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“to protect the public health, safety and welfare ... promote continued environmental quality, and promote continued availability of stable, inexpensive, high-quality supplies of food, fiber, and forest product, etc., by minimizing and managing risks associated with the legal use of pesticides.”

Pesticide Section Mission Statement

Administers and enforces the North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971, Chapter 143, Article 52 of the NC General Statutes and regulations adopted by the Governor- appointed NC Pesticide Board, Chapter 2 Subchapter

• 9L. NC Administrative Code

Pesticide Section Mission

• A. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for

preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest, and

• B. Any substance or mixture of substances intended for

use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant.

North Carolina Pesticide Law of 1971 Section 143-406 (28)

§ Protect man, the environment and property from adverse effects of pesticides and wood destroying pests § Control misuse and misapplication § Protect consumers § Ensure a safe and secure food supply § Ensure applicator competence & accountability § Homeland Security

Reasons for Pesticide & Structural Pest Control Regulations

• Compliance Monitoring, Investigation, Emergency Response
• Licensing, Pesticide Safety Training
• Outreach, Education, Disposal Assistance
• Pesticide Registration, Pesticide Label Review
• Ag Worker, Consumer, Public Health and Environmental

Protections

• School District Support Through Penalty Assessments

Services to the State

• Registers 14,000 pesticide products annually
• Certifies/licenses > 40,000 Pest Control Operators,

Commercial and Private Applicators, Dealers and Consultants

• Conducts > 19,000 annual inspections
• Performs numerous investigations
• Conducts Education and Outreach

SPC&PD Accomplishments

• Tired of paperwork shuffle
• Knew there was a better way to deal with paperwork
• Data management through manual entry was horrible = bad

data such as missing elements, error in entry

• Efficiency and accountability
• Technology is there

WHY?

• Project Goal Deliverables
• Project to include:
• Design all inspection new forms with backend databases
• Design a template to build new forms
• Develop an approval dashboard for Supervisors
• Design a reporting feature with the data generated to be used

for performance reviews, EPA reporting and state reporting.

Project Overview

• 2005-06 Attended Mi-Co’s Mobility Summit in RTP, NC
• 2007 Entered into Phase I, secured USDA funding for USDA

RK inspection program. Developed Notice of inspection form and WPS form

• 2009 initiated Phase II, expanded project by adding more

users and 6 more forms

Timeline for Project

• 2011 Completed Phase II
• 2011 Initiated Phase III developed 10 form for a full

compliment of our field forms

• 2012 April went live with Mi-Forms with

no paper backup or manual data entry

• 2014 today could not be happier with

the results

Contd.

• Windows based hardware such as tablet pc, ipad, or

smartphone

• Mi-Forms server
• SQL server
• License for each machine running the Mi-Forms software
• Designer license for form development
• Budget for AIMS paid annually
• Great IT personnel

What it takes!

Workflow of Paper Based System

Inspector completes Paper form Mailed to Supervisor via USPS Supervisor Approval Mailed via USPS to Raleigh Data Analyzed Manually entered data in Raleigh office

Workflow of eform

Inspector completes form Mi-forms Server Supervisor / Analyst Approval/Rejection Mi-forms Server Data Analyzed Upload via internet Download via internet Approval Dashboard Saved in backend database Reporting

Mi-Forms Form Flow

Product Registrations License Database Non-licensed outlets Law and Regs

About the Forms

• Business rules

imbedded

• Drop boxes for

consistency

• Auto populates by

license number

• Hand writing

recognition

• Insert documentation

(records, pictures, hand drawings)

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More about forms

• Develop your own forms

and backend databases

• Make tweaks to forms

and all users have the new form at the same time

• Never run out of forms.

Unlike paper systems

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Exports to SQL/Access Databases

• Ability to enter data without manual

entry

• Ability to mine data quickly
• Ability to retrieve history of a facility
• Ability to react to FOIA request faster
• Ability to answer to Administration with

fast reliable data

• Ability to visualize employee outputs

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Return on Investment

• Efficiency
• Productivity
• Accountability
• Accuracy

Advantages of eform Solution

For more information: www.ncagr.com/SPCPD/pesticide Dwight.seal@ncagr.gov 919-733-3556