2010 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 21 - Tennessee Application of Pesticides Act of 1978
Part 1 - General Provisions
62-21-103 - Business charter requirement.

62-21-103. Business charter requirement.

(a)  No person shall engage in business as a commercial pest control operator until the person has secured a charter from the department.

(b)  Any form of solicitation for pest control business or advertising is forbidden under this chapter unless the person has a charter issued in one (1) or all of the categories established by regulation under this chapter.

(c)  All printed advertising shall contain a statement of the charter number of the person on whose behalf the advertising is presented.

(d)  The charter may be granted in any one (1) or all of the categories established by regulation under this chapter.

(e)  The charter may be issued only if the requirements of this chapter have been met and the stipulated fees have been received by the department.

(f)  A charter shall be required for each office and each branch office. The requirements of this chapter do not apply to any class of commercial pest control operators such as, but not limited to, aerial applicators, when that class of commercial pest control operators is the subject of specific laws and regulations relating to that specific class in the commercial application of pesticides.

(g)  All chartered companies are required to label the sides of company vehicles with the name of the company and the charter number. The size of the lettering shall not be less than two inches (2²) tall.

(h)  All chartered persons, companies or corporations shall have a physical address and shall maintain a physical address while the charter is in effect.

[Acts 1978, ch. 844, § 3; T.C.A., § 62-2103; Acts 1988, ch. 545, § 6; 2005, ch. 427, § 3.]