| Toxic Substance Division
Pesticide Applicator Certification and Testing Program
The certification program of the Toxic Substance Division is responsible for developing, updating, and administering examinations to qualified applicants for certification as pesticide applicators in The District of Columbia. Select to review the process of the certification process in the District of Columbia. Upon certification, applicators are licensed and issued a customer friendly certified applicator identificationcard. Applicators are certified in several categories in accordance with 20 DCMR 2301.*1 This program is further responsible for approving educational programs for re-certification of pesticide applicators.
Forms Compliance Monitoring
The enforcement program of the Toxic Substance Division is responsible for regulating worker protection, ensuring compliance of both District and federal laws, and inspections of workplaces, worksites, and retail establishments within the District of Columbia that sell, store, or use pesticides.
Inspections are conducted with retailers, wholesalers and distributors for pesticide products not registered in the District or with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), pesticides suspected of being shipped or distributed in violation of the District Pesticide Operations Act, pesticides displayed for sale in a manner to endanger human health and for pesticides that have been suspended or cancelled by the EPA.
Useful Links and Information
- EPA office of pesticide programs
www.epa.gov
www.epa.gov/pesticides
- EPA Endangered Species Protection Program
www.epa/gov/opplead1/endanger/
- Integrated Pest Management in Schools
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ipm/
www.ipminstitute.org/school_pest.htm
www.nraes.org/publications/nraes152.html
- National Capital Poison Center
3201 New Mexico Avenue, NW Suite 310
Washington, DC 20016
1 (800) 222-1222 for emergency and non-emergency telephone calls
If you have questions concerning:
- Will pesticide applied to lawns contaminate well water?
- How long should I keep my child off the lawn after a weed application?
- How long will it take a pesticide to breakdown in the soil?
- Is mosquito spraying harmful to butterflies and birds?
- Where can I obtain general pesticide information?
You can obtain answers to these questions by going to http://npic.orst.edu
District of Columbia Pesticides Regulations and Fines
1The documents at this link are "unofficial" because only the Office of Documents (OD) has the legal right to publish Title 20 DCMR - Pesticide Regulations. Should you wish to obtain an original version of 20 DCMR 22-25, contact the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances on (202) 727-5090.
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