Safety, Training & Licensing

Handler and fieldworker training

Pesticide Label Information

Pesticide Label Database

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has a number of collections of data and other information related to pesticide registration, licensing, pesticide use, environmental effects, enforcement, and other elements of our program.

Section 18 Emergency Exemptions

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Section 18 authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow a federal or state agency the ability to grant the use of a pesticide product without registration, if an emergency condition exists.

Pesticide Information/Environmental Monitoring

• CDPR Pesticide Information Portal
• Endangered Species
• EXTOXNET - The EXtension TOXicology NETwork
• National Pesticide Information Center
• University of California Integrated Pest Management
• Yearly Pesticide Use Data
• Environmental Monitoring Branch

Restricted Pesticide Permits and Operator ID's

• Restricted Materials Permitting
• California Restricted Materials List (PDF)

Pest Control Business Licensing

• Equipment Registration
• CDPR Licensing and Certification including:
  • Continuing Education
  • Examination Results
  • Exam Schedule
  • Forms
  • Publications and Outreach Information
  • License Types, Requirements and Applications
  • List of Valid Licenses

Structural Pest Control Information

• Structural Pest Control Board

General

• Fish Friendly Farming
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR)
• Structural Pest Control Board
• Consumer Information