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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="5-204" title_number="5" title_name="Pesticide and Pest Control" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Pesticide Applicator's Law">
  <text>The Secretary, by suitable administrative procedures including public hearings, if appropriate, shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Adopt rules and regulations governing the storage, sale, distribution, exchange, use, and disposal of any pesticide and its container;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Prescribe, when necessary, the time and conditions under which a pesticide may be sold, distributed, exchanged, or used in different areas of the State;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Provide, if necessary, that extremely hazardous pesticides may be sold, distributed, exchanged, or applied only when special permission first is obtained from the Secretary;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Define the formulations and establish the conditions and appropriate areas for application of any pesticide;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Establish guidelines and requirements for the application of pesticides and providing for submission of records to the Secretary;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Design and conduct an appropriate educational program on the use of pesticides and the necessity for care when applying them;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Encourage, conduct and support research which will contribute to optimal uses of pesticides for maximum public benefit and minimum public damage;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>Require that records be kept by all licensees and permittees;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="9">
    <text>Employ inspectors and other employees necessary for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this subtitle and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to it;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="10">
    <text>Coordinate and support pesticide monitoring programs;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="11">
    <text>Establish appropriate categories and, if necessary, subcategories of applicators of pesticides;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="12">
    <text>Establish guidelines and requirements for all licensees, certificate holders, and permittees for the identification of pests and their methods of inspection of property to determine the presence of pests;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="13">
    <text>For purposes of uniformity and in order to enter into cooperative agreements, adopt use classifications and other pertinent pesticide regulation provisions that are established by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="14">
    <text>Cooperate with State or federal agencies as is reasonable and proper to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text>
  </level>
</section>
