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Adult bed bugs are light brown to reddish-brown, flattened, oval-shaped and have no hind wings. The front wings are vestigial and reduced to pad-like structures. Bed bugs have segmented abdomens with microscopic hairs that give them a banded appearance. Adults grow to 45 mm in length and 1.53 mm wide. Newly hatched nymphs are translucent, lighter in color and become browner as they moult and reach maturity. A bed bug of any age that has just consumed a blood meal will appear to have a bright red translucent abdomen; this color will fade to brown over the next several hours and within two days will become opaque and black as the insect digests its meal. Bed bugs may be mistaken for other insects, such as booklice, small cockroaches, or carpet beetles, however when warm and active, their movements are more ant-like, and like most other true bugs, they emit a characteristic disagreeable odor when crushed.

Bed bugs are elusive and usually nocturnal (peak activity usually occurs around 5:00 or 6:00 a.m.), which can make noticing them difficult. They often lodge in dark crevices, and the tiny adhesive eggs can be nestled by the hundreds in fabric seams. Aside from bite symptoms, signs include fecal spots (small dark sand-like droppings that occur in patches around and especially beneath nests), blood smears on sheets (fecal spots that are re-wetted will smear like fresh blood), and the presence of their empty molted exoskeletons. Bed bugs can be detected by their characteristic smell of rotting raspberries.

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Bill Text – AB-551 Rental property: bed bugs. – California

CHAPTER 2.5.Bed Bug Infestations 1954.1. The Legislature finds and declares:

(a)Controlling bed bugs is uniquely challenging, as bed bug resistance to existing insecticidal control measures is significant. Cooperation among landlords, tenants, and pest control operators is required for successful control.

(b)Tenants, property owners, and pest control operators have distinct rights and responsibilities regarding bed bug infestations.

(c)Effective control is more likely to occur when landlords and tenants are informed of the best practices for bed bug control.

(d)Early detection and reporting of bed bugs is an important component required for preventing bed bug infestations. Tenants should not face retaliation for reporting a problem.

(e)Lack of cooperation by landlords and tenants can undermine pest control operator efforts to identify the presence of bed bugs and control an infestation. Depending on the treatment strategy, it is often critical that tenants cooperate with pest control operators by reducing clutter, washing clothes, or performing other activities. Likewise, inadequate or untimely response or planning by landlords may exacerbate an infestation.

(f)Specific, enforceable duties of tenants and landlords are necessary so that the failure of a tenant or landlord to cooperate fully does not prevent effective investigation, treatment, and monitoring of all infested and surrounding units.

(a)Bed bug management plan means a written plan prepared by a pest control operator for a property. The plan will outline the responsibilities of the landlord and tenants and shall be consistent with NPMA best practices and tailored to the conditions at the property. The plan shall include, but is not limited to, the following:

(1)Education of tenants to reduce the risk of introduction of bed bugs to the property and to encourage reporting. Education methods and frequency shall be based on resources of the landlord.

(2)Housekeeping and building maintenance procedures to help prevent bed bug harborage, including recommendations from a pest control operator about correcting bed bug hiding places and entry points, for example by sealing cracks and crevices in walls, ceilings, and floors, and fixing loose moldings and peeling wallpaper.

(3)The landlords process for responding to complaints and a brief statement of the requirements of this chapter.

(4)Written documentation of any bed bug treatment program.

(5)Use of monitoring devices on a proactive basis, routine monitoring inspections by trained employees or licensed pest control operators, if appropriate, as determined by the pest control operator and based upon the resources of the landlord.

(6)A complaint log that documents compliance with this chapter.

(b)Bed bug treatment program means a program, based on NPMA best practices, for treating an infestation to remove or kill visible and accessible bed bugs and their eggs, either immediately or through residual effects. The program shall be structured to continue until the infestation is controlled.

(c)Complaint log means part of a bed bug management plan that tracks a landlords ongoing responses to each bed bug report over the preceding two years. The complaint log shall include, but is not limited to, records pertaining to verification inspection and inspection inspections and inspections of adjacent units, results of inspections, records of notices provided to tenants, unit preparation inspections, treatment type, locations and dates, and followup inspections.

