GroundRules
← Search the law
Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Occupations Code § 1951.051: INDIVIDUAL PERFORMING PEST CONTROL WORK ON OWN OR EMPLOYER'S PREMISES.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. OCCUPATIONS CODE
  2. TITLE 12. PRACTICES AND TRADES RELATED TO WATER, HEALTH, AND SAFETY
  3. SUBTITLE B. PRACTICES RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY
  4. CHAPTER 1951. STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. EXEMPTIONS

(a) An individual who does not hold a license under this chapter may use insecticides, pesticides, rodenticides, fumigants, or allied chemicals or substances or mechanical devices designed to prevent, control, or eliminate pest infestations unless:

(1) that use is prohibited by state law or rule;

(2) that use is prohibited by rule of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; or

(3) the substance used is labeled as a restricted-use pesticide or a state-limited-use pesticide.

(b) An individual may act under Subsection (a) only on premises:

(1) owned by the individual;

(2) in which the individual owns a partnership or joint venture interest; or

(3) of a person who employs the individual primarily to perform services other than pest control.

(c) Subsection (b)(3) does not apply to:

(1) an apartment building;

(2) a day-care center;

(3) a hospital;

(4) a nursing home;

(5) a hotel, motel, or lodge;

(6) a warehouse;

(7) a food-processing establishment;

(8) a facility owned by the state or a political subdivision of the state, except as provided by Section 1951.303(b)(1); or

(9) a school.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:31Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection