posted with warning signs.
• § 12978.7 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Chlorophacinone” means a pesticide product containing chlorophacinone.
• § 12979 — A pesticide use report shall be submitted to the commissioner or director on a form and in a manner prescribed by the director.
• § 12980 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary and desirable to provide for the safe use of pesticides and for safe working conditions for farmworkers, pest control applicators, and ot
• § 12981 — The director shall adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this article.
• § 12982 — The director and the commissioner of each county under the direction and supervision of the director, shall enforce the provisions of this article and the regulations adopted pursuant to it.
• § 12985 — Any person who orders an employee to enter an area posted with a warning sign in violation of any worker safety reentry requirements promulgated pursuant to this article by the director is guilty of a
• § 12986 — (a) The director shall approve programs for training persons who handle or apply pesticides in aerial pest control operations.
• § 12987 — The director shall require registrants of pesticides to submit the data necessary to perform the director’s duties under this article.
• § 12988 — No pesticide may be registered or reregistered unless the director determines that the registrant has complied with this article.
• § 12991 — It is unlawful for any person, individually or through another, in connection with any substance or mixture of substances included within the scope of this chapter, to do any of the following: (a) Mak
• § 12992 — It is unlawful for any person to sell any adulterated or misbranded pesticide.
• § 12993 — It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, deliver, or sell any pesticide or any substance or mixture of substances that is represented to be a pesticide, or to retail any formula for a pesticide i
• § 12994 — It is unlawful for any person to transport, destroy, or dispose of any quarantined pesticide, unless the person has received written permission from the director.
• § 12995 — Except as provided in regulations adopted by the director or as provided in the notice or order of suspension or cancellation, it is unlawful for any person, by himself or herself or through another,
• § 12996 — (a) Every person who violates any provision of this division relating to pesticides, or any regulation issued pursuant to a provision of this division relating to pesticides, is guilty of a misdemeano
• § 12996.5 — (a) For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Office” means the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
• § 12997 — In lieu of seeking prosecution of any violation of this division as a misdemeanor, and the penalty prescribed in Section 12996, the director may prosecute civilly pursuant to Sections 12998 and 12999,
• § 12997.5 — (a) In addition to any penalties paid in connection with an enforcement action taken pursuant to Sections 12996, 12997, 12999, and 12999.
• § 12997.7 — (a) The agency, in consultation with the department, the office, county agricultural commissioners, local health officers, CUPAs, and affected community members, shall by August 31, 2005, establish mi
• § 12997.8 — (a) (1) A person who sells or uses a first-generation anticoagulant rodenticide or second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide in violation of Section 12978.
• § 12998 — Any person who violates this division relating to pesticides or structural pest control devices, or any regulation issued pursuant to a provision of this division relating to pesticides or structural
• § 12999 — Upon a complaint by the director, or by the Structural Pest Control Board in the case of violations of Chapter 7.
• § 12999.2 — The remedies or penalties provided by this division are in addition to the remedies or penalties available under any other law.
• § 12999.4 — (a) In lieu of civil prosecution by the director, the director may levy a civil penalty against a person violating subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 11792, Sections 12101, 12101.
• § 12999.5 — (a) In lieu of civil prosecution by the director, the county agricultural commissioner may levy a civil penalty against a person violating Division 6 (commencing with Section 11401), Article 10 (comme
• § 12999.6 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Multijurisdictional priority investigation” means a priority investigation involving more than one county or a p
• § 13 — Whenever any power or authority is given by this code to any person, it may be exercised by any deputy, inspector, or agent who is duly authorized by him.
• § 13000 — (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), an action brought pursuant to this article shall be commenced by the director, the commissioner, the Attorney General, the district attorney, the ci
• § 13000.1 — The commissioner or director may bring an action to enjoin the violation or the threatened violation of any order made pursuant to this division in the superior court in the county in which the order
• § 13001 — The director may, by regulation, adjust the level of statutory minimum and maximum civil monetary penalties provided under this article and in Section 11893 to account for inflation.
• § 13101 — The director, upon a finding that the use, handling, delivery, or sale of a pesticide in violation of any provision of this division, or any regulation issued pursuant to it, is taking place, or appea
• § 13102 — The agricultural commissioner, upon a finding that the use, handling, delivery, or sale of a pesticide in violation of any provision of this division, or any regulation issued pursuant to it, is takin
• § 13121 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the Birth Defect Prevention Act of 1984.
• § 13122 — It is the purpose of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to prevent pesticide induced abortions, birth defects, and infertility.
