Enforcement Branch

December 31, 2003     	                                ENF 2003-044
							


TO:       County Agricultural Commissioners

SUBJECT:  GUIDELINES FOR RESPONDING TO NON-OCCUPATIONAL PESTICIDE 
	  USE-RELATED EXPOSURE INCIDENTS 

 
The Department of Pesticide Regulation’s Worker Health and Safety and 
Enforcement branches have developed these procedures to provide guidance 
to county agricultural commissioners in responding to non-occupational 
pesticide use-related exposure incidents.  This document supplements 
guidance in the Pesticide Episode Investigation Procedures, Investigative 
Technique Manual, and Pesticide Enforcement Investigative Sampling Manual. 

The intent of this guidance is to give county agricultural commissioner’s 
staff a tool to assist them in conducting their investigations when 
responding to non-occupational pesticide use-related incidents involving 
large numbers of affected people.  The enclosed forms may be reformatted 
and printed on county letterhead, and the procedure could be modified to 
meet the specific needs of each county. 

These guidelines will be incorporated in the Pesticide Episode Investigation 
Procedures Manual that is scheduled to be updated in fiscal year 2003/04.

If you have any comments or suggestions to improve this procedure, please 
contact the senior pesticide use specialist serving your county.


Sincerely,

original signed by				

Roy Rutz, Agricultural Program Supervisor III
Enforcement Branch
(916) 324-4100	

Enclosures: 

Responding to Non-Occupational Pesticide Use-Related Exposure Episodes
(62kb, pdf)

Pesticide Exposure Incident Questionnaire
(39kb, pdf)

Pesticide Episode Investigation Non-Occupational Exposure Supplement (PR-ENF-128)
(52kb, pdf)


cc:  Mr. Daniel J. Merkley, DPR Agricultural Commissioner Liaison (w/Enclosures)
      

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