Section 12824 Of Article 4. Registration From California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
12824
. The director shall endeavor to eliminate from use in the
state any pesticide that endangers the agricultural or
nonagricultural environment, is not beneficial for the purposes for
which it is sold, or is misrepresented. In carrying out this
responsibility, the director shall develop an orderly program for the
continuous evaluation of all pesticides actually registered.
Before a substance is registered as a pesticide for the first
time, there shall be a thorough and timely evaluation in accordance
with this section. Appropriate restrictions may be placed upon its
use including, but not limited to, limitations on quantity, area, and
manner of application. All pesticides for which renewal of
registration is sought also shall be evaluated in accordance with
this section.
The director may establish specific criteria to evaluate a
pesticide with regard to the factors listed in Section 12825. The
department may establish performance standards and tests that are to
be conducted or financed, or both conducted and financed, by the
registrants, applicants for registration, or parties interested in
the registration of those pesticides.