2-2450. Suspension of pesticide business license for failure to have surety bond, liability insurance, letter of credit or escrow account or to employ certified commercial applicator. (a) If the surety bond, certificate of liability insurance, letter of credit or proof of an escrow account previously furnished by the licensee expires or is canceled or terminated, the secretary shall suspend without a hearing the pesticide business license until an acceptable substitute surety bond, letter of credit, proof of an escrow account or certificate establishing acceptable replacement of liability insurance is supplied.

(b) If the pesticide business fails to employ one or more commercial applicators certified in each category and subcategory in which the pesticide business makes commercial pesticide applications, the secretary may suspend, without a hearing, the pesticide business license for that category until the pesticide business employs a commercial applicator with the appropriate certification.

History: L. 1976, ch. 1, § 13; L. 1985, ch. 13, § 2; L. 1994, ch. 199, § 3; L. 2009, ch. 128, § 21; L. 2011, ch. 16, § 1; July 1.