Definitions.
Saint Paul Legislative Code § 334.02
in effectSec. 334.02. - Definitions.
The following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) Pest control company shall mean any person engaged in the business of pest control as a commercial activity for compensation.
(2) Pest control operator shall mean an employee of a pest control company who actually performs pest control services as defined herein.
(3) Pest control shall mean the control or elimination of insects, vermin, rodents and pest birds, including, but not limited to, starlings, sparrows and feral pigeons, within or outside of any structure, by the application and use of chemicals, trapping, structural alterations and other control methods.
(4) Pesticides shall mean any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating insects, rodents and pest birds.
(5) Master pest control operator's license is a license issued to any person who is licensed by the Minnesota State Department of Agriculture as a master pest control applicator.
(6) Journeyman pest control operator's license is a license issued to any person who is licensed by the Minnesota State Department of Agriculture as a journeyman pest control applicator. A journeyman is required to be under the supervision and direction of a person possessing a master pest control operator's license.
Source: City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, City Charter, Legislative Code and Administrative Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/mn/st._paul/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=PTIILECO_TITXXIXLI_CH334PECO_S334.02DEFetched: 11/1/2026