| (a) Certification of Applicators. The department may
certify pesticide applicator licensees and applicants for a license
in the following license use categories and subcategories. An individual
who is certified in a particular category is authorized to purchase,
apply, or supervise the use of restricted-use pesticides, state-limited-use
pesticides, or regulated herbicides described by that category subject
to department orders, the Act, and federal law.
(1) Agricultural pest control: pesticide applications
made to agricultural land as specified in the following subcategories:
(A) field crop: to control insects, diseases, weeds,
or other pests of field crops, or the use of harvest aid pesticides
in the production of field crops such as cotton, grains, oilseed crops,
crops grown for seed, or crops harvested for animal feed (hay) or
forage. This category does not include pesticide applications covered
in category 1D (vertebrate pest) or category 11 (soil fumigation);
(B) fruit, nut, and vegetable: to control insects,
diseases, weeds, or other pests, or the use of harvest aid pesticides,
in the production of non-citrus fruit (category 1G Citrus Pest Control),
nut and vegetable crops. This category does not include pesticide
applications covered in category 1D (vertebrate pest) or category
11 (soil fumigation);
(C) pasture and rangeland: to control insects, diseases,
weeds, or other pests of field crops, agricultural pastures, rangeland,
or adjacent riparian or natural areas, and may include applications
to pasture or rangeland vegetation that is harvested for animal feed
(hay). This category does not include pesticide applications covered
in category 1D (vertebrate pest) or category 11 (soil fumigation);
(D) vertebrate pest: to control vertebrate pests affecting
agricultural production of field, fruit, nut or vegetable crops, in
turf, pastures, rangeland, riparian or natural areas, rights of ways,
parks, or crops/vegetation to be harvested for animal feed. This category
does not include pesticide applications covered in category 1H (livestock
protection collar) or category 1I (M-44 device). Certification in
this category requires prequalification as determined by the department;
(E) farm commodity pest control: to apply pesticides
(including commodity fumigants) to stored raw agricultural commodities
on the farm, in a public or private confined storage facility or container,
in an open storage platform or vehicle, or to agricultural equipment
used to transport raw agricultural commodities to control pests of
a stored agricultural product or a pest subject to a state or federal
quarantine requirement;
(F) animal health: to control external parasites or
pests of agricultural animals including applications of pesticides
to, in, or on any area, facility, or vehicle used for the housing,
maintenance, or transportation of an agricultural animal;
(G) citrus: to control insects, diseases, weeds, or
other pests in the production of citrus plants or citrus fruit. This
category does not include pesticide applications covered in category
1D (vertebrate pest) or category 11 (soil fumigation);
(H) livestock protection collar: for the use of a livestock
protection collar containing sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080)
for predator control in the protection of livestock. Specialized training
provided by the department is a prerequisite for this category;
(I) M-44 device: for the use of a M-44 device for the
control of wild or feral canids in the protection of livestock. Specialized
training provided by the department is a prerequisite for this category;
(2) Forest pest control: to apply pesticides in forests,
forest nurseries, and forest seed production;
(3) Lawn and ornamental plant pest control; and
(A) landscape maintenance: to control pests in the
establishment or maintenance of lawns or ornamental plants grown for
function or aesthetic purposes in landscapes, such as athletic fields,
residential properties, industrial sites, golf courses, parks, and
cemeteries. This category does not include the pesticide applications
covered in category 1D (vertebrate pest) or category 11 (soil fumigation);
and
(B) nursery plant production: to control pests in the
production of ornamental plants or other nursery stock and commercial
turf. This category includes plants in field production, greenhouses,
shade houses, or similar structures. This category does not include
pesticide applications covered in category 1D (vertebrate pest) or
category 11 (soil fumigation);
(4) Seed treatment: to control pests by treating seed
prior to distribution or planting. This category is not required for
planter box applications if the applicator is certified in the appropriate
agricultural category or is a private applicator;
(5) Vegetation management: to control unwanted plant
growth in rights-of-way, in the maintenance of roads, parking lots,
utility lines, wind generator sites, pipelines, railways, airports,
public surface drainways and ditches, industrial sites including oil
field sites, and adjacent riparian or natural areas and includes public
sewer root control;
(6) Aquatic: to control aquatic weeds or other aquatic
pests including aquatic animals, microbes, or other pests and may
include pesticide applications to adjacent riparian or natural areas
when water is present. The category does not include applications
covered in category 12 (public health pest control (vector control));
(7) Demonstration and research: for demonstration or
research purposes when using restricted-use pesticides, numbered compounds,
any pesticide not registered by the EPA (unless exempt from registration
under FIFRA Section 25(b)), or any pesticide used in a manner inconsistent
with the label directions;
(8) Regulatory pest control: for applications of pesticides
when implementing a regulatory program such as a plant pest quarantine,
invasive weed control, or other regulated activity conducted by a
state, federal or other political subdivision. This category does
not include pesticide applications covered in category 12 (public
health pest control (vector control));
(9) Aerial application: The use of a pesticide applied
by aircraft to any crop or site. In addition to certification in this
category, certification in one or more of the appropriate use categories
is required;
(10) Category unassigned;
(11) Soil fumigation: to apply fumigant pesticides
to soil environments. This category is available for all pesticide
license types and meets the pesticide product label requirement for
EPA approved soil fumigant training. Private applicators may apply
soil fumigant pesticides without adding this category, however additional
EPA-approved training stipulated on the use directions of a soil fumigant
pesticide label must be met;
(12) Public health pest control (vector control): for
pesticide applications made for the purpose of treating, repelling,
mitigating, or otherwise controlling any non-human organism that is,
or may be, a vector of human disease by a pesticide applicator who
is an employee of, or an independent contractor for, a federal, state,
county, city, mosquito or vector control district, or other political
subdivision, or a person working under the direct supervision of a
pesticide applicator who is an employee of, or an independent contractor
for, a federal, state, county, city, mosquito or vector control district,
or other political subdivision; and
(13) Border mosquito control: for pesticide applications
made for the limited purpose of vector mosquito control only in a
county located along the international border with Mexico by an applicator
who is an employee of a federal, state, county, city, mosquito or
vector control district, or other political subdivision, or a person
working under the direct supervision of a pesticide applicator who
is an employee of a federal, state, county, city, mosquito or vector
control district, or other political subdivision. An applicator who
is licensed in this category shall have the license expire immediately
upon separation of employment if a passing score in another category
is not achieved prior to the date of separation of employment from
the political subdivision. This excludes employees transferring from
one political subdivision to another in a county along the international
border with Mexico.
(b) Private Applicators.
(1) Producers of agricultural commodities who complete
an Extension or other department-approved training program for private
applicators and obtain a passing score on the private applicator test
may be certified in each of the categories and subcategories listed
in subsection (a)(1)(A) - (G), (2), (3), (4), and (6) of this section.
A private applicator may be certified as an aerial applicator by obtaining
a passing score on the aerial applicator category test. Private applicators
will be charged an exam administration fee of $64 for initial testing
or retesting. The fee will not be in excess of expenses directly related
to recovery of costs for administration of examinations.
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