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Ch. 550
1994 LAWS OF MARYLAND
(B) WHEN CERTIFICATION HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, THE
SECRETARY SHALL REQUIRE THAT EACH PEST CONTROL CONSULTANT, PEST
CONTROL APPLICATOR, OR PUBLIC AGENCY APPLICATOR TAKE A SPECIAL
EXAMINATION PREPARED AND ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE
CERTIFICATION MAY BE REINSTATED OR RENEWED.
5-208. .:
(a) When a pesticide is applied, or at the time a customer enters into a contract
with a licensee for post control, a licensee shall provide a customer with the following
written information:
(1) Name of licensee;
(2) Maryland pesticide business license number;
(3) Telephone number of licensee;
(4) Common name of pesticide or active ingredient applied;
(5) Pertinent safety information, as determined be the Department,
including health risks for humans and animals, about pesticide in the end use dilution
applied;
(6) Maryland Poison Center telephone number; and
(7) Any other information required by the Department,
(b) [Upon the customer's request, the] A licensee shall provide [the] A
customer with advance notice of a pesticide application.
(c) (1) A licensee or public agency [permittee] APPLICATOR applying a
pesticide to a lawn or to exterior landscape plants shall post [at the time of application]
a sign AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION.
(2) THE SIGN REQUIRED BY PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION
SHALL REMAIN POSTED UNTIL REPLACED BY THE SIGN REQUIRED UNDER
PARAGRAPH (3) OF THIS SUBSECTION.
[(2)] (3) [The sign] IMMEDIATELY AFTER A PESTICIDE APPLICATION, A
LICENSEE OR PUBLIC AGENCY APPLICATOR SHALL POST A SIGN ON THE TREATED
PROPERTY THAT shall remain [48] IN PLACE AT LEAST 72 hours following the pesticide
application, after which time the customer in responsible for the removal of the sign.
[(3)](4) (i) A person may not remove, alter, or deface [the] A sign, or
agree or conspire with another to remove, alter, or deface [the] A sign REQUIRED
UNDER THIS SUBSECTION [within 48 hours of its posting] DURING THE PERIOD OF
TIME THE SIGN IS REQUIRED TO REMAIN POSTED.
(ii) The customer or licensee may not be held liable for any penalty for
sign removal under this subtitle if the sign is removed by another person or cause over
which the customer or licensee has no control.
[(4)](5) [The] EACH sign REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION shall:
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