A consumer who is suspicious of a pest-control operator should ask to see the operator’s license. Pest-control operators are prohibited from performing certain acts by Chapter 487.

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Unlicensed pest-control operators should never be used. According to the Bureau of Entomology and Pest Control, most unlicensed people or companies do not have insurance.

According to Jonah Ormond, registrar of the toxic chemicals control board, as it stands, there is no person or business licensed to function as a pest control operator.

A pest control license allows the operator to engage in, or offer to engage in, or advertise for engaging in, or performing any of the following: -- Identification of infestations.

The law further provides that the notice must be substantially the same as the written notification received under existing law had the pesticides been applied by a licensed pest control operator.