2-2205.   Determinations after hearings; rules andregulations;uniformity between states and federal government.(a) The secretary is authorized, after opportunity for a hearing (1) todeclare as a pest any form of plant or animal life or virus which isinjurious to plants, men, domestic animals, articles, or substances; (2) todetermine whether agricultural chemicals are highly toxic to man; (3) todetermine standards of coloring or discoloring for agricultural chemicals;and (4) to subject agricultural chemicals to the requirements of K.S.A.2-2203(a)(6), and amendments thereto.

      (b)   The secretary is authorized, after due public hearing, to makeappropriate rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of thisact, including rules and regulations providing for the collection andexamination of samples of agricultural chemicals.

      (c)   In order to avoid confusion endangering the public health and safetyresulting from diverse requirements, particularly as to the labeling andcoloring of agricultural chemicals and to avoid increased costs to thepeople of this state due to the necessity of complying with such diverserequirements in the manufacture and sale of such products, it is desirablethat there should be uniformity between the requirements of the severalstates and the federal government relating to such products. To this endthe secretary is authorized, after due public hearing, to adoptregulations, applicable to and in conformity with the primary standardsestablished by this act; or as have or may be prescribed by the EPA withrespect to agriculturalchemicals or pesticides.

      History:   L. 1947, ch. 10, § 5;L. 2009, ch. 128, § 5; July 1.