2010 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 21 - Tennessee Application of Pesticides Act of 1978
Part 1 - General Provisions
62-21-109 - Registration of solicitors.

62-21-109. Registration of solicitors.

(a)  A person chartered under this chapter shall list with the department the name, residence and address of each salesperson or agent who is authorized to solicit business or anyone authorized to enter into a pest control contract on behalf of the chartered person. A person listed as a licensee or registered technician is considered to be a registered solicitor for the chartered person without a requirement of separate solicitor registration.

(b)  (1)  Each person chartered is required to secure from the department a solicitor's registration for any salespersons or agents.

     (2)  Registration shall be issued when it has been shown that the prospective solicitor or agent is an employee of the chartered firm and has written authority to solicit business for the firm and bind the firm to contracts for pest control service and when the fees provided for in this chapter have been paid and received by the department.

(c)  No person registered under this section shall possess more than one (1) registration card at a time and can be gainfully employed by only one (1) chartered person.

(d)  It is a violation for a registered solicitor under this chapter knowingly to use false information or a deceptive representation to sell pesticide application services.

(e)  Each person registered under this section shall possess commercial certification in each category of service offered for sale or provided.

[Acts 1978, ch. 844, § 9; T.C.A., § 62-2109; Acts 1994, ch. 960, § 11.]