(d)Inspection means an investigation of the premises, using NPMA best practices to confirm or rule out a bed bug infestation, to identify all infested areas to determine treatment tactics, or to verify that an infestation has been eliminated.

(e)NPMA best practices means best management practices for bed bugs issued by the National Pest Management Association in effect on January 1, 2015. 2016. NPMA best practices does not include practices or actions that conflict with federal or state law.

(f)Pest control operator means an individual with a Branch 2 license from the Structural Pest Control Board.

(g)Pretreatment checklist means unit preparation requirements tailored to the treatment method, consistent with NPMA best practices, including, but not limited to, easy-to-understand instructions, pictures, and diagrams, prepared by the pest control operator and provided to tenants by the landlord or pest control operator. The checklist shall include instructions for how to treat tenant clothing, personal furnishings, and other belongings, if treatment is required, and shall provide contact information for the pest control operator to answer questions prior to treatment.

(a)General information about bed bug identification, behavior and biology, the importance of cooperation for prevention and treatment, and the importance of and for prompt written reporting of suspected infestations to the landlord. The information shall be in substantially the following form:

Information about Bed Bugs

Bed bug Appearance: Adult bed bugs have flat bodies about 1/4 of an inch in length. They are copper colored and have six legs. Young bed bugs are nearly colorless and are very small, about 1/16 of an inch in length. Bed bugs do not fly. They either crawl or are carried from place to place. When a bed bug feeds, its body swells and becomes bright red, making it appear to be a different insect. Bed bugs can be hard to find and identify because they are tiny and try to stay hidden.

Life Cycle and Reproduction: The typical lifespan of a bed bug is 10 months. They can survive for months without feeding. Female bed bugs lay one to five eggs per day. Bed bugs grow to full adulthood in about 21 days.

Bed bug Bites: Because bed bugs usually feed at night when people are sleeping, most people do not realize they were bitten. Bed bugs do not transmit disease but are a nuisance. A persons reaction to insect bites is an immune response and so varies from person to person. Sometimes the red welts caused by the bites will not be apparent until many days after a person was bitten.

Common signs of bed bugs and symptoms of a possible infestation:

Small red to reddish brown fecal spots on mattresses, upholstery, or walls.

Molted bed bug skins, white, sticky eggs, or empty eggshells.

Very heavily infested areas may have a characteristically sweet odor.

Red, itchy bite marks, especially on the legs, arms, and other body parts exposed while sleeping.

More information: See the websites web sites of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, California Department of Public Health, California State Structural Pest Control Board, and the National Pest Management Association.

(b)The procedure to report suspected infestations to the landlord.

(c)Whether If applicable, a statement that the property has a bed bug management plan.

(d)A copy of this chapter.

(b)Within five business days after a tenant or a public agency notifies a landlord of an infestation or a suspected infestation, the landlord shall retain the services of a pest control operator to verify the tenants complaint suspected infestation and to conduct an inspection, if determined to be necessary by the pest control operator.

(c)Entry to inspect a tenants dwelling unit shall comply with Section 1954. Entry to inspect any unit selected by the pest control operator and to conduct followup inspections of surrounding units until bed bugs have been eliminated is a necessary service for the purpose of Section 1954. Tenants shall cooperate with the inspection to facilitate the detection and treatment of bed bugs, including providing requested information that is necessary to facilitate the detection and treatment of bed bugs to the pest control operator.

(d)If a pest control operators inspection confirms that a bed bug infestation exists:

(1)The landlord shall notify all tenants of units identified for treatment by the pest control operator of the findings of infestation. The notification shall be in writing and made within 48 hours two business days of receipt of the pest control operators findings. For confirmed infestations in common areas, all tenants shall be provided notice of the pest control operators findings.

(2)If further inspections of the affected units or surrounding units are necessary as determined by the pest control operator, based on the NPMA best practices, subsequent notices shall include information about future inspections, unless that information was disclosed in a prior notice. Each subsequent entry shall require a separate notice conforming to Section 1954.

