Florida Statute 482.152 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Chapter 482
PEST CONTROL

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482.152 Duties of certified operator in charge of pest control activities of licensee.—A certified operator in charge of the pest control activities of a licensee shall have her or his primary occupation with the licensee and shall be a full-time employee of the licensee, and her or his principal duty shall include the responsibility for the personal supervision of and participation in the pest control activities at the business location of the licensee as the same relate to:

(1) The selection of proper and correct chemicals for the particular pest control work performed.

(2) The safe and proper use of the pesticides used.

(3) The correct concentration and formulation of pesticides used in all pest control work performed.

(4) The training of personnel in the proper and acceptable methods of pest control.

(5) The control measures and procedures used.

(6) The notification of the department of any accidental human poisoning or death connected with pest control work performed on a job she or he is supervising, within 24 hours after she or he has knowledge of the poisoning or death.

History.—s. 2, ch. 65-295; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 382, ch. 77-147; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 11, ch. 78-292; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 9, 14, 15, ch. 82-229; s. 12, ch. 89-180; ss. 39, 59, ch. 92-203; s. 433, ch. 97-103.

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Flaig v. Pest Control Comm'n, 213 So. 2d 471 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1968).

Published | District Court of Appeal of Florida | 1968 Fla. App. LEXIS 5142

...The Pest Control Commission found that the treatment was improperly and negligently done in violation of Section 482.161 (6) and Rule 1701-2.04(3); that the method and equipment used was unsatisfactory; that Petitioner’s workman was improperly trained in violation of Section 482.152 and Rule 1701-2.04(4); and that Flaig violated Section 482.161(5)....

...representing the effects of material or methods; knowingly failing to use methods or materials suitable for the pest control undertaken Subsection 482.161(6), Florida Statutes, which reads: “(6) Performing pest control in a negligent manner;” Subsection 482.152(4), Florida Statutes, which reads: “(4) The training of personnel in the proper and acceptable methods of pest control.” When these statutes are measured, against the facts adduced relative to the 1965 re-treatment, there is a complete absence of evidence warranting the punitive action taken by the Board....

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