(225 ILCS 235/4) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 2204)

(Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2029)

Sec. 4. Licensing and registration location requirements.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in a commercial structural pest control business at any location in this State, or within Illinois from any location outside of this State, unless such person is licensed by the Department. A person shall have a separate license for each commercial structural pest control business location. The licensee may use its state identification number in all forms of advertising.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person who owns or operates a non-commercial structural pest control location to engage in non-commercial structural pest control using restricted pesticides in this State unless registered as a non-commercial structural pest control location by the Department.

(c) No person shall be licensed or registered as a commercial or non-commercial structural pest control business at any location without complying with the certification requirements as prescribed in Section 5 of this Act.

(d) If a licensee or registrant changes its location of operation during the year of issuance, the Department shall be notified in writing of the new location within 15 days. The license or registration shall accompany the notification along with the fee as prescribed in Section 9 of this Act, and, upon receipt, a replacement will be issued by the Department.

(e) All licenses and registrations issued under this Act shall expire on December 31 of the year issued, except that an original license or registration issued after October 1 and before December 31 shall expire on December 31 of the following year. A license or registration may be renewed by filing with the Department a completed renewal application form as prescribed by rule, including payment of the fee as prescribed in Section 9 of this Act, and may be postmarked no later than the December 1 preceding the date of expiration. Applications received by the Department that are postmarked after December 1 up to and including December 31 shall be accompanied by the required late filing charge as prescribed in Section 9 of this Act. License or registration applications that are postmarked after December 31 will not be eligible for renewal.

(f) No license or registration shall be transferable from one person to another.

(g) No person shall be licensed as a commercial structural pest control business location without complying with the insurance requirements of Section 9 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 83-825; reenacted by P.A. 95-786, eff. 8-7-08; 96-1362, eff. 7-28-10.)