(b)At least seven calendar days prior to treatment, the landlord shall provide to the affected tenants with the following:

(1)A cover sheet from the landlord, in at least 10-point type, disclosing:

(A)The date or dates of treatment, the deadline for tenant preparation of the unit, and the date, approximate hour, and length of time, if any, the tenant shall be required to be absent from the unit.

(B)A statement that the tenant may request assistance or an extension of time to prepare the unit, to the extent required by law, to reasonably accommodate a disability.

(C)A statement that a tenant not entitled to a reasonable accommodation under law may also request an extension of time to prepare the unit.

(2)A pretreatment checklist with information provided by the pest control operator, which shall be in accordance with NPMA best practices.

(c)The tenant shall fulfill his or her responsibilities for unit preparation before the scheduled treatment, as described in the pest control operators pretreatment checklist. Tenants shall be responsible for the management of their belongings, including, but not limited to, clothing and personal furnishings.

(d)Tenants who are not able to fulfill their unit preparation responsibilities shall promptly notify the landlord. For a tenant not entitled to a reasonable accommodation under law who requests an extension of time to prepare the unit, the landlord shall extend the preparation time by three business days.

(e)If an extension of time is provided in order to reasonably accommodate a tenant required under law to receive a reasonable accommodation, or for other tenants as provided in subdivision (d), the landlord shall provide all affected tenants with a notice of the revised dates and times specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) (b), as necessary.

(f)A tenant shall cooperate in vacating his or her unit as notified for treatment purposes and shall not reenter the unit until directed by the pest control operator to do so.

(g)Inspection of unit preparation and bed bug treatment and posttreatment inspection and monitoring of all affected and surrounding units as recommended by the pest control operator are a necessary service for the purpose of Section 1954. In addition to the cover sheet and any revisions under subdivision (e), the landlord shall provide separate written notice of entry pursuant to Section 1954 to affected tenants for all treatments and inspections.

(a)Of a size as to readily contain the disposed material.

(b)Labeled as being infested with bed bugs.

(c)Furnished as needed to the tenant by the property owner landowner or pest control operator.

(b)The comprehensive ordinances and regulations of the City and County of San Francisco regarding the treatment and control of bed bug infestations are deemed to satisfy this chapter and are not preempted.

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By Admin, Posted February 6th 2012

Many people have concerns as to whether bed bug bites are painful in any way. The simple answer to this question is a no, but like many things in life, reality is far from simple.

Most people do find that bed bug bites are not actually painful. Instead, they are annoying, irritating, and bothersome. When bed bugs bite people, it can lead to a small amount of swelling around the bitten area. In some cases a slight lump or bump will also develop directly on the bite area. If you have ever experienced a flea bit or mosquito bite, then you will find that a bed bug bite is roughly the same experience.

The swelling, slight redness, and tiny lump may be a source of irritation. You may find that you have an urge to scratch. Giving in to this urge can actually cause the bite to become painful when it wasnt in the first place, because irritating the bite site and possibly breaking the skin with vigorous scratching is simply not a good idea.

What can make bed bug bites even more annoying is the fact that the nature of a bed bug infestation will bring the victim into the bugs vicinity over and over. This means that the bugs will have a frequent opportunity to inflict even more bites, and over time the sum total of all of these can be quite bothersome for people, even if it never reaches to the level of actual pain.

Some people find that while the bites are not causing them any physical pain, they are more than sufficient to inflict great psychological distress. Since the bites are unsightly, people who suffer them may feel self-conscious.

Even worse, they may begin to feel ashamed of being a bed bug bite victim. This is due to a common but completely false impression that bed bugs are a sign of poverty. This is simply not the case. Bed bug problems are the sign of a bed bug infestation and nothing more. Bed bugs do not hunt out the poorer areas in town and then decide to take up residence there. They can, in fact, be found in middle-class and even rich neighborhoods as well.

In addition to psychological distress, bed bug bites can in rare cases be responsible for an extreme physical reaction. If you happen to be allergic to the substances a bed bug injects into the bite to make the blood flow more easily, then you can experience a severe reaction known as anaphylactic shock. This is quite rare, but if it happens to you or a loved one, it may require the intervention of trained medical personnel or even a visit to the local emergency room.

