Title 43, Chapter 45, Section 17
( 43-45-17)
The Commissioner is authorized and directed to enforce this chapter
and rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter and is
authorized to utilize any employee of the Department of Agriculture.
The Commissioner may inspect any materials used or work performed by
persons engaged in the business of household pest control,
wood-destroying organism control, or fumigation in this state. The
Commissioner shall be authorized, after notice and hearing, to
revoke, suspend, or cancel any license, certification, or
registration issued under this chapter for a violation of this
chapter or the rules and regulations promulgated under this chapter,
for conviction or imposition of a final order imposing a civil
penalty pursuant to Section 14 of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, or for conviction of a
crime involving moral turpitude. It is the intent and purpose of
this chapter to provide for the enforcement of this chapter by the
Commissioner and to provide for the licensing, certification, and
registration of those persons engaged in the business of structural
pest control by the commission. It is the further intent of this
chapter to provide that the commission shall advise the Commissioner
with respect to the enforcement of this chapter. In connection
therewith, the Commissioner, his designated agent, or a designated
hearing officer is authorized to exercise the authority granted the
commission to hold hearings, subpoena witnesses, and compel the
production of documents and papers. |