La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXIX-119

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXIX-119 - Prohibition

A. No licensee or permittee of the commission may apply pesticides to any properties which are not owned, rented, or leased by the licensee or permittee or persons engaged in any regulated profession or occupation unless such licensee or permittee, or persons engaged in any regulated profession or occupation is properly licensed or certified by the department in accordance with the Louisiana Pesticide Law (R.S. 3:3201 et seq.).

B. Licensees, permittees, or persons engaged in any regulated profession or occupation shall not engage in any fraudulent practices.

C. Licensees, permittees, or persons engaged in any regulated profession or occupation shall not engage in any false advertisement of any kind.

D. No licensee, permittee, or persons engaged in any regulated profession or occupation of the commission shall fail to comply with any cease and desist order directed and delivered to said licensee, permittee, or persons engaged in any regulated profession or occupation.

E. No person, with intent to sell or in any way dispose of merchandise, securities, service, or anything directly or indirectly, to the public for sale or distribution, or with intent to increase the consumption, or to induce the public in any manner to enter into any obligation relating thereto, or to acquire title, or an interest therein, shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public, or cause directly or indirectly to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in this state, in a newspaper or other publications, or in the form of a book, notice, hand-bill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet, or letter, or radio broadcasts, telecasts, wire, wireless, motion picture, or in any other way, an advertisement of any sort regarding merchandise, securities, service, or anything offered to the public, which advertisement contains any assertion, representation or statement of fact which is untrue, deceptive or misleading.

F. No licensee, permitee or person engaged in any profession or occupation regulated by the commission shall use the words "design" or "designer" or any form of these words, whether separately or in combination with other words in any advertisement, solicitation or title, or on any estimate, contract or other document, except for those persons who are licensed as a landscape architect or as a retail florist.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXIX-119

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Horticulture Commission, LR 8:186 (April 1982), amended by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Horticulture Commission, LR 29:1460 (August 2003), LR 36:2520 (November 2010).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3801.