• § 13123 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms mean: (a) “Adverse reproductive effect” means a statistically significant adverse effect on parental reproductive performance and the growth and devel
• § 13123.5 — To the extent feasible, health effects studies shall be conducted in accordance with standards and protocols established pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.
• § 13126 — No new active pesticide ingredient shall be conditionally registered or licensed when any of the mandatory health effects studies, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 13123, is missing, incomplet
• § 13127 — (a) Not later than December 31, 1985, the department shall identify 200 pesticide active ingredients which the department determines have the most significant data gaps and widespread use and which ar
• § 13127.2 — The director shall, on January 15, 1992, issue a notice of the impending suspension of the registration of any pesticide product containing an active ingredient identified pursuant to subdivision (a)
• § 13127.3 — (a) The director shall grant an extension of time for submission of the required data if, and only if, the director, with the concurrence of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, makes a finding
• § 13127.31 — Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 13127.
• § 13127.32 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the following pesticide products shall remain registered in this state: (a) Except as specified in subdivision (b), no pesticide product containing
• § 13127.5 — (a) The director, with the concurrence of the Secretary for Environmental Protection, may defer the suspension of registration of a pesticide product, as provided in Section 13127.
• § 13127.6 — The director shall levy a charge on data generators of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day for each day a data gap continues to exist after the date the director issues a deferral of suspensio
• § 13127.7 — All documentation relevant to a finding made pursuant to Sections 13127.
• § 13127.8 — (a) A suspension of registration of a pesticide product containing any of the active ingredients identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127 shall be revoked when the director determines t
• § 13127.9 — For each mandatory health effects study that is required for each active ingredient identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127, the registrant shall submit to the department a progress re
• § 13127.91 — The director shall suspend the registration of any pesticide product that contains an active ingredient identified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 13127 for which the registrant fails to do any
• § 13127.92 — (a) Extensions of time granted pursuant to Sections 13127.
• § 13128 — No applicant for registration or current registrant of a pesticide who proposes to purchase or purchases a registered pesticide from another producer in order to formulate the purchased pesticide into
• § 13129 — (a) If the director, after evaluation of the health effects study of an active ingredient, finds that a pesticide product containing the active ingredient presents significant adverse health effects,
• § 13130.3 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13127, the time permitted by the director for submitting data to fill a data gap shall be as follows: (1) For oncogenicity studies and chronic feeding st
• § 13131.1 — (a) Not later than March 1, 1992, the director shall notify registrants of the data requirements, and the guidelines the director intends to use in reviewing studies submitted pursuant to subdivision
• § 13131.2 — (a) Prior to March 1, 1992, or in response to a written objection filed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13131.
• § 13131.3 — If the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment does not concur with the determination of the department pursuant to Section 13131.
• § 13131.4 — (a) On or before January 1, 1994, the director shall issue a final notice of data gaps required to be filled for all pesticide active ingredients other than those identified pursuant to subdivision (a
• § 13131.5 — The director shall suspend the registration of any pesticide containing an active ingredient for which the director notifies a registrant pursuant to Section 13131.
• § 13133 — If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, this invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can b
• § 13134 — (a) The department, in cooperation with the State Department of Health Services, shall conduct an assessment of dietary risks associated with the consumption of produce and processed foods treated wit
• § 13135 — The department and the State Department of Health Services shall jointly review the existing federal and state pesticide registration and food safety system and determine if the existing programs adeq
• § 13141 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is the right of every citizen in this state to drink safe, potable, wholesome, and pure drinking water.
• § 13142 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Active ingredient” has the same meaning as defined in Section 136 of Title 7 of the United States Code.
• § 13143 — (a) Not later than December 1, 1986, a person that has registered a pesticide in California for agricultural use shall submit to the director the information prescribed in this subdivision.
• § 13144 — (a) The department shall establish specific numerical values for water solubility, soil adsorption coefficient (Koc), hydrolysis, aerobic and anaerobic soil metabolism, and field dissipation.
• § 13145 — (a) Any registrant of a pesticide identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 13144 is subject to a fine of up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each day the groundwater protection d
• § 13146 — (a) The director shall not register or renew the registration of a pesticide intended to be applied to or injected into the ground by ground-based application equipment or by chemigation after Decembe
• § 13147 — The director shall annually request a budget appropriation in order to meet the reasonable and anticipated costs of conducting soil and water monitoring pursuant to Section 13148, a review of data sub
• § 13148 — (a) In order to more accurately determine the mobility and persistence of the pesticides identified in the Groundwater Protection List, and to determine if these pesticides have migrated to groundwate
• § 13149 — (a) Within 90 days after the active ingredient, other specified ingredient, or degradation product of a pesticide is detected under any of the conditions listed in paragraph (1) or (2), the director s
• § 13150 — The director may allow the continued registration, sale, and use of a pesticide that meets any one of the conditions specified in Section 13149 if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The regi
• § 13151 — Any pesticide identified pursuant to Section 13149 that fails to meet any of the conditions of Section 13150 shall be canceled.
