§ 409-h. Requirements for notification of pesticide applications. 1.\nFor purposes of this section the following terms shall have the meanings\nset forth below:\n (a) "School" shall mean any public school district or private or\nparochial school or board of cooperative educational services.\n (b) "Pesticide" shall have the same meaning as in subdivision\nthirty-five of section 33-0101 of the environmental conservation law.\n (c) "Facility" means any school building used for instructional\npurposes and its surrounding grounds, sites and other grounds to be used\nfor playgrounds, athletics and other instructional purposes, and any\nadministrative offices.\n (d) "Written notification" shall mean notice in writing that is:\nprovided directly to the student or staff; or delivered to a receptacle\ndesignated for that student or staff; or mailed to the student's or\nstaff's last known address; or delivered by any other reasonable methods\nauthorized by the commissioner.\n (e) "School year" shall mean the period commencing on the first day of\nregular instruction and shall end on the last day of session.\n (f) "Relevant facility" shall mean any facility where the staff person\nreceiving notification regularly works or where a child of the person in\nparental relation receiving notification regularly receives instruction.\n 2. Schools shall establish a pesticide notification procedure to\nprovide information on pesticide applications at school facilities.\nSchools shall provide written notification of pesticide applications at\nany relevant facility to staff and persons in parental relation\naccording to the following provisions:\n (a) The school shall provide written notification to all staff and\npersons in parental relation at the beginning of each school year.\nProvided however, that if a child enrolls after the beginning of the\nschool year, notification shall be provided within one week of such\nenrollment. The notification provided at the beginning of the school\nyear shall include at a minimum the following information:\n (i) a statement that pesticide products may be used periodically\nthroughout the school year;\n (ii) a statement that schools are required to maintain a list of staff\nand persons in parental relation who wish to receive forty-eight hour\nprior written notification of pesticide applications at relevant\nfacilities, and instructions on how to register with the school to be on\nsuch list for notification; and\n (iii) the name of a school representative and contact number to obtain\nfurther information.\n (b) Within ten days of the end of the school year and within two\nschool days of the end of winter recess and spring recess, the school\nshall provide written notification to all staff and persons in parental\nrelation listing the date, location and product used, for each\napplication which required prior notification and each emergency\napplication made, at relevant facilities, during the period of time\nsince the previous notice. Such notification shall also include a\nstatement that schools are required to maintain a list of staff and\npersons in parental relation who wish to receive forty-eight hour prior\nwritten notification of pesticide applications and instructions on how\nto register with the school to be on such list for prior notification;\nhow to obtain further information about the products being applied,\nincluding any warnings that appear on the label of the pesticides that\nare pertinent to the protection of humans, animals or the environment;\nand the name of a school representative and contact number for\nadditional information.\n (c) Each school shall establish and maintain a list of staff and\npersons in parental relation requesting written notification forty-eight\nhours in advance of pesticide applications at relevant facilities.\nSchools shall add any staff or person in parental relation to such list\nupon request.\n (d) Not less than forty-eight hours prior to the applicatio
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