Kansas Pesticide Use and Records
About 5 of every 50 questions on a Kansas General Exam practice exam come from this topic.
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What to know
Using a pesticide inconsistently with its label is unlawful, but Kansas allows less than the labeled dosage, concentration or frequency, and an unlisted pest on a labeled site if it is in the same general group and nothing prohibits it. Pesticides and containers may not be stored or discarded so as to injure people, crops, wildlife, pollinating insects or waterways, and leftovers and empty containers are stored like the pesticide. Licensees may not run faulty equipment, lend certificates or sell pesticides outside the maker's unbroken, labeled container, and must give label and safety data sheet copies on request. Statements of services show the date, location, start and end times and the applicator's and supervisor's signatures and numbers; they are on paper unless the customer agrees otherwise, due within 30 days and before payment, given on request by the next business day and to KDA within two business days, and kept three years. Termite statements add a diagram and flag partial treatments, and preconstruction work needs horizontal and vertical barriers. Independent applicators keep records three years, electronic records must print readably, and dealers keep ID-verified restricted use sales records two years. Supervisors stay reachable by phone or radio, share the worker's business address and hold the category for restricted use work. KDA may inspect and order equipment repairs, seek search warrants and impose civil penalties by written order; bulk storage discharges that escape secondary containment are reported within 48 hours, damage claims filed within 60 days, violations are class A misdemeanors, and local ordinances are preempted.
Where it comes from
- K.S.A. 2-2453, 2-2454, 2-2470
- K.S.A. 2-2455, 2-2481
- K.S.A. 2-2440b, 2-2440f, 2-2438a
- K.S.A. 2-2456, 2-2457a, 2-2461, 2-2462
- K.S.A. 2-2440e, 2-2480
- K.A.R. 4-13-4a, 4-13-16, 4-13-18, 4-13-28, 4-13-30
Try a practice question
To speed up control, an applicator mixes an insecticide at a higher rate than its label allows. How does K.S.A. 2-2453 treat this?
- AAs an unlawful use inconsistent with the label or labeling
- BAs lawful if the applicator holds a commercial certificate
- CAs lawful if the customer agrees to it in writing
- DAs lawful if the product is a general use pesticide
Show the answer
As an unlawful use inconsistent with the label or labeling. It is unlawful for any person to use a pesticide in a manner inconsistent with its label or labeling, except as K.S.A. 2-2470 allows. That exception covers lower rates, not higher ones.
K.S.A. 2-2453(a)