For the purpose of these regulations, the following words, names and terms shall be construed within the meaning and purpose of Miss. Code Ann. Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-11.
1. "Act" shall mean Miss. Code Ann. Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-11.2. "Bona fide Employee" shall be a person who receives all or part of his salary, pay or commission from a licensee or the company employing a licensee and whose salary, pay or commission is regularly reported by the licensee or the company employing a licensee under the Federal Social Security and/or income tax laws.3. "Branch Office" shall mean any place of business other than the office, as defined in these regulations, that has at least one employee capable of answering questions and from which a pest control firm carries out its pest control activities. The maintenance of personnel, pesticides and equipment at these locations, where pest control activities are carried out, constitutes a branch office under this chapter. A telephone answering service is not a branch office.4. "Bureau" shall mean the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce created under the provision of Miss. Code Ann. Section 69-25-3.5. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.6. "Fumigation" shall mean the use of a substance or mixture of substances which exist in the gaseous state or from which a gas or gases are liberated or emitted, for the purpose of destroying pests. Aerosols are excluded from this definition.7. "Person" shall mean any individual, partnership, corporation, association, company or organized group of persons whether incorporated or not.8. "Pest" shall mean any insect, rodent, nematode, fungus, weed, bacteria, virus, mycoplasma, viroid (except viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms on or in living man or other living animals) that either compete with humans for natural resources or transmit disease to humans.9. "Principal Office" shall mean the primary place of business of a company license holder where any types of pest control services are performed.10. "Professional Services" shall mean any of the professional services performed as designated by the various categories listed under subsection 101.2 Miss. Code. R. 1-3-11-01-100
Miss. Code Ann. § 69-19-1 & Miss Code Ann. § 69-23-109