§ 2-3-84. Declaration of pest – Rules - Requirements.

A.  The Board shall have the authority to declare any form of plant or animal life or virus which is injurious to plants, humans, domestic animals, articles, or substances as a pest.  The Board shall have the authority to classify pesticide uses as being general, restricted, or both, to determine standards of coloring or discoloring for pesticides, and to subject pesticides to the requirements of this subarticle.

B.  The Board shall promulgate appropriate rules for carrying out the provisions of this subarticle, including, but not limited to, rules providing for the collection and examination of any samples necessary to evaluate the quality, quantity, or effectiveness of pesticides or devices.

C.  There shall be uniformity between the requirements of Oklahoma, the several states, and the Federal Government relating to the coloring or discoloring of pesticides.  The Board may promulgate rules applicable to and in conformity with the primary standards established by this subarticle, as have been or may be prescribed by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, as amended.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 3, § 4, operative July 1, 1961.  Amended by Laws 1965, c. 324, § 1, emerg. eff. June 28, 1965; Laws 1977, c. 98, § 7; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 13, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2004, c. 109, § 2.