Pest Control

Section 921.13 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) Any person who is acting in the capacity of a pesticide dealer or who advertises or assumes to act as a pesticide dealer at any time shall obtain a pesticide dealer license from the director of agriculture. Licenses shall be issued for a period of time established by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines established by rule. A license is required for each location or outlet within this state from which the person distributes pesticides. Any pesticide dealer who has no pesticide dealer outlets in this state and who distributes restricted use pesticides directly into this state shall obtain a pesticide dealer license from the director for the pesticide dealer's principal out-of-state location or outlet and for each sales person operating in the state. The applicant shall include a license fee established by rule with the application for a license. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the director. Each pesticide dealer shall maintain records of all of the restricted use pesticides the pesticide dealer has distributed, as specified by the director, and the records shall be retained by the pesticide dealer for a period of time established by rules.

Section 921.12 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A)(1) The director of agriculture shall require each applicant for a license by examination under section 921.06 or 921.11 of the Revised Code to be examined on the applicant's knowledge and competency in each of the following: (a) This chapter and rules adopted under it; (b) The proper use, handling, and application of pesticides and, if the applicant is applying for a license under section 921.06 of the Revised Code, in the conducting of diagnostic inspections in the pesticide-use categories for which the applicant has applied. (2) An applicant shall pay an examination fee of thirty dollars. (B) Each application for renewal of a license provided for in section 921.06 of the Revised Code shall be filed prior to the deadline established by rule. If filed after the deadline, a penalty of fifty per cent shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the renewal license is issued. However, if a license issued under section 921.06 or 921.11 of the Revised Code is not renewed within one hundred eighty days after the date of expiration, the licensee shall be required to take another examination on this chapter and rules adopted under it and on

Section 921.09 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A)(1) No person shall own or operate a pesticide business without obtaining a license from the director of agriculture. Licenses shall be issued for a period of time established by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines established by rule. (2) A person applying for a pesticide business license shall obtain a license for each location that is owned by the person and used for the purpose of engaging in the pesticide business. (B) Any person who owns or operates a pesticide business outside of this state, but engages in the business of applying pesticides to properties of another for hire in this state, shall obtain a license for the person's principal out-of-state location from the director. In addition, the person shall obtain a license for each location that is owned by the person in this state and used for the purpose of engaging in the pesticide business. (C)(1) The person applying for a pesticide business license shall file a statement with the director, on a form provided by the director, that shall include all of the following: (a) The address of the principal place of business of the pesticide business; (b) The address of each location concerning which the p

Section 921.16 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt rules the director determines necessary for the effective enforcement and administration of this chapter. The rules may relate to, but are not limited to, the time, place, manner, and methods of application, materials, and amounts and concentrations of application of pesticides, may restrict or prohibit the use of pesticides in designated areas during specified periods of time, and shall encompass all reasonable factors that the director determines necessary to minimize or prevent damage to the environment. In addition, the rules shall establish the deadlines and time periods for registration, registration renewal, late registration renewal, and failure to register under section 921.02 of the Revised Code; the fees for registration, registration renewal, late registration renewal, and failure to register under section 921.02 of the Revised Code that shall apply until the fees that are established under that section take effect on January 1, 2007; and the fees, deadlines, and time periods for licensure and license renewal under sections 921.06 , 921.09 , 921.11 , and 921.13 of the Revised Code. (B) The director shall adopt rules that estab

Section 921.02 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) No person shall distribute a pesticide within this state unless the pesticide is registered with the director of agriculture under this chapter. Registrations shall be issued for a period of time established by rule and shall be renewed in accordance with deadlines established by rule. Registration is not required if a pesticide is shipped from one plant or warehouse to another plant or warehouse operated by the same person and used solely at that plant or warehouse as a constituent part to make a pesticide that is registered under this chapter, or if the pesticide is distributed under the provisions of an experimental use permit issued under section 921.03 of the Revised Code or an experimental use permit issued by the United States environmental protection agency. (B) The applicant for registration of a pesticide shall file a statement with the director on a form provided by the director, which shall include all of the following: (1) The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the applicant's name; (2) The brand and product name of the pesticide; (3) Any necessary information required for comp

Section 915.15 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

No person, firm, or corporation, except one licensed under sections 918.01 to 918.11 of the Revised Code, shall operate an establishment unless such person has secured a license therefor from the department of agriculture and has otherwise complied with sections 915.14 to 915.24 of the Revised Code. A separate license shall be secured for each establishment. The application for such license shall be in writing on forms prescribed and furnished by the department. Such application shall be accompanied by the required license fee.

