(a) Pesticides are valuable to Arkansas’s agricultural production and the protection of people and their possessions from:
- (1) Insects;
- (2) Rodents;
- (3) Weeds;
- (4) Plant diseases; and
- (5) Other pests.
- (b) It is essential to the public health and welfare that pesticides be used properly to prevent adverse effects on people and the environment.
- (c) The purpose of this part is to provide a fair and consistent mechanism by which compliance with the Arkansas Pesticide Use and Application Act, Arkansas Code § 20-20-201 et seq., as amended, and the Arkansas Pesticide Control Act, Arkansas Code § 2-16-401 et seq., as amended, and this part written pursuant thereto can be achieved.