Rule 620-9-.01 - Definitions(1) Honeybee Control and Removal-means the control and removal of an established colony of honeybees from a structure by a Certified Honeybee Control and Removal Operator without the use of pesticides.(2) Certified Honeybee Control and Removal Operator-means a person who engages in the business of honeybee control and removal without the use of pesticides.(3) Structure-means any building, regardless of design or type of material used in its construction, whether public or private, vacant or occupied, and adjacent outside areas.(4) Cavity-means any area within elements of construction of a structure that provides honeybees space for residence.(5) Established honeybee colony-means any colony of honeybees that has established a nest in a cavity within a structure.(6) Free-hanging swarm-means a mass of honeybees which temporarily cluster on an object.(7) Open air hive-means a honeybee colony nest whose removal does not require modification or alternation of the structure.(8) Cut-out-means any act, process, or method of removing an established honeybee colony from within a cavity that involves alternation to the structure.(9) Trap-out-means any act, process, or method of removing honeybees by restricting their reentry leading them to abandon the next.(10) Under the Direct Supervision of-means a competent person who engages in Honeybee Control and Removal acting under the instructions and control of a Certified Honeybee Control and Removal Operator that is present on site during the removal job.Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 620-9-.01
O.C.G.A. § 43-45-8.
Original Rule entitled "Definition of Terms: Structural Pest Control" was filed and effective on June 30, 1965.Amended: Rule repealed and a new Rule entitled "Definition of Terms: Fumigation" adopted. Filed October 25, 1966; effective November 13, 1966.Amended: Rule repealed. Filed February 14, 1985; effective March 4, 1985.Adopted: New Rule entitled "Definitions." F. Apr. 26, 2021; eff. July 1, 2021, as specified by the Agency.