Business and Professions Code section 8565.5

(a)

An applicant for a Branch 1 operator’s license shall demonstrate to the board that he or she has passed satisfactorily board-approved courses in the following areas:

(1)

Pesticides.

(2)

Pest identification and biology.

(3)

Contract law.

(4)

Rules and regulations.

(5)

Business practices.

(6)

Fumigation safety.

(b)

An applicant for a Branch 2 operator’s license shall demonstrate to the board that he or she has passed satisfactorily board-approved courses in the following areas:

(1)

Pesticides.

(2)

Pest identification and biology.

(3)

Contract law.

(4)

Rules and regulations.

(5)

Business practices.

(c)

An applicant for a Branch 3 operator’s license shall demonstrate to the board that he or she has passed satisfactorily board-approved courses in the following areas:

(1)

Pesticides.

(2)

Pest identification and biology.

(3)

Contract law.

(4)

Rules and regulations.

(5)

Business practices.

(6)

Construction repair and preservation techniques.

Source: Section 8565.5, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=8565.­5.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2008; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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