Section 6760 - Employer Responsibility and Exceptions(a) Employers shall comply with the requirements of this article to protect employees who may enter treated fields.(b) If only granular baits or attractants or repellents in traps have been applied in a field, the employer is exempt from the requirements of Sections 6762 (Field Work During Application), 6764 (Fieldworker Training), 6766(a) and (b) (Emergency Medical Care), 6768 (Decontamination Facilities), 6770 (Entry After Pesticide Application), 6771 (Requirements for Early Entry Fieldworkers), 6772 (Restricted Entry Intervals), 6774 (Reentry Interval Adjustments), and 6776 (Field Posting).(c) Pesticide applications for areawide public pest control programs sponsored by governmental agencies, such as for fruit fly eradication, and those made by vector control agencies operating under cooperative agreements with the State Department of Health Services pursuant to Section 116180 of the Health and Safety Code, and contractors of those agencies, are exempt from the requirements of this article.(d) If only algaecides have been used to treat the irrigation system, the employer is exempt from the requirements of Sections 6762 (Field Work During Application), 6764 (Fieldworker Training), 6766(a) and (b) (Emergency Medical Care), 6768 (Decontamination Facilities), 6770 (Field Entry After Pesticide Application), 6771 (Requirements for Early Entry Fieldworkers), 6772 (Restricted Entry Intervals), 6774 (Restricted Entry Interval Adjustments) and 6776 (Field Posting).(e) If pesticides have been applied only by injection directly into plants the employer is exempt from the requirements of this article. Direct injection does not include "hack and squirt" methods.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 3, § 6760
1. Amendment of subsection (a), renumbering and amendment of Section 6712 to Section 6760(c), renumbering and amendment of Section 6770(h) to Section 6760(d) and new subsection (e) filed 9-26-88; operative 10-26-88 (Register 88, No. 41).
2. Amendment of section heading, section and NOTE filed 12-31-96; operative 1-1-97 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 97, No. 1). Note: Authority cited: Section 12981, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 12980 and 12981, Food and Agricultural Code.
1. Amendment of subsection (a), renumbering and amendment of Section 6712 to Section 6760(c), renumbering and amendment of Section 6770(h) to Section 6760(d) and new subsection (e) filed 9-26-88; operative 10-26-88 (Register 88, No. 41).
2. Amendment of section heading, section and Note filed 12-31-96; operative 1-1-97 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 97, No. 1).