(a) The following apply to pesticide applicators:

(b) Responsibilities of schools are as follows:

(c) The following prohibitions shall apply:

(d) The department shall promulgate such rules and regulations as necessary to administer this section.

(e) The following words and phrases when used in this section shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

“Applicator.” A certified applicator, commercial applicator or public applicator.

“Certified applicator.” An individual who is certified under section 16.1, 17 or 17.1 of the act of March 1, 1974 (P.L. 90, No. 24),¹ known as the “Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of 1973,” as competent to use or supervise the use or application of any pesticide.

“Commercial applicator.” A certified applicator, whether or not he is a private applicator with respect to some uses, who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide on the property or premises of another or on easements granted under State law, or any applicator who uses or supervises the use of any restricted-use pesticide on property owned or rented by him or his employer, when not for purposes of producing an agricultural product. The secretary may by regulation deem certain types of applicators using any pesticide on their own property or that of their employer as commercial applicators.

“Department.” The Department of Agriculture of the Commonwealth.

“Insect.” Any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having a more or less obviously segmented body, for the most part belonging to the class Insecta, comprising six-legged, usually winged forms, as, for example, beetles, bugs, bees and flies, and to other allied classes of arthropods whose members are wingless and usually have more than six (6) legs, as, for example, spiders, mites, ticks, centipedes and wood lice.

“Nematode.” An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nemathelminthes and class Nematoda, that is, unsegmented round worms with elongated, fusiform or saclike bodies covered with cuticle and inhabiting soil, water, plants or plant parts. The term includes nemas and eelworms.

“Person.” An individual, partnership, association, corporation or any organized group of persons, whether incorporated or not.

“Pest.” An insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed or 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 other living animals, declared to be a pest under section 25(c)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (61 Stat. 163, 7 U.S.C. § 136w).

“Pest control information sheet.” A document which contains the date of treatment, the name, address and telephone number of the applicator, the pesticide utilized and any other information that is required by the Secretary of Agriculture.

“Pesticide.” A substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating a pest and a substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.

“Pesticide application technician.” An individual employed by a commercial applicator or governmental agency who, having met the competency requirements as set forth in the act of March 1, 1974 (P.L. 90, No. 24),² known as the “Pennsylvania Pesticide Control Act of 1973,” is registered by the Secretary of Agriculture to apply pesticides under the direct supervision of a certified applicator.

“Public applicator.” A certified applicator who applies pesticides as an employe of the Commonwealth or its instrumentalities or a local agency.

“School.” A school district, an intermediate unit or an area career and technical school or any of these entities acting jointly.