2-2440c.   Registered pest control technician;training; approval oftraining materials; maintenance of records verifying training.(a) Each registered pest control technician shall have received training,to the extent prescribed by the secretary by rules and regulations in eachof the subjects enumerated in K.S.A. 2-2443a, and amendments thereto.

      (b)   Within 90 days after the effective date of this act, each pesticidebusiness licensee who applies pesticides or causes pesticides to be appliedfor the control of wood destroying pests, structural pests, ornamental pests,turf pests or interior landscape pests shall submitits training materials to the secretary for approval. After initial approval,each such pesticide business licensee shall resubmit its training materials forapproval every five years. Training materials submitted to the secretary shallbe approved or disapproved within 60 days of the date of receipt by thesecretary. If the training materials submitted are disapproved, the secretaryshall provide the pesticide businesslicensee within 60 days of receipt of the training materials a writtenexplanation of the reason for such disapproval.

      (c)   Each pesticide business licensee who applies pesticides or causespesticides to be applied for the control of wood destroying pests, structuralpests, ornamental pests, turf pests or interior landscapepests shall maintain records to verify that each registered pest controltechnician employed by such pesticide business licensee has been properlytrained. These records shall contain the name of each person who takes thetraining to become a registered pest control technician, the date or dates ofsuch training, the date the training was completed and any other informationrequired by the secretary. These records shall be maintained for a period ofthree years after the training has been given. These records shall be madeavailable to the secretary or the secretary's authorized designee upon request.

      (d)   This section shall be part of and supplemental to theKansas pesticide law.

      History:   L. 1987, ch. 12, § 6;L. 1988, ch. 7, § 4;L. 2009, ch. 128, § 14; July 1.