Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Audit checklist
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Are all personnel who apply pesticides over the
age of 18?
Do all Category 3 (Turf and Ornamental Pest
Control) applicators have a license, unless they
work under the direction of a licensed
applicator?
Is there a licensed applicator within 30 (thirty)
minutes of the application site by ordinary
ground transportation and immediately
available by telephone or radio?
Are persons registered to use restricted use
pesticides in any of the following highlighted
categories of commercial pesticide-application
operations:
 Agricultural Pest Control (Category 1).
 Plant (Category 1A).
 Animal (Category 1B).
 Stored Product Pest Control (Category
1C).
 Forest Pest Control (Category 2).
 Ornamental and Turf Pest Control
(Category 3).
 Seed treatment (Category 4).
 Aquatic Pest Control (Category 5).
 Right-of-way Pest Control (Category 6).
 Industrial, Institutional, Structural and
Health-Related Pest Control (Category 7).
 General (Category 7A).
 Fumigation (Category 7B).
Note: USC Upstate is involved in 1,3 & 5
above
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Have commercial applicators accomplished the
following:
 Pass the Core examination, a basic test
dealing with the minimum amount of
subject matter considered essential to the
safe use of restricted use pesticides.
 Pass a separate Category examination for
each of the practice areas listed above.
Note: passing the core exam without passing a
category exam does not entitle the applicant to
use or supervise the use of Restricted Use
Pesticides or perform pest control activities in
categories for which licensing is required.
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Do all personnel have a current license and
registration?
Have the personnel taken the 10 Continuing
Certification hours required
to meet the requirements listed below?
Are the applicator records organized well and
available for review?
Do applicator records list:
 the quantity of each pesticide used,
received, or purchased?
 the common chemical name of the active
ingredient(s) (not the product name)?
 the pest or purpose for which the pesticide
was applied?
 the date and place of application?
Note: It is not necessary to list the pests
involved for general household insect control or
for general insect control measures in
commercial and industrial establishments. In
these cases the record may indicate merely
“household pests” or “general insect control.”
10 Are the records for pre-construction termitecontrol treatments (“pretreats”), including the
installation of bait systems and baits containing
active ingredients, records of termiticide
application must be maintained for a period of
five (5) years?
11 Are the records for post-construction termitecontrol treatments, including the installation of
bait systems and baits containing active
ingredients, records of termiticide application
must be maintained for a period of two (2)
years from the date of application?
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12 Does the applicator of all fumigants have an a
valid Commercial Applicators License in
Category 7B, Category 1C, or other appropriate
category as determined by the Department, and
is physically present on site and supervising the
application at all times when pesticide is being
applied.
13 Does the applicator of all pesticides classified
as “restricted use” by the EPA or the
Department, have a valid Applicators License
in the Category and is within 30 (thirty) miles
by ordinary ground transportation of the
application site and immediately accessible by
telephone or radio?
14 Does the applicator of all pesticides which has
the signal word “danger” or “warning” will
require the licensee supervising the application
to be within 60 (sixty) miles by ordinary
ground transportation of the application site and
immediately accessible by telephone or radio?
15 Does the applicator of all pesticides which has
the signal word “Caution” will require the
licensee supervising the application to be
within 100 (one-hundred) miles by ordinary
ground transportation of the application site and
immediately available by telephone or radio?
Handling
1 Are all pesticides stored in quantity stored in
securely locked well ventilated rooms, well
away from all food or feed items?
2 Are Pesticides separated during storage,
preferably in bins, depending upon the type of
pesticide?
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Note: each type of pesticide, i.e., herbicides,
insecticides, fungicides, et cetera, must be
stored separately from each other?
Are the Herbicides not stored in a bin on top of,
or located above, any other type of pesticide, to
preclude accidental contamination of other
pesticides by leakage or spillage?
Are all containers free of leaks?
Are any leaking containers stored in an
“overpack” container or similar device that is
sufficient to contain the leak?
Has any residue been cleaned up by an
appropriate decontamination method?
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Has the location where any pesticide material
has been spilled been immediately
decontaminated by a method appropriate to the
material spilled?
Transportation.
Do the vehicles used to transport pesticides to
and from the application site, or used in the
actual application of pesticides, have an
identification symbol, furnished by the
Department, on both the right and left sides of
the vehicle?
Is the symbol maintained clean and
recognizable from a minimum distance of one
hundred feet?
Disposal
Are unwanted pesticides and pesticide
containers disposed of in accordance with the
regulations promulgated by the South Carolina
Department of Health and Environmental
Control?
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