Inspections

(1) Scope of inspections. The department may enter any property or location during normal business hours where the department has reason to believe that plants are being grown or kept for sale or distribution. The department may enter such place for the purposes of inspecting any plant or regulated article as necessary for the prevention or mitigation of pests, pest plants, and disease or for the purposes of examining and copying records necessary to determine compliance with this chapter. Inspection shall include the examination of only such plants, regulated articles, facilities, inventory, records, and invoices as are necessary to determine compliance with the Act and this chapter. (2) Sampling receipts. If the department obtains a sample in the course of any inspection, the department shall provide to the person inspected, or his agent, a receipt describing the samples obtained. (3) Frequency of inspections. Inspections shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness. The department shall notify the person inspected, or his agent, upon completion of any inspection conducted. The department shall conduct inspections of persons under this chapter as often as the department deems necessary for the prevention or mitigation of pests, pest plants, and disease.