{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-3906","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 3.2-3906","heading":"Board to adopt regulations","body":"The Board may adopt regulations pursuant to the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq.), including:1. Licensing of businesses that manufacture, sell, store, recommend for use, mix, or apply pesticides;2. Registration of pesticides for manufacture, distribution, sale, storage, or use;3. Requiring reporting and record keeping related to licensing and registration;4. Establishing training, testing and standards for certification of commercial applicators, registered technicians, and private applicators;5. Revoking, suspending or denying licenses (business), registration (products), and certification or certificate (applicators or technicians);6. Requiring licensees and certificate holders to inform the public when using pesticides in and around structures;7. Establishing a fee structure for licensure, registration and certification to defray the costs of implementing this chapter;8. Classifying or subclassifying certification or certificates to be issued under this chapter. Such classifications may include agricultural, forest, ornamental, aquatic, right-of-way or industrial, institutional, structural or health-related pest control;9. Restricting or prohibiting the sale or use and disposal of any pesticide or pesticide container or residuals that: (i) undesirably persists in the environment or increases due to biological amplification or unreasonable adverse effects on the environment; or (ii) because of toxicity or inordinate hazard to man, animal, bird or plant may be contrary to the public interest; and10. Other regulations necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.1989, c. 575, §§ 3.1-249.30, 3.1-249.31; 1992, c. 114; 2008, c. 860.","path":["Title 3.2. AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL CARE, AND FOOD","Subtitle III. PRODUCTION AND SALE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS","Chapter 39. PESTICIDE CONTROL","Article 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/3.2-3906/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:19Z","sha256":"6b135250a1bbf3808bc93fd56bd28cbc19a24eb93083cdc60e6a1c153f70c948","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-3905","next":"us-va/va.-code-3.2-3907"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}