Alaska pest control service report requirements

What Alaska requires

• Certification in the right category of use is required to engage in or supervise the custom, commercial or contract use of any pesticide, unless the work is a general-use pesticide applied under a certified applicator's direct, on-the-job supervision; certified people work only in their categories (structural pest control is category 7, rodent-only vertebrate control 17 (B))18 AAC 90.300 (a) (5)-(6), (b), (c)
• A certified pesticide technician applies only general-use pesticides at the direction of a certified applicator, who makes all pest control decisions, is immediately available by phone, and before the application gives written instructions with the complete product name, EPA number, date, address, method, rate, dilution, estimated total amount, target pests, site, and the names and current certification numbers of the technician and the directing applicator; the technician carries those instructions18 AAC 90.300 (c) (19), (h)
• Custom, commercial and contract applicators keep accurate written records of all general-use pesticide uses for at least two years, available to the Department, with the product or brand name, EPA registration number, date, address or location, site, size of the area treated, rate of application, dilution, total amount of product, target pests, the name and certification number of the person applying it, and a copy of any instructions given to pesticide technicians18 AAC 90.420
• For a fumigant the record gives, instead of the rate and dilution, the temperature during the exposure period, the duration of the exposure period and the pounds of gas released per 1,000 cubic feet of space18 AAC 90.420 (14)
• Restricted-use pesticide records, kept two years, add the time of use and the name and address of the person for whom it was applied, plus each purchase (product, EPA number, seller's company name and address, date and amount)18 AAC 90.415
• A certified person carries a copy of the certification while working or displays it at the place of business, tells the Department within 30 days of a change in business name or application information, and cannot transfer the certification18 AAC 90.300 (d)-(f)
• Certification for custom, commercial or contract use needs liability insurance of at least 500,000 dollars per person for bodily injury and 300,000 dollars per incident for property damage, reported to the Department each year and within 30 days of any change18 AAC 90.620 (a)-(b)
• Before applying a pesticide in a public place (common areas of an apartment building of more than four units, the public parts of government offices, plazas, parks and public sports fields), the applicator posts an 8 1/2 by 11 inch notice at each customary access point, 3 to 4 feet up indoors, immediately before the application and for at least 24 hours or until the label says re-entry is safe, with the date and time, a contact's name, address and phone and when the area is dry or safe; the contact person gets a written statement with the applicator's name, address and phone, each product's name, EPA number, amount and target pests, any adjuvants and the re-entry precautions; antimicrobials, bait stations and ready-to-use gels and pastes are exemptAS 46.03.320 (c)-(d) · 18 AAC 90.630 (a)-(d)
• No one applies a pesticide inside a leased home, residence or sleeping place without first notifying the tenant, either with a posted notice meeting the public place requirements at each entrance to the treated area or verbally with the date and time, the pesticide's name and when the label says it is safe to re-enter18 AAC 90.635
• At schools and licensed child care facilities only certified applicators use pesticides (except antimicrobials, rodenticides in tamper-resistant bait stations and ready-to-use gels, pastes and foams), the applicator posts an 8 1/2 by 11 inch sign in the treated area immediately before starting, and the administrator gives parents 24 hours' notice and keeps records18 AAC 90.300 (a) (8) · 18 AAC 90.625 (b), (f)
• Applicators follow the labeling, measure concentrates only with apparatus calibrated to the smallest unit measured, keep suspensions and mixtures uniform, and clean contaminated apparatus after use18 AAC 90.600