QAL Study Guide Laws & Regs Book 1 Graded A

QAL Study Guide Laws & Regs Book 1 Graded A A general use herbicide is being applied for hire by a landscape gardener, this type of application is incidental (secondary) to this landscapers business. Which pest control license should this gardener have? Maintenance Gardener Pest Control Business License It is legal to apply a pesticide using? Only the methods of application described on the label. Always go with the label in terms of application. Label is the law. A request for a restricted materials permit for non-agricultural use is required to include? Criteria for determining the need for the pesticide application. A completed Notice of Intent must contain: The date the intended application will begin. You must wait 24 hrs after sending Notice of Intent, need to receive approval/authorization before spraying. A restricted materials permit may also stipulate Additional protective clothing and safety equipment that must be worn or used. Employers must keep records concerning the medical supervision of employee pesticide handlers for _ years. 3 years Notifications of a pesticide application which is about to take place must be given to All of the above. (Any person who is working in the field that will be treated, any employees who might likely enter the treated area during the application and any person who is supervising the application.) The MAXIMUM amount of a particular pesticide that is allowable on a particular commodity at the time of harvest is known as: Pesticide residue tolerance. If an agricultural commodity is found to have pesticide residues in excess of the legal residue tolerances published in the California Code of Regulations it will be: Quarantined and removed from sale and distribution If a crop is treated with a pesticide and on its registered label it does not require posting as a method of notifying of an impending application, then oral notification is not required if the: Field is posted If an agricultural commodity is found to have residues of a pesticide that is not registered for that commodity, it will be: Considered a public nuisance Regulations are defined as: Working rules used to carry out laws. Before a pest control business applies a pesticide for the production of an agricultural commodity, the property operator must provide the pest control business with Their operator identification number Once the registration of a pesticide gets cancelled, the sale and use of this product May continue if the regulatory agency imposes a specific time period allowing for its sale and use Performing pest control incidental to new construction, requires which of the following: No pesticide license is required because the pest control is incidental When a California Special Loan Need registration has been issued for a pesticide, the pesticide May have additional uses or limitations than those listed on the pesticide label Upon completion of a pesticide application to agricultural property within 24 hours, the pest control business must Give a completion notice to the property operator. Which types of pesticides used on crops must you complete a "Pesticide Use Report" for? All pesticides used in a manner defined by DPR as agricultural production The requirement for continuing education courses you must take in order to maintain your applicator or advisor licensing is to: Keep current on new pesticide information, technologies and safety An employee that has been newly hired may not need training if the employee Submits a training record from a previous employer that meets the new employer's requirements to provide pesticide specific training When employees are handling pesticides for uses other than commercial or research production of an agricultural plan commodity with the signal word "DANGER" or "WARNING" on the label, the decontamination sites must be within __ of the mixing and loading site. 100 feet Before field worker employees are allowed to enter pesticide-treated fields, what information must the property operator (farmer) inform them about that is mandated by California's pesticide laws? The availability and location of the pesticide use records, MSDS's, and PSIS leaflets Which of the following is information required to be displayed at a central location about a pesticide application? The time and date of the pesticide application If an employee is to enter a treated field BEFORE the restricted entry interval (REI) has expired, to conduct "limited-contact" activities which of the following restrictions applies? Each employee will spend no more than eight hours in any 24-hour period in the treated field If an applicator is going to apply a pesticide that has a label-entry interval of 6 days. The orchard trees have no foliage on them and there are no weeds or groundcover in the orchard. The local county Ag Commissioner has given you prior authorization to shorten the REI and therefore the REI can now be 5 days All employees who handle minimal exposure pesticides must have available to them An area where they c an change clothes and wash themselves at the end of their work Emergency medical care posting consisting of the name, address, and location of the nearest medical facility capable of treating pesticide related injuries should be available at the: Pesticide mixing site whenever pesticides are used. Eye protection is required to be worn if the applicator Is spraying with a backpack sprayer Personal protective equipment which also includes body wear, should be cleaned At the end of each work period Workers who clean contaminated application equipment must wear the same PPE as Workers who mix and load pesticides When administering first aid to a pesticide exposure victim, what safety measure should you use? Protect yourself and others from exposure If an exposure victim experiences severe nausea within 15 minutes of having pesticide splashed on to