The possibility of an allergic reaction is just one more reason, as if anyone needed more, to take steps today to eradicate bedbugs from your home.

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The Bed Bug Registry Reports on Maryland Hotels

The Bed Bug Registry describes itself as a "free, public database of user-submitted bed bug reports from across the United States and Canada." The Registry has been compiling data since 2006, and so far, has collected a staggering 20,000 reports across more than 12,000 different locations. Unfortunately, 538 of those reports -- many of which refer to hotels, motels, and inns -- originate from Maryland. In this blog entry, our Maryland hotel bed bug lawyersinvestigate what the Bed Bug Registry has to say about lodgings in Baltimore and Ocean City.

With more than 600,000 residents, Baltimore is Maryland's most heavily populated city by a wide margin. Unfortunately, that applies to bed bugs as well as humans.

As a bustling metropolitan center, Baltimore and its surrounding suburbs are home to hundreds of hotels and motels -- some of which are more diligent in their pest control efforts than others. At the time of this writing, the Bed Bug Registry database features reports on more than 30 different hotels across Baltimore.

Do you see your hotel on this list?

While Baltimore may be Maryland's largest city by population, it certainly isn't the only city to struggle with its fair share of outbreaks. Prized by tourists and vacationers for its boardwalk and relaxing beaches, nearly 20 hotels in Ocean City received negative reports, including the following:

As you may have noticed, there is no particular pattern with regard to the time of year that bed bug infestations occur. While insect life is generally more active in the warm months of spring and summer, bites and outbreaks are possible year-round, as exemplified by reports left in the months of September, October, and even December. Unfortunately, cold weather alone is not a guarantee against bites.

If you're planning on traveling anytime soon, it is well worth the time and effort to conduct some basic research by comparing the hotels you're interested in booking. Remember, not only can an infested hotel room ruin a good night's sleep -- you could also bring bed bugs back home with you when you leave.

Infestation alerts from the Registry are a free and easy way to get notifications about outbreaks nearby. If you sign up for alerts, you'll receive an email message whenever somebody reports bed bugs within one mile of your location. Alerts in the same location are bundled together, so you won't receive more than one message per week.

If you'd like to sign up, simply navigate to the Registry's Alerts section, type in your location, and click subscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Additionally, it's always a good idea to call up your local health department or code inspector before you decide to check into a hotel. Once you arrive, you can also ask the front desk clerk about prior infestations. He or she will be able to pull up information about your room, and can help transfer you to a different room if your original choice turned upa history of bed bugs.

Finally, you can cross-compare listings on the Bed Bug Registry against the listings compiled by Bed Bug Reports, a similar site which breaks reports down by state.

If you or your loved ones suffered from bed bug bites after staying at a Maryland hotel or motel, the hotel bed bug attorneys of Whitney & Bogris can help you fight for compensation. To arrange for a free and private legal consultation, call us right away at (410) 583-8000. While our law offices are located in Towson, MD, we represent hotel bed bug bite victims across the United States.

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Three Easy Ways To Identify A Bed Bug Infestation 1) You have bites on your body that resemble a pimple, mosquito bite or a welt. Important note: Not everyone will exhibit signs of bed bug bites.

2) Seeing bed bugs, their eggs, or exoskeleton shells.

3) Finding fecal matter left by the bed bugs or seeing stains that resemble blood spots on sheets or walls from bed bugs being inadvertently squashed.

Pests Commonly Confused with Bed Bugs

1) Fleas are commonly mistaken for bed bugs due to both their small size and their similar bite marks. Flea bites are actually more severe however, as they can transmit disease and pose other health hazards.

2) Ticks may also be confused for bed bugs due to their similar size and appearance. Ticks are solitary pests and do not congregate in the house.

3) Bat bugs look so similar to bed bugs that you would need a magnifying glass to see the difference.

Bed bugs are notorious hitchhikers. While its most sensationalized that you can pick up bed bugs from staying at a hotel with an infestation, you can just as easily pick them up simply by sitting in a movie theater, or putting your suitcase or book bag next to another that has bed bugs in it.

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