About the Healthcare Pest Reference
What This Reference Is
The Healthcare Pest Reference is a national authoritative reference work mapping U.S. federal, state, and accrediting body pest control compliance requirements for healthcare facilities. Every requirement on this site is anchored to a primary source — the underlying regulation, the accrediting body's published standard, or a recognized authority's published guidance.
The reference exists because no published resource currently consolidates the approximately twelve distinct regulatory regimes that govern pest control in U.S. healthcare facilities in a single queryable format. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities navigate these requirements either by working through each regulator independently, by deferring to vendor advice that may or may not reflect the current regulatory record, or by relying on internal compliance knowledge that varies in rigor.
This reference makes the underlying regulatory record visible. Where verbatim text is publicly available, it is reproduced. Where the primary source is paywalled, the paywall is disclosed and the predecessor or summary language is cited explicitly. Where a commonly-circulated claim has been investigated and disconfirmed, the disconfirmation is published alongside the related authority page.
What This Reference Is Not
This reference is not legal advice. It is not a substitute for engagement with hospital counsel, accreditation consultants, or qualified pest management professionals. It is not a marketing piece for any commercial pest control service. Citations should be verified against the primary source for any litigation-grade application.
Operator and Credentialing
The reference is maintained by Trenton L. Frazer, Board Certified Entomologist (BCE #B3413, General Entomology specialty), certified April 28, 2025 by the Entomological Society of America Certification Corporation. Mr. Frazer holds an MS in Entomology from the University of Florida (2015) and a BS from Brigham Young University. He has twenty years of operational experience in pest management quality assurance, most recently as Senior Director of Quality Assurance at Aptive Environmental, where he oversaw quality programs serving more than 640,000 customers across more than 80 operations centers.
BCE credentialing requires a bachelor's-level degree in a biological or life science with at least four entomology courses, documented post-degree field experience, passing the BCE Core Examination and at least one specialty examination, 120 continuing education units per three-year reporting period with at least 72 from Category A continuing education, and adherence to a published Code of Ethics enforceable by certification revocation. Credentials can be verified at entocert.org/roster.
Disclosure
Mr. Frazer is also the founder and sole owner-operator of Falcon Pest Control (Mountain Supply LLC dba), a Utah-based commercial pest management operation serving hospitals, government facilities, multifamily housing, and other commercial and residential clients. He maintains a separate consulting practice under Utah Entomologist (utahentomologist.com) for Board Certified Entomologist consulting, school integrated pest management, expert witness work, and fractional BCE engagement.
This reference is published independently of those commercial operations. The reference does not market commercial services. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities seeking commercial pest management or consulting services are welcome to evaluate any qualified provider; this reference does not endorse or recommend any specific commercial vendor.
Contact
Questions about the reference, corrections to published content, suggestions for additional authority coverage, and inquiries about expert witness consultation in healthcare pest matters may be directed to the operator via Utah Entomologist (utahentomologist.com).