Section 11708 Of Article 1. Licenses And Permits From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 6. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.
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. The director may refuse to grant any license and may revoke
or suspend any license if the applicant or licensee:
(a) Does not have, or has not maintained at its principal office
and at each branch location, a person who holds a qualified
applicator license issued pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with
Section 12201) to actively supervise all operations performed for
each such location as prescribed by regulations of the director. This
subdivision does not apply to businesses that are licensed only in
the maintenance gardener category.
(b) Does not have, or has not maintained, adequate safe equipment
and facilities to perform the operations undertaken or to be
undertaken.
(c) Does not have adequately trained personnel to perform the
operations undertaken or to be undertaken.
(d) Violates or permits the violation of any provision of this
division and Division 7 (commencing with Section 12501) pertaining to
pesticides or of any regulations adopted pursuant thereto by the
director or any commissioner or any industrial safety order relating
to pesticides issued by the Department of Industrial Relations.
(e) Fails to maintain and report to the director or commissioner,
as required, information concerning pest control performed or
authorized to be performed by the license or the registration of the
commissioner.
Any hearing to deny, suspend, or revoke a license shall be heard
under the Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 5 (commencing with
Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code. However, if the director finds on the basis of affidavits
submitted to him or her by the enforcement personnel provided in
Section 11501.5, or by injured parties, that the protection of the
public welfare or safety requires immediate action, the director may,
without hearing, temporarily suspend or condition the license of any
pest control operator and shall forthwith schedule the matter for
hearing. The director may terminate the suspension of, or any
condition placed upon, a license upon correction of the defects of
equipment, establishment of adequate safety practices, or any other
corrective action as he or she deems satisfactory to assure
compliance with the requirements of statutes and regulations. In that
event, the matter may proceed to hearing as though the license had
not been suspended or the conditions placed upon it.