Section 921.18 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) The director of agriculture may: (1) In order to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it, enter any public or private premises or transport vehicles during regular business hours to do any or all of the following: (a) Inspect and copy books, pesticide application records, contracts related to pesticide business activities, and financial responsibility documents; (b) Inspect the storage or disposal of pesticides; (c) Inspect and sample pesticides in storage or in use; (d) Inspect equipment or devices used to apply pesticides; (e) Inspect storage facilities and sites; (f) Inspect production areas of persons that manufacture pesticides for commercial purposes. (2) Enter upon any public or private premises at any time, when or where pesticides are being applied to determine if the applicator is or should be licensed or if proper notice has been given before pesticide application, and to collect samples of pesticides being applied or available for use; (3) Enter upon any public or private premises at reasonable hours to inspect any property thereon or to collect samples of vegetation or animal life, water, soil, or other matter, in order to determine residu

Section 927.39 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) As used in this section and in sections 927.40 to 927.42 of the Revised Code: (1) "Pest" has the same meaning as in section 927.51 of the Revised Code. (2) "Quarantined area" means an area that is quarantined by the director of agriculture under section 927.71 of the Revised Code or by the United States department of agriculture. (B) Counties, townships, and municipal corporations may, upon the vote of the board of county commissioners, the board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, purchase or rent equipment and may purchase supplies designed to combat a pest for which a quarantined area is established and may contract for the hire of necessary employees to operate such equipment and carry out sections 927.39 to 927.42 of the Revised Code. Payment for such equipment or its use, supplies, and wages as are contracted for may be provided out of the general fund of such subdivision. Any two or more counties, townships, municipal corporations, or any combination of such subdivisions, may jointly contract for the purchase or renting of such equipment, the purchase of such supplies, and for the hiring of such employees to conduct a joint ef

Section 921.06 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A)(1) No individual shall do any of the following without having a commercial applicator license issued by the director of agriculture: (a) Apply pesticides for a pesticide business without direct supervision; (b) Apply pesticides as part of the individual's duties while acting as an employee of the United States government, a state, county, township, or municipal corporation, or a park district, port authority, or sanitary district created under Chapter 1545., 4582., or 6115. of the Revised Code, respectively; (c) Apply restricted use pesticides. Division (A)(1)(c) of this section does not apply to a private applicator or an immediate family member or a subordinate employee of a private applicator who is trained in accordance with standards prescribed by the director under section 921.16 of the Revised Code and who is acting under the direct supervision of that private applicator. (d) If the individual is the owner of a business other than a pesticide business or an employee of such an owner, apply pesticides at any of the following publicly accessible sites that are located on the property: (i) Food service operations that are licensed under Chapter 3717. of the Revised Code; (i

Section 927.41 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

Upon the purchase or rental of equipment and the purchase of supplies to combat a pest for which a quarantined area is established, the agents of the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority of a municipal corporation may contact the owners of land in the quarantined area within the subdivision, to obtain permission to enter upon such lands to combat that pest. After obtaining such permission, such agents may enter upon such land and combat that pest as the owner agrees, and the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority of the municipal corporation may charge fees for such efforts as will cover the actual costs of the efforts. In the same manner, plants that are dead or dying from a pest may be removed or completely destroyed at the cost of the landowner.

Section 715.27 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) Any municipal corporation may: (1) Regulate the erection of fences, billboards, signs, and other structures, within the municipal corporation, and provide for the removal and repair of insecure billboards, signs, and other structures; (2) Regulate the construction and repair of wires, poles, plants, and all equipment to be used for the generation and application of electricity; (3) Provide for the licensing of house movers; plumbers; sewer tappers; vault cleaners; and specialty contractors who are not required to hold a valid license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code; (4) Require all specialty contractors other than those who hold a valid license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code, to successfully complete an examination, test, or demonstration of technical skills, and may impose a fee and additional requirements for a license or registration to engage in their respective occupations within the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation. (B) No municipal corporation shall require any specialty contractor who holds a valid license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code to complete an examination, test, or demonstration of technic

Section 4740.12 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) No political subdivision, district, or agency of the state may adopt an ordinance or rule that requires contractor registration and the assessment of a registration or license fee unless that ordinance or rule also requires any contractor who registers and pays the registration or license fee to be licensed in the contractor's trade pursuant to this chapter. (B) Except as provided in division (A) of this section, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the operation of any statute or rule of this state or any ordinance or rule of any political subdivision, district, or agency of the state that does either of the following: (1) Regulates the installation, repair, maintenance, or alteration of plumbing systems, hydronics systems, electrical systems, heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems, or refrigeration systems; (2) Requires the registration and assessment of a registration or license fee of tradespersons who perform heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, refrigeration, electrical, plumbing, or hydronics construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance.

