Bus. & Prof. Code, § 8566 · Article 4. Issuance of Licenses
Bus. & Prof. Code, § 8566
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The board shall ascertain by examination that an applicant for a license as field representative is qualified in the use and understanding of the following:
(a) The safety laws of the state, if the branch or branches of pest control for which he or she is applying, require that knowledge.
(b) The provisions of this chapter.
(c) Pesticides used in pest control, if the branch or branches of pest control for which he or she is applying, require that knowledge.
(d) The theory and practice of pest control in the branch or branches thereof for which the applicant desires to be licensed.
(e) Other state laws, safety or health measures, or practices as are reasonably within the scope of structural pest control in the various branches.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 560, Sec. 23. (SB 1244) Effective January 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=8566.
- Text hash
- sha256 332d35ab7d4373357aa47c085a6e5a4803251be7316465e3af607e77780fa520
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.