§ 5-201. Definitions
West's Annotated Code of MarylandAgricultureEffective: October 1, 2021
Effective: October 1, 2021
MD Code, Agriculture, § 5-201
§ 5-201. Definitions
(b) “Application” means the spreading of pesticides, by contract or otherwise, for any person owning or renting property.
(c) “Certified applicator” means a person who is certified by the Secretary under this subtitle.
(d) “Customer” means a person who has entered into a contract with a licensee for pest control.
(e) “Device” means an instrument or mechanical contrivance intended to trap, locate, destroy, control, repel, or mitigate pests.
(f) “Label” means the written, printed, or graphic matter on, or attached to, the pesticide or device, or any of its containers or wrappers.
(g) “Labeling” means all written, printed, or graphic matter:
(h) “Pest” means an insect, snail, slug, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic plant or animal life or virus, bacteria, or other microorganism (except viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms, on or in living man or any other living animal) which normally is considered to be a pest or which the Secretary declares to be a pest.
(i) “Pest control” means engaging in, or offering to engage in, recommending, advertising, soliciting the use of, supervising the use of, or using, a pesticide or a device for the identification, control, eradication, mitigation, detection, inspection, or prevention of a pest in, on, or around any house, building, water, air, land, plant, structure, or animal.
(j)(1) “Pest control applicator” means a person engaged in the business of pest control.
(k) “Pest control consultant” means a person who engages in the business of:
(l) “Pesticide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended for:
(m) “Pesticide business license” means a license issued by the Secretary to any business in accordance with this subtitle.
(o) “Private applicator” means a person who uses a restricted use pesticide for the purpose of producing any agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by the applicator or applicator's employer.
(p) “Public agency applicator” means a person employed by a unit of federal, State, county or local government or any training institution which is engaged in pest control.
(q) “Registered employee” means an employee of a firm or public agency engaged in pest control.
(r) “Restricted use pesticide” means a pesticide so classified by the provisions in this title or by the federal government or the Secretary of Agriculture, State of Maryland.
(s) “Supervision” means, unless otherwise provided by federal or State labeling, the act or process whereby the application of a pesticide is made by a competent person acting under the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is:
Credits
Added by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 6, § 1. Amended by Acts 1975, c. 314, § 2; Acts 1976, c. 647; Acts 1982, c. 331; Acts 1986, c. 433; Acts 1987, c. 301, 302, 693; Acts 1998, c. 461, § 1, eff. July 1, 1998; Acts 2016, c. 661, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2016, c. 662, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2019, c. 746, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019; Acts 2021, c. 626, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021; Acts 2021, c. 627, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2021.
Formerly Art. 66C, § 110A-1.
MD Code, Agriculture, § 5-201, MD AGRIC § 5-201
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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