Section 921.19 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

Every state agency, municipal corporation, and other governmental agency and political subdivision is subject to this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder with respect to the application, handling, and use of pesticides. Each state agency, municipal corporation, and other governmental agency and political subdivision is responsible for the acts of each of its employees in the application, handling, and use of pesticides.

Section 927.52 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) The director of agriculture shall adopt and enforce any rules that are necessary to carry out sections 927.51 to 927.73 of the Revised Code. (B) The director may revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue any nursery certificate or dealer's license for any violation of sections 927.51 to 927.71 of the Revised Code, or of any rules adopted under those sections. (C) The director may publish reports describing nursery inspection and pest control operations authorized by sections 927.51 to 927.71 of the Revised Code.

Section 917.02 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) The director of agriculture may do any of the following: (1) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code regulating all of the following: (a) The sanitary production, storage, transportation, manufacturing, handling, processing, sampling, testing, examination, and sale of dairy products; (b) The suspension and revocation of licenses issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code, provided that the rules are in accordance with and do not conflict with section 917.22 of the Revised Code; (c) Terms and renewal periods, registration requirements, categories, and fees for licenses issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code, except that the fee for a producer's license shall not exceed fifteen dollars; (d) Examinations that must be passed prior to issuance of a weigher, sampler, or tester license and inspections that must be passed prior to issuance of any other type of license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code; (e) Procedures for issuing and renewing licenses under section 917.09 of the Revised Code; (f) Information that an applicant for a license issued under section 917.09 of the Revised Code is required to provide on the application for lic

Section 903.25 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

An owner or operator of an animal feeding facility who holds a permit to install, a permit to operate, or a NPDES permit or who is operating under an operation and management plan, as defined in section 939.01 of the Revised Code, developed or approved by the director of agriculture under section 939.02 of the Revised Code or by the supervisors of the appropriate soil and water conservation district under section 940.06 of the Revised Code shall not be required by any political subdivision of the state or any officer, employee, agency, board, commission, department, or other instrumentality of a political subdivision to obtain a license, permit, or other approval pertaining to manure, insects or rodents, odor, or siting requirements for installation of an animal feeding facility.

Section 921.10 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

(A) The director of agriculture shall not issue a pesticide business license until the applicant has submitted to the director an effective liability insurance policy or such other evidence of financial responsibility as the director determines necessary. The director shall establish by rule, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the amount and condition of such liability insurance or other evidence of financial responsibility required. Such requirements shall be based upon the pesticide-use categories in which commercial applicators are licensed to apply pesticides for the pesticide business. (B) Should the evidence of financial responsibility furnished become unsatisfactory, the pesticide business shall upon notice immediately execute evidence of financial responsibility meeting the requirements of this section or applicable rules, and should the pesticide business fail to do so, the director shall suspend the pesticide business's license and give the business notice of such suspension. (C) The licensee to whom a suspension order is issued shall be afforded a hearing in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, after which the director shall reinstate or re

Section 927.54 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

The plant pest program fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of money credited to it under section 909.15 of the Revised Code and under this chapter and any rules adopted under it. The director of agriculture shall use money in the fund to administer this chapter and Chapter 909. of the Revised Code. The director shall keep accurate records of all receipts into and disbursements from the fund and shall prepare, and provide upon request, an annual report classifying the receipts and disbursements that pertain to plant pests.

Section 4781.28 - Ohio Revised Code | Ohio Laws

The division of industrial compliance may charge a fee for an annual license to operate a manufactured home park. The fee for a license shall be determined in accordance with section 4781.27 of the Revised Code and shall include the cost of licensing and all inspections. Any fees collected shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state and shall be credited to the industrial compliance operating fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code and used only for the purpose of administering and enforcing sections 4781.26 to 4781.35 of the Revised Code and the rules adopted thereunder.