Structural Pest Control Act - Structural Pest Control Board - State of ...

20 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL ACT
structural pest control, unless registered in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section
8610).
8551. It is unlawful for any unlicensed person to perform fumigation with dangerous or lethal
fumigating chemicals in any public structure, including rooming houses, or households when
used as public structures, hotels, apartment houses, or any part thereof.
8551.5. Except as provided in this chapter, an unlicensed individual in the employ of a
registered company shall not apply any pesticides included in Branch 2 or Branch 3. However,
an individual may, for 90 days from the date of employment, apply pesticides for the purposes of
training under the direct supervision of a licensed field representative or operator employed by
the company. This direct supervision means in the presence of the licensed field representative
or operator at all times. The 90-day time period may not be extended.
8552. It is unlawful for any person to advertise or represent in any manner that any pest control
work, in whole or in part, has been done upon any structure, unless the work has been
performed by a company registered under this chapter.
8553. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or who conspires with another
person to violate any provision of this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and is punishable by
a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000),
or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
8554. No individual engaged in the business or acting in the capacity of an operator may bring
or maintain an action in any court of this state for the collection of compensation for the
performance of any act or contract without alleging and proving that he or she was a duly
licensed operator at all times during the performance of such act or contract.
No firm, partnership, corporation, association or other organization or combination thereof
engaged in the practice of structural pest control may bring or maintain an action in any court of
this state for the collection of compensation for the performance of any act or contract without
alleging and proving that it was a duly registered company at all times during the performance of
the act or contract.
Nothing herein shall prohibit the bringing or maintaining an action for the collection of
compensation in the event of a suspension or revocation of a license or company registration by
the board, if the order of suspension or revocation authorized the performance of the act or
work, compensation for which the action is brought or maintained.
8555. This chapter does not apply to:
(a) Public utilities operating under the regulations of the Public Utilities Commission, except
to work performed upon property of the utilities not subject to the jurisdiction of the Public
Utilities Commission or work done by the utility for hire.
(b) Persons engaged only in agricultural pest control work under permit or license by the
Department of Pesticide Regulation or a county agricultural commissioner.