1. (1) Pesticide dealers, including pharmacists, veterinarians, and certified pharmacies must maintain shipping, purchase, or invoice records of all pesticide products received. These records must be retained for two years.
2. (2) Dealers, including pharmacists, veterinarians, and certified pharmacies must maintain a complete record of all restricted use pesticides purchased and sold. These records must be retained for two years.

3. (3) The sales record of restricted use pesticides must include:

   1. (a) The company name on the label;
   2. (b) The complete trade name;
   3. (c) The EPA registration number, including any applicable emergency exemption or state special local need registration number;
   4. (d) The volume sold;
   5. (e) The license or permit number of the applicator or the dealer purchasing the pesticide;
   6. (f) The expiration date of the license or permit and certification categories of the certified applicator that are relevant to the pesticide sold;
   7. (g) The date of sale; and
   8. (h) The name and address of residence or principal place of business of each certified applicator or dealer purchasing the pesticide, or if applicable, of the operator, or of the credentialed employee or family member purchasing the pesticide.

4. (4) Upon request of the department, pesticide dealers, including pharmacists, veterinarians, and certified pharmacies selling restricted pesticides, must submit records providing the information in (3).

   1. (a) The records must be submitted within 14 calendar days of the request.
   2. (b) If no restricted use pesticides are sold during the time period requested, this must be documented to the department.
5. (5) Records required of dealers, pharmacists, veterinarians and certified pharmacies must be available for inspection by authorized employees of the department during all business hours.
6. (6) Dealers and retailers selling retail pesticides, as designated in ARM 4.10.502, are exempt from the record keeping and reporting requirements of this rule. Records of retail pesticides must be maintained as required in ARM 4.10.502(2).

Authorizing statute(s): 80-8-105, 80-8-211, MCA

Implementing statute(s): 80-8-105, 80-8-211, MCA

History: NEW, Eff. 7/5/76; TRANS, (5)(b) to ARM 4.5.113, Eff. 12/31/88; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 1629, Eff. 9/21/19; AMD, 2025 MAR, Notice No. 4-24-284, Eff. 1/25/25.