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California Licensing, Registration and Restricted Materials

About 5 of every 50 questions on a California Laws, Regulations and Basic Principles practice exam come from this topic.

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What to know

DPR's director and each county agricultural commissioner, working under the director's supervision, enforce California's pesticide laws, whose purposes include encouraging pest management that stresses biological and cultural controls. A product needs a California certificate of registration from DPR before it is offered for sale, and experimental use of an unregistered pesticide requires a written research authorization from the Director. Every federal restricted use pesticide is also a California restricted material, and the director lists others based on hazards such as risks to applicators and farmworkers. Agricultural use of a restricted material needs a written permit from the commissioner, issued in the property operator's name; the commissioner weighs local conditions such as bee activity and must deny or condition a permit when a feasible mitigation measure would significantly reduce harm. Permits run one year, or up to three for perennial, nonproduction and nonagricultural sites. A notice of intent is due at least 24 hours ahead, or 48 hours for soil fumigants. Restricted fumigants are limited to certified commercial applicators, and Subcategory Q holders may not use restricted materials. Qualified applicators complete 20 CE hours each two-year period, 4 on laws. A pest control business needs a DPR license, a qualified applicator licensee at every location, and yearly registration in each county where it works.

Where it comes from

  • Cal. Food & Agric. Code §§ 11501, 11501.5
  • Cal. Food & Agric. Code §§ 12811, 14004.5, 14006.5, 14007
  • 3 CCR §§ 6400, 6404, 6414
  • 3 CCR §§ 6420, 6432, 6434
  • 3 CCR §§ 6510, 6511, 6530, 6531
  • Cal. Food & Agric. Code §§ 11708, 11732, 12201.1

Try a practice question

Under Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 11501.5, who enforces California's pest control operations law (Division 6) and the regulations issued under it?

  1. AThe DPR director, and each county agricultural commissioner under the director's supervision
  2. BThe Structural Pest Control Board, acting through field offices in each county
  3. CThe U.S. EPA regional office, with DPR and the county commissioners serving only as advisers
  4. DThe University of California, acting through its Cooperative Extension farm advisors
Show the answer

The DPR director, and each county agricultural commissioner under the director's supervision. Section 11501.5 gives enforcement to the director and to each county commissioner working under the director's direction and supervision; it gives no enforcement role to EPA, the Structural Pest Control Board or UC.

Cal. Food & Agric. Code § 11501.5