LAWS – Chapter 20 Article 1 Arizona

 “Branch office” means any fixed place of business, other than the primary office, where records are kept, mail is received, statements are rendered, money is collected, requests for service or bids are received, information pertaining to the business of pest management is given or pesticides are stored or disposed of.   True or False

 “Branch  supervisor” means a certified applicator working at or from a branch office who is responsible for answering the phones and responding to email.  True or False

 “Business of pest management” means engaging in, offering to engage in, advertising  for, soliciting or performing pest management, including identifying infestations or making inspections for the purpose of identifying or attempting to identify infestations.   True or False

“Business of pest management” means engaging in, offering to engage in, advertising  for, soliciting or performing pest management, including making written or oral inspection reports, recommendations, estimates or bids with respect to infestations.  True or False

“Business of pest management” means engaging in, offering to engage in, advertising  for, soliciting or performing pest management, including the application of pesticides or the making of contracts or submitting of bids for the application of pesticides or the use of devices for the purpose of eliminating, exterminating, controlling or preventing infestations.   True or False

Certified qualified applicator means a certified applicator who is eligible to act as a qualifying party.   True or False

“Device” means any instrument or contrivance that is intended to be used for trapping, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest or other form of plant or animal life.   True or False

“Direct supervision” means the use of a pesticide under the instructions, control and responsibility of a certified applicator who is available if needed for consultation or assistance even though the certified applicator is not physically present at the time and place the pesticide is used.   True or False

“Final grade treatment” means the establishment of a complete vertical barrier at the exterior of foundation walls in stem wall; monolithic construction; floating slabs and supported slabs.   True or False

“Household pests” means pests, other than wood-destroying organisms, that invade households or other structures, including rodents, vermin and insects.   True or False

“Immediate supervision” means the use of a pesticide by an individual acting under the instructions, control and responsibility of a certified applicator who is within the direct line of sight or within hearing distance of the individual and who is available for consultation or assistance at the time and place the pesticide is used.  True or False

“Integrated pest management” means a sustainable approach to managing pests that combines biological, cultural, physical and chemical tools in a way that minimizes economic, health and environmental risks.  True or False

 “New-construction treatment” means a treatment that protects all cellulose components of a structure from subterranean termites and that is performed after a permanent concrete slab foundation is installed or footings and supports for a raised foundation are installed, but before the structure or a final grade treatment is completed.  True or False

“Pest management” includes pesticide applications used directly in the commercial production of crops and animals or used not for hire on golf courses.  True or False

“Pesticide” means any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating insects, fungi, bacteria, microbes, weeds, rodents, predatory animals or any form of plant or animal life that is, or that the director may declare to be, a pest and that may infest or be detrimental to vegetation, humans, animals or households or be present in any environment.  True or False

“Pretreatment” means a termite treatment that protects all cellulose components of a structure from subterranean termites, that is performed before a permanent concrete slab foundation is installed or in conjunction with establishing footings and supports for a raised foundation and that establishes thorough and complete horizontal and vertical treated barriers.  True or False

 “Service vehicle” means a motor vehicle, including a trailer attached to the motor vehicle, that is used to transport equipment or pesticides for the business of pest management unless that vehicle is also a personal use vehicle.   True or False

A business licensee or certified applicator shall notify a school or a child care facility at least seventy-two hours in advance of any pesticide application in order to permit the school to comply with section 15-152 and the child care facility to comply with section 36-898.  True or False

The following pesticide application is exempt from the notification requirement prescribed by subsection B of this section: Applied to a crack or crevice that is inaccessible to children.   True or False

The  following pesticide application is exempt from the notification requirement prescribed by subsection B of this section: Block-type bait that is a toxicity level III or IV formulation of rodenticide pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations section 156.62 and that is secured in an enclosed, tamper-resistant bait station placed in an area that is inaccessible to children.   True or False