(a) Applicants shall be examined on the requirements of laws and regulations concerning pesticide use and shall elect to be examined for certification in one or more of the following categories:

(1) Residential, industrial, and institutional pest control.

(2) Landscape maintenance pest control.

(3) Right-of-way pest control.

(4) Agricultural pest control.

(5) Forest pest control.

(6) Aquatic pest control.

(7) Regulatory pest control.

(8) Seed treatment.

(9) Agricultural pest control-animal.

(10) Demonstration and research.

(11) Health-related pest control.

(b) In addition to being certified in one or more of the categories in subdivision (a), an applicant may elect to be trained in the handling, control, and techniques of removal of Africanized honey bees.

(c) The director may develop a training program that covers the handling, control, and techniques of removal of Africanized honey bees or may approve a training program developed by the Pest Control Operators of California or any other equivalent training program, subject to the following requirements:

(1) A certificate of training shall be presented by the training provider to the applicant upon completion of the approved training program.

(2) Providers of approved Africanized honey bee training shall submit to the director a listing of those persons who have completed the training, including, but not limited to, the following information:

(A) The full name of each person who has completed the training.

(B) The license or certificate number of each person who has completed the training, if the person trained is licensed by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.

(3) The providers of approved Africanized honey bee training shall maintain a record for three years of the individuals who have completed the training.

(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 298, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)