La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXV-131

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXV-131 - Suspension/Revocation of License/Registration

A. A license/registration may be suspended/revoked by the commission:

1. only upon the unanimous vote of the commission; and

2. only for a violation of the Act or these rules and regulations sustained before the commission in an adjudicatory proceeding noticed and conducted as required under §127 hereof.

B. The commission may suspend/revoke a license/registration for any major violation without previously imposing a period of probationary status.

C. Any suspension of a license/registration shall be for a specific period of time, and the licensee/registered employee shall be notified in writing of the period of time and any conditions which may be imposed on the reinstatement thereof.

D. In addition to the period of suspension, the commission may impose additional terms and conditions which shall be met before the license/registration will be reinstated.

E. The licensee/registered employee shall not perform any work in any phase of pest control work, including in the case of licensees the supervision of registered employees, when his license/registration for that phase of pest control work has been suspended by the commission.

F. The commission may suspend the license/registration for one phase of pest control work without effect upon any other phase of pest control work for which the licensee/employee is licensed/registered.

G. The commission may suspend all phases of pest control work for which the licensee/employee is licensed/registered for a major violation occurring in only one phase of pest control work.

H. Upon provision of evidence acceptable to the commission, either before or at the expiration date for the period of suspension, that the violations which resulted in the suspension have been corrected, the suspension may be terminated by the commission.

I. When a license/registration certificate has been revoked by the commission, the license/registration certificate may not be reinstated until such time as the former licensee meets all requirements set forth in §105 hereof and/or the former registered employee meets all requirements set forth in §113 hereof.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXV-131

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Structural Pest Control Commission, LR 11:329 (April 1985), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Structural Pest Control Commission, LR 37:285 (January 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3366 and 3:3370.