• § 13152 — (a) (1) The department shall conduct ongoing soil and groundwater monitoring of any pesticide whose continued use is permitted following the issuance of findings by the director pursuant to subdivisio
• § 13161 — For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Feasible alternative” means other chemical or nonchemical procedures that can reasonably accomplish the same pest control functi
• § 13162 — The director may issue a certificate of interim registration allowing the sale and use of a pesticide that otherwise meets the requirements of this chapter if all of the following conditions are met:
• § 13163 — In granting a certificate of interim registration, the director may defer no more than three of the following registration data requirements: (a) Efficacy studies pursuant to Section 12824.
• § 13164 — Consistent with the limitations of Section 13163, a registrant or a user group of any pesticide registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency may apply for a California certificate o
• § 13165 — Notwithstanding Section 13163, the director shall not grant a certificate of interim registration unless he or she consults with the Pesticide Registration and Evaluation Committee on the proposed int
• § 13166 — The director shall limit the use of any pesticide granted a certificate of interim registration to specific uses within a pest management system meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section
• § 13167 — The director shall revoke or refuse to renew a certificate of interim registration at any time that he or she finds that the interim registration no longer meets all the requirements of this article,
• § 13168 — The director may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
• § 13169 — To the extent that this article conflicts with other provisions in Article 15 of this chapter, this article shall prevail.
• § 13170 — The department shall impose a fee in an amount sufficient to cover the department’s costs of reviewing and processing the application on any person who applies for a certificate of interim registratio
• § 13180 — This article, Article 4 (commencing with Section 17608) of Chapter 5 of Part 10.
• § 13181 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for purposes of this article, “integrated pest management” means a pest management strategy that focuses on long-term prevention or suppression of pest problems thro
• § 13182 — It is the policy of the state that effective least toxic pest management practices should be the preferred method of managing pests at schoolsites and that the state, in order to reduce children’s exp
• § 13183 — (a) The department shall promote and facilitate the voluntary adoption of integrated pest management programs for schoolsites, excluding privately operated child day care facilities, as defined in Sec
• § 13184 — (a) In implementing Section 13183, the department shall establish and maintain an Internet Web site as a comprehensive directory of resources describing and promoting least-hazardous practices at scho
• § 13185 — (a) The department shall establish an integrated pest management training program in order to facilitate the adoption of a model IPM program and least-hazardous pest control practices by schoolsites.
• § 13186 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Department of Pesticide Regulation, pursuant to Section 12979 of the Food and Agricultural Code and Sections 6624 and 6627 of Title 3 of the California
• § 13186.5 — (a) Commencing July 1, 2016, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a school designee, as defined in Section 17609 of the Education Code, and any person, including, but not necessarily limited to,
• § 13187 — Sections 13186 and 13186.
• § 13188 — The Director of Pesticide Regulation may adopt regulations to implement this article.
• § 13189 — For purposes of this article, “schoolsite” has the same meaning as defined in Section 6690 of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations.
• § 13189.1 — To enable accurate reporting and enforcement of Sections 6690 to 6692, inclusive, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations, the department shall do all of the following: (a) Require a separate
• § 13189.2 — In evaluating a county’s pesticide use enforcement program, the director shall evaluate the county’s effectiveness in enforcing Sections 6690 to 6692, inclusive, of Title 3 of the California Code of R
• § 13189.3 — On or before December 31, 2026, the director shall adopt regulations to revise Sections 6690 to 6692, inclusive, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations to additionally apply those provisions
• § 13189.4 — (a) The department and the county agricultural commissioners shall use private school directory information and maps available on the internet website of the State Department of Education to determine
• § 13189.5 — This article does not apply to a school conducted in a person’s residence.
• § 13189.6 — This article does not restrict the department’s authority to amend Sections 6690 to 6692, inclusive, of Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations to the extent that those amendments are consistent
• § 13190 — (a) “Clopyralid” means 3,6-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid.
