Maintaining Your Certification

State Issues

To many BCEs, one of the greatest benefits of the program is the ability to have your BCE certification serve as an alternate way to fulfill your state licensing requirements. Currently only BCEs in the state of Texas are eligible for this benefit.
 

Texas:

Program summary: Persons holding a valid commercial or noncommercial pesticide applicator license issued by the Texas Department of Agriculture's Structural Pest Control Board and who are Board Certified Entomologists participating in the ESA Professional Maintenance and Certification Program may elect to fulfill SPCB pesticide applicator re-certification requirements through ESA validation. Recertification with the SPCB and ESA is on an annual basis. Participants for this option must notify SPCB in writing of their intention to fulfill their requirements this way, and must fulfill the requirements of section 593.23 of the Texas Structural Pest Control Regulations for obtaining two units in the general category every year, though this reporting requirement may be satisfied within the credit and reporting requirements for the ESA's PMC program. For questions on eligibility or qualifications, please contact ESA or the Texas Structural Pest Control Board.

 

If you would like to have your state considered for this program, have your state's Structural Pest Control Board, Department of Agriculture, or whomever you need to certify with annually, contact ESA's Director of Membership and Marketing.