The director shall not determine a device to be beneficial or efficacious if any of the following exists:
(a) The ability of the device to control pests falls below the standard or quality that the device is represented to have, or the device is of little or no value for the purpose for which it is intended.
(b) Any component or subsystem that is necessary to the effectiveness of the device has been wholly or partially omitted in its manufacture, or other materials have been substituted for that component or subsystem.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 651, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 1999.)