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Title 6 : Agriculture

Chapter 081 : Insecticides, Fungicides, and Rodenticides

• § 918. Registration

  (a) Every economic poison that is distributed, sold, or offered for sale within this State or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this State through any point outside this State shall be registered in the Office of the Secretary, and such registration shall be renewed annually, provided that products that have the same formula are manufactured by the same person, the labeling of which contains the same claims, and the labels of which bear a designation identifying the product as the same economic poison may be registered as a single economic poison, and additional names and labels shall be added by supplemental statements during the current period of registration. It is further provided that any economic poison imported into this State, which is subject to the provisions of any federal act providing for the registration of economic poisons and that has been duly registered under the provisions of this chapter, may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be exempted from registration under this chapter when sold or distributed in the unbroken immediate container in which it was originally shipped. The registrant shall file with the Secretary a statement including:

  (1) The name and address of the registrant and the name and address of the person whose name will appear on the label, if other than the registrant.

  (2) The name of the economic poison.

  (3) A complete copy of the labeling accompanying the economic poison and a statement of all claims to be made for it, including directions for use.

  (4) If requested by the Secretary, a full description of the tests made and the results thereof upon which the claims are based. In the case of renewal of registration, a statement shall be required only with respect to information that is different from that furnished when the economic poison was registered or last reregistered.

  (b) The registrant shall pay an annual fee of $200.00 for each product registered, and $185.00 of that amount shall be deposited in the special fund created in section 929 of this title. Of the registration fees collected under this subsection, $15.00 of the amount collected shall be deposited in the Agricultural Water Quality Special Fund under section 4803 of this title. Of the registration fees collected under this subsection, $25.00 of the amount collected shall be used to offset the additional costs of inspection of economic poison products and to provide educational services, training, and technical assistance to pesticide applicators, beekeepers, and the general public regarding the effects of pesticides on pollinators and the methods or best management practices to reduce the impacts of pesticides on pollinators. The annual registration year shall be from December 1 to November 30 of the following year.

  (c) The Secretary, whenever he or she deems it necessary in the administration of this chapter, may require the submission of the complete formula of any economic poison. If it appears to the Secretary that the composition of the article is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it and if the article and its labeling and other material required to be submitted comply with the requirements of sections 919 and 920 of this title, he or she shall register the article.

  (d) If it does not appear to the Secretary that the article is such as to warrant the proposed claims for it or if the article and its labeling and other material required to be submitted do not comply with the provisions of this chapter, he or she shall notify the registrant of the manner in which the article, labeling, or other material required to be submitted fail to comply with the chapter so as to afford the registrant an opportunity to make the necessary corrections. In order to protect the public, the Secretary, on his or her own motion, may, at any time, cancel the registration of an economic poison that fails to meet the requirements of this section. In no event shall registration of an article be construed as a defense for the commission of any offense prohibited under sections 919 and 920 of this title.

  (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, registration is not required in the case of an economic poison shipped from one plant within this State to another plant within this State operated by the same person.

  (f) Unless the use or sale of a neonicotinoid pesticide is otherwise prohibited, the Secretary shall register as a restricted use pesticide any neonicotinoid pesticide labeled as approved for outdoor use that is distributed, sold, sold into, or offered for sale within the State or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this State through any point outside this State, provided that the Secretary shall not register the following products as restricted use pesticides unless classified under federal law as restricted use products:

  (1) pet care products used for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating fleas, mites, ticks, heartworms, or other insects or organisms;

  (2) personal care products used for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating lice or bedbugs; and

  (3) indoor pest control products used for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating insects indoors.

  (g) The Secretary shall register as a restricted use pesticide any second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide that is distributed, sold, sold into, or offered for sale within the State or delivered for transportation or transported in intrastate commerce or between points within this State through any point outside this State. (Amended 1961, No. 74, § 5, eff. April 19, 1961; 1965, No. 90, §§ 1, 2; 1975, No. 39, § 1, eff. Dec. 1, 1975; 1985, No. 72, § 2, eff. May 20, 1985; 1987, No. 71, § 1; amended 1995, No. 125 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1999, No. 49, § 115; 1999, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003; 2005, No. 72, § 21; 2009, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2013, No. 72, § 19; 2015, No. 64, § 11; 2015, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2019, No. 35, § 2; 2023, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. July 1, 2024; 2023, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. June 17, 2024.)