The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may refuse to grant distributor registration or renewal of registration and may revoke or suspend registration following a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Any violation of the provisions of this part or of section 22a-66z or a regulation adopted thereunder, applicable to registered distributors, shall be grounds for revocation, refusal to renew or suspension of registration including, but not be limited to, the following:

1. (1) Falsification of records required to be maintained pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 22a-58 or refusal to keep and maintain such records;
2. (2) neglecting or refusing to comply with or violating any of the provisions of this part, the regulations adopted thereunder, or any lawful order of the commissioner;
3. (3) the distribution, sale or offering for sale of any restricted use pesticide to any person unless that person is a commercial supervisor or a private applicator certified under section 22a-54 or under subsection (a) of section 23-61a or section 23-61b, or a seller registered under section 22a-56;
4. (4) distribution, sale or offering for sale any permit use pesticide to any person unless that person has a permit issued in accordance with the provisions of this part, subsection (a) of section 23-61a or section 23-61b, or to a seller registered under section 22a-56;
5. (5) the distribution, sale, offering for sale, holding for sale or offering to deliver any restricted or permit use pesticide without distributor registration under section 22a-56.

(P.A. 87-261, S. 11; P.A. 02-89, S. 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-187, S. 32.)

History: P.A. 02-89 replaced references to “sections 23-61b to 23-61d, inclusive” with references to “section 23-61b”, reflecting repeal of Sec. 23-61d by the same public act; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-187 deleted reference to Sec. 22a-66y, effective June 11, 2014.