Section 830.270  Supervision of a Non-certified Technician

a)         Each non-certified technician using any pesticide under the Act for commercial structural pest control shall be under the supervision of a certified structural pest control technician employed at the business location, who shall be responsible for the non-certified technician's pest control activities.

b)         Each non-certified technician using any restricted pesticide under the Act for non-commercial structural pest control shall be under the supervision of a certified structural pest control technician employed at the business location, who shall be responsible for the non-certified technician's pest control activities.

c)         Any technician providing supervision for the use of restricted pesticides must be certified in the subcategory for which the technician is providing supervision.

d)         The physical presence of the supervising certified structural pest control technician is required in the immediate area of the work site:

1)         When required by the pesticide labeling or if the non-certified technician has not had the minimum on-the-job training with a supervising certified structural pest control technician.  At a minimum, on-the-job training requires at least two supervised uses of each type of pesticide applied at each type of work site as verified by records kept in accordance with Section 830.820; and

2)         In other situations required by the Act or this Part.

e)         If the physical presence of the supervising certified structural pest control technician is not required at the work site as specified in subsection (d), then:

1)         A copy of the label for the pesticide used shall be available for immediate review by the non-certified technician;

2)         The supervising certified structural pest control technician shall be able to have direct voice contact, or immediate voice contact by telephone or radio, with the non-certified technician at all times during the application; and

3)         The supervising certified structural pest control technician shall be able to be physically on the work site within one hour if needed.

f)         If the instructions on the pesticide label provide more stringent requirements regarding direct supervision than those listed in this Section, the more stringent requirements shall be followed.

g)         In all cases of supervision, the certified structural pest control technician shall give the non-certified technician any site- or pesticide-specific instructions necessary to prevent the misuse of a pesticide.

(Source:  Amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 11821, effective August 7, 2015)