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<section article="gag" article_name="Agriculture" number="5-2A-02" title_number="5" title_name="Pesticide and Pest Control" subtitle_number="2A" subtitle_name="Neonicotinoid Pesticides">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Pet care products used to mitigate fleas, mites, ticks, heartworms, or other animals that are harmful to the health of a domesticated animal;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Personal care products used to mitigate lice and bedbugs; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Indoor pest control products used to mitigate insects indoors, including ant bait.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or after January 1, 2018, a person may not sell at retail in the State a neonicotinoid pesticide unless the person also sells a restricted use pesticide.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person that sells a neonicotinoid pesticide under paragraph (1) of this subsection:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>May sell a neonicotinoid pesticide only to a certified applicator or a farmer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Shall store each neonicotinoid pesticide in a manner that is inaccessible to a customer without the assistance from the person or an employee of the person.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>On or after January 1, 2018, a person may not use a neonicotinoid pesticide unless the person is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A certified applicator or a person working under the supervision of a certified applicator;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A farmer, or a person under the supervision of a farmer, who uses the pesticide for agricultural purposes, including crop production, livestock, poultry, equine, and noncrop agricultural fields; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A veterinarian.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
