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This law was first created in 1989. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 575 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1992, chapter 114; in 2008, chapter 860<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":86911,"section_number":"2.2-4000","catch_line":"Short title; purpose","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-4000\/"}],"permalink":{"id":195877,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61539,"identifier":"3.2-3906","token":"3.2\/III\/39\/1\/3.2-3906","url":"\/3.2-3906\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/3.2-3906\/","token":"3.2\/III\/39\/1\/3.2-3906","dublin_core":{"Title":"Board to adopt regulations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 3.2-3906","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Board<\/span> may adopt regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7 2.2-4000<\/a> et seq.), including:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Licensing of businesses that manufacture, sell, store, recommend for use<\/span>, mix, or apply pesticides; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Registration of pesticides for manufacture, distribution, sale, storage, or use<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Requiring reporting and record keeping related to licensing and registration; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Establishing training, testing and standards for certification<\/span> of commercial applicators<\/span>, registered technicians<\/span>, and private applicators<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> Revoking, suspending or denying licenses (business), registration (products), and certification<\/span> or certificate<\/span> (applicators or technicians); <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Requiring licensees<\/span> and certificate<\/span> holders to inform the public when using pesticides in and around structures; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> Establishing a fee structure for licensure, registration and certification<\/span> to defray the costs of implementing this chapter; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> Classifying or subclassifying certification<\/span> or certificates<\/span> to be issued under this chapter. Such classifications may include agricultural, forest, ornamental, aquatic, right-of-way or industrial, institutional, structural or health-related pest<\/span> control; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

9.<\/span> Restricting or prohibiting the sale or use<\/span> and disposal of any pesticide or pesticide container or residuals that: (i) undesirably persists in the environment or increases due to biological amplification or unreasonable adverse effects on the environment<\/span>; or (ii) because of toxicity or inordinate hazard to man, animal, bird or plant may be contrary to the public interest; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

10.<\/span> Other regulations necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBOARD TO ADOPT REGULATIONS (\u00a7 3.2-3906)\n\nThe Board may adopt regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (\u00a7\n2.2-4000 et seq.), including:\n\n1. Licensing of businesses that manufacture, sell, store, recommend for use,\nmix, or apply pesticides;\n\n2. Registration of pesticides for manufacture, distribution, sale, storage, or\nuse;\n\n3. Requiring reporting and record keeping related to licensing and registration;\n\n4. Establishing training, testing and standards for certification of commercial\napplicators, registered technicians, and private applicators;\n\n5. Revoking, suspending or denying licenses (business), registration (products),\nand certification or certificate (applicators or technicians);\n\n6. Requiring licensees and certificate holders to inform the public when using\npesticides in and around structures;\n\n7. Establishing a fee structure for licensure, registration and certification to\ndefray the costs of implementing this chapter;\n\n8. Classifying or subclassifying certification or certificates to be issued\nunder this chapter. Such classifications may include agricultural, forest,\nornamental, aquatic, right-of-way or industrial, institutional, structural or\nhealth-related pest control;\n\n9. Restricting or prohibiting the sale or use and disposal of any pesticide or\npesticide container or residuals that: (i) undesirably persists in the\nenvironment or increases due to biological amplification or unreasonable adverse\neffects on the environment; or (ii) because of toxicity or inordinate hazard to\nman, animal, bird or plant may be contrary to the public interest; and\n\n10. Other regulations necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this\nchapter.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 575, \u00a7\u00a7 3.1-249.30, 3.1-249.31; 1992, c. 114; 2008, c. 860.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}