Title: Section 44.70 - Monitoring

44.70 Monitoring.

(a) Localities receiving State aid for vector surveillance and/or control will be subject to unannounced, onsite monitoring by New York State Department of Health personnel. Localities applying pesticide will be monitored more actively than those areas only engaging in surveillance.

(b) Localities conducting vector control activities shall provide to the department information used to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of each control activity. Such information shall be submitted to the department as part of the locality's monthly report in the format described in the response protocols.