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Structural Pest Control Board approves rulemaking steps for forms and extends timelines for complaint and informal conference procedures
Summary
The board voted to authorize non‑substantive updates to licensing and registration forms, to pursue a change to extend the complaint filing window for cases involving fraud, misrepresentation or gross negligence, and to lengthen staff notification time after informal conferences from 10 to 30 days.
The Structural Pest Control Board voted on multiple regulatory and procedure items during its open meeting.
The board approved a motion authorizing the executive officer to make non‑substantive and technical changes to forms and the related regulation package (forms cited: sections 1936, 1936.1, 1936.2). Board members discussed that some form text had not been updated for decades and agreed to move the package forward to the Office of Administrative Law and related agency reviews; staff said department and agency review periods (including the Office of Administrative Law) could take up to 30 days each.
On complaints, staff proposed an amendment to the Business and Professions Code to extend the period for filing formal action in matters involving fraud, misrepresentation or gross negligence. The board accepted the proposed language and authorized staff to seek an author to pursue the statutory amendment.
The board also amended Title 16, Section 1920 (notification after informal conferences) to give staff more time to issue decisions by changing the statutory notification requirement from 10 days to 30 days. Board members discussed that 10 days was difficult when multiple informal conferences occur in one day or when holidays and weekends intervene; the motion included authority for staff to proceed with rulemaking and for the executive officer to make non‑substantive or technical edits if necessary.
Each of the three items moved forward with motions, seconds and roll calls; the board chair confirmed the motions passed and directed staff to proceed with the rulemaking and legislative‑author search as applicable.
