Pest Control Licensing and Regulation: 50-State Comparison

This page compares pest control regulatory requirements across 17 states, based on 629 regulatory citations tracked by the Authority Network America monitoring system.

Regulation Density by State

State Total Citations State Statutes Federal Codes Building Codes Details
California 40 0 5 0 californiapestauthority.com
Colorado 48 32 30 0 coloradopestauthority.com
Florida 36 39 5 0 floridapestcontrolauthority.com
Georgia 31 3 19 0 georgiapestauthority.com
Illinois 61 0 30 0 illinoispestauthority.com
Indiana 41 118 17 0 indianapestauthority.com
Maryland 29 0 8 0 marylandpestauthority.com
Missouri 28 11 10 0 missouripestauthority.com
New Jersey 46 0 15 1 newjerseypestauthority.com
New York 21 0 8 0 newyorkpestauthority.com
North Carolina 30 12 8 2 northcarolinapestauthority.com
Ohio 19 0 17 0 ohiopestauthority.com
Pennsylvania 53 1 23 0 pennsylvaniapestauthority.com
Tennessee 24 0 13 0 tennesseepestauthority.com
Virginia 50 87 16 1 virginiapestauthority.com
Washington 33 0 8 0 washingtonpestauthority.com
Wisconsin 39 25 10 0 wisconsinpestauthority.com

Most-Cited Regulations Across States

Regulation States Citing
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 17
7 U.S.C. § 136 17
Migratory Bird Treaty Act 17
Endangered Species Act 15
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act 14
Key Act 13
Food Safety Modernization Act 13
EPA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 8
Structural Pest Control Act 7
Seasonal Pest Act 7
Clean Water Act 7
Plant Protection Act 6
Example Act 5
7 U.S.C. § 7701 5
7 U.S.C. § 136j 5
The Act 4
Healthy Schools Act 4
Federal Endangered Species Act 4
School IPM Act 4
40 C.F.R. Part 152.25 4
40 C.F.R. Part 152 4
16 U.S.C. § 703 4
Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 4
Residual Act 4
The Structural Pest Control Act 3
16 U.S.C. § 1531 3
29 U.S.C. § 654(a)(1) 3
Pesticide Applicators Act 3
School Pest Management Act 3
Insecticide Resistance Act 3

📜 30 regulatory citations referenced  ·  🔍 Monitored by ANA Regulatory Watch  ·  View update log

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