1. A. Any person applying pesticides for a fee, private applicators described in §709, and commercial applicators described in §711, with the single exception of applicators listed in §711.B.2.g Category 7, shall accurately maintain, for a period of three years, records of pesticide applications on a record keeping form or record keeping format approved by the director. Records described herein must be maintained, within three days of the application, at the physical address of the employer or the physical address on the owner/operator license. A copy of these records shall be provided to any employee of department upon request at a reasonable time during normal working hours. The following information shall be included on that form:

   1. 1. owner/operator name, address, and license number;
   2. 2. certified applicator, name, address, and certification number;
   3. 3. customer name and address;
   4. 4. product/brand name;
   5. 5. EPA registration number;
   6. 6. restricted/general use pesticide;
   7. 7. application date;
   8. 8. time of application;
   9. 9. crop/type of application;
   10. 10. location of application;
   11. 11. size of area treated (acres, square feet, or minutes of spraying);
   12. 12. rate of application;
   13. 13. total amount of product (concentrate) applied per location, per application;
   14. 14. applicator;
   15. 15. certification number of applicator (if applicable).
2. B. Non-fee commercial applicators as described in §711.B.2.g, category 7, shall accurately maintain, for a period of three years, records of applications of all herbicides insecticides, rodenticide, and fumigants on the appropriate record keeping form as described in LAC 7:XXV.117.I and §2101.A and approved by the director. Records described herein shall be maintained, within seven days of the application, at the physical address of the employer. A copy of these records shall be provided to any employee of the department upon request, at a reasonable time during normal working hours.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3203.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 10:199 (March 1984), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, LR 21:929 (September 1995), amended by Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 37:3484 (December 2011), LR 44:2126 (December 2018), LR 51:775 (June 2025).