Former field representative Juan Christian Flores testifies in reinstatement hearing after license revocation tied to 2016 fumigation death

A hearing examiner and the Structural Pest Control Board took testimony July 17 from Juan Christian Flores as he sought reinstatement of a revoked field representative license that was rescinded after a May 18, 2016 fumigation in Fremont, California, during which an individual entered a building undergoing sulfuryl fluoride fumigation and later died.

The Office of Administrative Hearings presiding officer, Administrative Law Judge Nguyen Van Rooyen, opened the session and said the board would consider petitions in the order on the agenda. Deputy Attorney General Tim McDonough entered the petition packet into evidence as exhibit 1 and summarized the case history and the documentary record for the board.

McDonough told the board the accusation underlying the revocation — OAH case number 2019-060-889 and accusation number 2017-65 — alleged Flores, a field representative for Rex Fumigation, failed to use and document the required…