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Colombia Decreto 1843 / 1991

Service certificate and service log for pest control companies.

For pest control companies in Colombia. PestSheet builds the certificate you give the client with each product's INVIMA registration, the applicator's ID card and your company's health authority approval.

Not legal advice. A summary of our reading of the national rules and documents from some health secretariats (checked October 6, 2026). Confirm with your municipal or departmental health secretariat.

What the national rules say

  • Decree 1843 of 1991 is still in effect: Decree 780 of 2016 excluded it from its repeal.
  • The operating health license of Decree 1843 was abolished by Decree-Law 2150 of 1995 (art. 46). Today the health secretariat issues a health concept ("concepto sanitario") after its inspection visit.
  • Operators must hold a pesticide applicator ID card ("carné"), endorsed by the competent authority, with specific training (arts. 111, 112 and 172 to 175).
  • Only pesticides registered for household or public health use may be applied; INVIMA issues those registrations today (Law 9 of 1979, art. 137, as amended by Decree-Law 2106 of 2019). Agricultural products registered with the ICA are not for urban pest control.
  • Application happens after people, animals and food are evacuated; the re-entry time is set by the health authority (art. 115).
  • Companies must give the user health education at the time of application (arts. 121 and 122).
  • Pesticide purchase invoices are kept at least 2 years (art. 118).

The certificate: required by health secretariats, not a national rule

No national rule sets the content of the service certificate. Health secretariats ask for it. For example:

  • Cali: applicator's name, ID card number, substances applied with their toxicity category, recommendations before and after the application, and an emergency phone line.
  • Antioquia: a protocol or form for before (diagnosis), during (pesticides, amount applied, sites) and after (recommendations, cleaning, waiting times).
  • Bogotá: diagnosis forms and certification of the services performed.
  • Food establishments must keep records of their pest control program (Resolution 2674 of 2013, art. 26). Your company's certificate is usually the supporting document.

How PestSheet covers it

  • Business country "Colombia" in the setup guide or in More > Business profile: optional NIT, health concept and who issued it, emergency line and technical assistant
  • Applicator ID card in the profile and on each team member
  • Departments and DANE's 1,122 municipalities and non-municipal areas (DIVIPOLA)
  • INVIMA sanitary registration and toxicity category per product, with a link to the INVIMA lookup
  • Product lot and expiration date (a warning, it doesn't block)
  • Type of establishment, diagnosis, re-entry time and next visit on each service
  • Data checked before you complete the visit, and a numbered certificate in Spanish
  • Service log as PDF and CSV (Pro), useful for the technical assistant's quarterly report (art. 110)
  • Quotes and invoices in pesos as a "Cuenta de cobro", with a note that it is not a DIAN electronic invoice

Price in Colombia

PestSheet Pro: COP 44.900/month or COP 359.900/year, with a 7-day free trial. Free plan with 5 completed visits a month. Planned prices; the store shows the final price. See pricing

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