• § 13191 — (a) No person, except a pest control dealer licensed pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 12101) of Division 6 of the Food and Agricultural Code, may sell a pesticide that contains the activ
• § 13192 — Not later than April 1, 2003, the department shall, pursuant to Sections 12824 and 12825, do both of the following: (a) Determine in writing those lawn and turf uses of the herbicide clopyralid for wh
• § 14 — Wherever, pursuant to this code, any state department, officer, board, agency, committee, or commission is authorized to adopt rules and regulations, such regulations shall be adopted in accordance wi
• § 14001 — The director shall control and otherwise regulate the use of restricted materials found to meet the criteria of Section 14004.
• § 14002 — This chapter applies to all agencies of the United States and the State of California and its subdivisions or to their officers, agents, or employees.
• § 14003 — This article does not relieve any person from liability for any damage to the person or property of another person which is caused by the use of any restricted material.
• § 14004 — The director, and the commissioner of each county under the direction and supervision of the director, shall enforce this chapter and the regulations issued pursuant to it.
• § 14004.5 — The director shall, by regulation, designate and establish as necessary to carry out the purposes of this division, a list of restricted materials based upon, but not limited to, any of the following
• § 14005 — Except as provided in subdivision (d) of Section 14006.
• § 14006 — The regulations shall prescribe the time when, and the conditions under which, a restricted material may be used or possessed in different areas of the state, and may prohibit its use or possession in
• § 14006.5 — (a) Except as provided in Section 14006.
• § 14006.6 — (a) A permit shall not be required for the agricultural use of any pesticide not designated as a restricted material unless the commissioner determines that its use will present an undue hazard when u
• § 14006.7 — The director shall designate, by regulation, a list of “exempt materials” for which the director finds additional restrictions, other than registration and labeling requirements, are not necessary to
• § 14007 — (a) Every permit that is issued under the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter is conditioned upon compliance with this code and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and upon other specified c
• § 14008 — Any permit may be refused, revoked, or suspended for violation of any of the conditions of the permit, or of a previous permit, or for violation of any provision of this division or of the regulations
• § 14009 — (a) (1) An interested person may request the commissioner to review their action in issuing, refusing, revoking, suspending, or conditioning a permit to use or possess a restricted material.
• § 14010 — It is unlawful for any person to sell or deliver any restricted material to any person that is required by regulations adopted by the director to have a permit to possess or use the restricted materia
• § 14011 — It is unlawful for any person to apply any restricted material for which regulations have been adopted except as provided in the regulations which are adopted by the director.
• § 14011.5 — Except as may be provided in regulations adopted by the director, a pesticide use report shall be submitted to the commissioner, on a form prescribed by the director, within seven days after each use
• § 14012 — (a) Any person who is required to register pesticides under Article 4 (commencing with Section 12811) of Chapter 2, and who sells or transfers any restricted material, shall keep accurate records of t
• § 14015 — Except as provided by regulation adopted by the director, a restricted material shall only be possessed or used by, or under the direct supervision of, a private applicator, who is certified pursuant
• § 14021 — (a) As used in this article, “pesticide” is defined in Section 12753.
• § 14022 — (a) In consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the State Air Resources Board, the director shall evaluate the health effects of pesticides that may be or are emitted
• § 14023 — (a) Upon completion of the evaluation conducted pursuant to Section 14022, the director shall, in consultation and with the participation of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, prepa
• § 14024 — (a) For those pesticides for which a need for control measures has been determined pursuant to subdivision (e) or (f) of Section 14023 and pursuant to provisions of this code, the director, in consult
• § 14025 — Any person may petition the department to review a determination made pursuant to this article.
• § 14026 — Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or expand the department’s authority regarding pesticides which are not determined to be toxic air contaminants.
• § 14027 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 12998, any person who violates any rule or regulation, emission limitation, or permit condition adopted pursuant to this article is liable for a civil penalty not to exceed
• § 14031 — As used in this article, “2,4-D” means any form of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid.
• § 14032 — Except as otherwise provided in this article and in the regulations which are adopted by the director, it is unlawful for any person to use any form of 2,4-D or any other herbicide which the director
• § 14033 — The director shall adopt regulations that govern the use of 2,4-D and any other herbicide which he finds and determines is injurious to any crop that is being grown in any area of the state.
• § 14034 — This article does not relieve any person from liability for any damage to the property of another person which is caused by the use of any herbicide which is named in the regulations which are adopted
• § 14061 — As used in this article, “Compound 1080” means sodium fluoroacetate or any preparation of sodium fluoroacetate.
• § 14062 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, it is unlawful for any person to sell, use, or possess any Compound 1080.
• § 14063 — Subject to regulations of the director, any of the following persons may sell, use, or possess Compound 1080 for the purposes or uses that are specified: (a) Any federal, state, county, or municipal o