| (a) The responsible certified applicator or certified
noncommercial applicator shall ensure that correct and accurate records
of all uses of pesticides and pest control devices registered with
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the department, including
those pesticides that have been exempted from registration by the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), Section
25b, are maintained for a period of two (2) years. Pest records must
be kept on the premises of the business facility location or, in the
case of a certified noncommercial applicator, the employer's premises.
The records must include, but are not limited to:
(1) the billing name and address of the customer, or
the employer for whom a noncommercial applicator is working;
(2) service address where the pesticides and/or devices
were used, except that for utility pole re-treatments, records shall
be kept for the location of each pole treated;
(3) names of pesticides and EPA registration numbers,
if they are registered or pest control devices used;
(4) total amounts of each pesticide applied where the
percentage of active ingredient was not changed (ready to use pesticides);
(5) pest control devices used and total number of each
device;
(6) the mixing rate and total amount of material applied
or the percentage of active ingredient(s) and total amount of material
applied for manufacturer's formulations that are mixed with water
or other material, if applicable;
(7) the target pest or purpose for which the pesticides
or devices were used;
(8) date the pesticides or pest control devices were
used; and
(9) the name, and license number of the person(s) receiving
training, supervising, and applying pesticides or using pest control
devices and the TPCL number (and letter if applicable) of the commercial
business for which they are performing structural pest control services.
(b) For termite treatments, records must include:
(1) the appropriate unit of measurement of the area
treated per application site, i.e. square feet (excluding bait applications);
(2) if a physical barrier is used, the appropriate
unit of measurement (square foot or linear foot) of the physical barrier
must be recorded and a diagram describing the installation will be
provided; and
(3) for commercial preconstruction treatments other
than baits, baiting systems, wood applied termiticide products, or
physical barriers, the number of application tanks which were in use
for the treatment, the capacity, in gallons, of each application tank,
and the start and stop time for the treatment.
(c) These records shall be made available to the department
upon written or verbal request.
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