Western MD Recertification Training 2026
 

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This half-day program will take place on October 7, 2026, from 7:45 am - 12:30 pm virtually on Zoom. MDA considers a live-streaming zoom meeting to be an in-person event, even if it is virtual. Recertification credits have been applied for in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The cost is $85 for MSPCA members and $110 for non-members. 

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 2026 Agenda

Time

 Presenter

Session Description

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7:30 am

 

Zoom Meeting Opens

7:45 - 8:00AM

 

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:00AM – 8:55AM

 B Lynch

Comprehensive Approach to Rodent Control

Brian Lynch, Bell Labs

8:55AM – 9:50AM

 R Osborne

Pest Flies: Identification, Inspection, and Control

Ryan Osborne, Area Sales Manager Mid-Atlantic Region, Envu

 

9:50AM – 10:10AM

 

Break

10:10AM – 11:05AM

E Van

Reinfesting vs. Non-reinfesting Wood-boring Beetles: Identification and Control

Ed Van Istendal
Ensystex

11:05AM – 12:00PM

 M Ivey

 

Mosquito Biology, Identification and Integrated Control Strategies


Michael Ivey, Mid-Atlantic Territory Manager
Syngenta

12:00PM – 12:30PM

Alex Lehmann

Maryland Regulatory Update

Alexander Lehmann, Licensing, Certification, and Training Coordinator
Maryland Department of Agriculture

 

Credits by state will be listed as approvals are received:

Maryland

Category

Title

Credits

7A

General Pest Control

8.0

7B

Wood Destroying Insects

8.0

7D

Rodent Control

8.0

8

Public Health

8.0

CORE

CORE

8.0

Delaware

Category

Title

Credits

7A General Pest Control 2.00 
7B Wood Destroying Pest Control 1.00
5C Mosquito Control 1.00

Pennsylvania

Category

Title

Credits

00

Core

1.0

11

Household / Health-Related

4.0

12 

Wood Destroying Pests

2

15

Public Health - Vertebrate Pest

2.0

16

Public Health - Invertebrate Pests

2.0

18

Demonstration and Research

8.0

23

Park / School Pest Control     

8.0

 

West Virginia

Category

Title

Credits

2

Agricultural Animal Pest Control

2.0

8A

General Pest Control

8.0

8B

Structural Pest Control

6.0

8E

Urban IPM

6.0

9

Public Health

4.0

16

Agriculture Pest Control

2.0

Virginia

Category

Title

 

7A

General Pest

 

7B

Wood-Destroying Pest

 

8

Public Health Pest

 

60

Registered Technician