§3370. Written contracts
A.(1) Each person who holds a place of business permit who treats any property for subterranean termites, dry wood termites, powder post beetles, or old house borers shall enter into a written contract with the owner of the property. This contract shall be referred to as a "standard contract". The contract shall be in a form acceptable to the commission, shall guarantee that the property was treated in accordance with the minimum specifications adopted by the commission for the type of pest being treated, and shall guarantee that if the property becomes reinfested with the type of pest for which treatment was made within one year of the date of treatment, the property will be retreated.
(2) Any currently effective standard contract and all terms and conditions contained therein shall be transferable to a subsequent owner of the property covered by such contract.
(3) Each person who holds a place of business permit shall issue a copy of any standard contract currently in effect to the owner of the treated property or to an agent of the property owner within thirty days of receiving a written request.
B. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall report to the commission on or before the tenth day of each month each contract described in Subsection A of this Section which was completed during the previous month.
C. Each person who holds a place of business permit and who issues a report on the presence of wood destroying insects, which is customarily referred to as a "wood destroying insect report", shall issue the report in writing and in a form which has been approved by the commission.
D. Each person who holds a place of business permit shall report to the commission on or before the tenth day of each month each report described in Subsection C of this Section which was issued during the previous month. The commission by rule may require each person who files a report to attach a copy of each wood destroying insect report.
E. All information and all documents transmitted to the commission in accordance with the requirements of this Section shall be confidential and shall be exempt from the Public Records Law, R.S. 44:1 et seq. The commission may discard or destroy all documents received under the provisions of this Section after ninety days.
Acts 1984, No. 800, §1, eff. July 13, 1984; Acts 1988, No. 148, §1; Acts 2001, No. 551, §1.
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1984, No. 800, §5.}}
{{NOTE: SEE ACTS 1988, No. 148, §§2, 3, & 4.}}
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