BILL NUMBER: SB 748	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to amend Section 8564 of the Business and Professions Code,
relating to structural pest control operators.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 748, as introduced, Galgiani. Structural pest control
operators.
   Existing law establishes licensing provisions for structural pest
control operators, as specified. Existing law requires an applicant
for an original field representative's license to submit a written
application to the registrar of the structural pest control board, as
specified.
   This bill would make a technical nonsubstantive change to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 8564 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   8564.   To   In order to  obtain an
original field representative's license, an applicant shall submit to
the registrar an application in writing containing a statement that
the applicant desires the issuance of a field representative's
license under the terms of this chapter.
   The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the board
and issued by the registrar in accordance with rules and regulations
adopted by the board, and shall contain the following:
   (a) The length of time during which the applicant has engaged in
any work relating to pest control.
   (b) The name and place of business of the person who last employed
him or her.
   (c) The name of the person by whom the applicant is employed.
   (d) The name of the registered company by which the applicant is
to be employed.
   (e) The fees prescribed by this chapter.
   The board shall not accept any application for a field
representative's license in Branch 1 unless the applicant submits
proof satisfactory to the board that he or she has had six months'
training and experience in the practice of fumigating with poisonous
or lethal gases under the immediate supervision of an individual
licensed to practice fumigating, or the equivalent of that training
and experience.
   The board shall not accept any application for a field
representative's license in Branch 2 unless the applicant submits
proof satisfactory to the board that he or she has had training and
experience in the practice of pesticide application, Branch 2 pest
identification and biology, pesticide application equipment, and
pesticide hazards and safety practice under the immediate supervision
of an operator or field representative licensed in Branch 2, or the
equivalent of that training and experience.
   The board shall not accept any application for a field
representative's license in Branch 3 unless the applicant submits
proof satisfactory to the board that he or she has had training and
experience in the practice of pesticide application, Branch 3 pest
identification and biology, pesticide application equipment,
pesticide hazards and safety practices, structural repairs, and
structural inspection procedures and report writing under the
immediate supervision of an operator or field representative licensed
in Branch 3, or the equivalent of that training and experience.