Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Subtitle 6 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 66 - PESTICIDES › Section 4-66-60 - Certification procedures; certificate renewal

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				procedures for certifying commercial applicators and renewal of commercial
				applicator certifications are as follows:
(1)
				For initial certification of commercial applicators and renewal of commercial
				applicator certificates, the applicant shall be at1least eighteen years of age.
				Application shall be made on forms prescribed by the head. Forms are available
				at the department or on-line at
https://hdoa.hawaii.gov
. The completed
				form shall be submitted to the department, with the appropriate fee. Once the
				form is received by the department, and the appropriate fee has been paid, the
				applicant will be scheduled for examination. To gain entrance to the testing
				facility, an applicant shall present a valid, government-issued photo
				identification or other similarly reliable form of identification as proof of
				identity and age. The applicant for certification as a commercial applicator
				shall pass a written examination with a score of seventy per cent or better.
				The core examination shall cover the general standards and procedures specified
				in section 4-66-57. Category or subcategory examinations shall cover the
				specific standards specified in section 4-66-58 (a).
(2) To be eligible to take category or
				subcategory examinations, the applicant shall first obtain a passing score on
				the core examination. If the applicant fails to pass the core examination, that
				applicant is eligible to be re-examined no sooner than fourteen calendar days
				after the date of the failed examination. A passing score on the core
				examination will be valid for six months after the date of
				examination.
(3) Certification in a
				category or subcategory under section 4-66-58 requires a passing score of
				seventy per cent or better on the category or subcategory examination. If the
				applicant fails to pass any examination, that applicant is eligible to be
				re-examined no sooner than fourteen calendar days after the date of the failed
				examination. A passing score on the category or subcategory examination will
				not be valid unless the applicant first obtains a passing score on the core
				examination. A certificate may be issued if the applicant passes the core
				examination and any other category and subcategory examinations, meets all
				other requirements for certification, and complies with all other State and
				federal requirements.
(4) For
				renewal of commercial applicator certificates, application for renewal shall be
				made no sooner than ninety days before and no later than thirty days after
				expiration of certification. In order for a certified applicator's
				certification to continue without interruption, the certified applicator shall
				be recertified before the expiration of his or her current certification. An
				applicant for recertification shall complete one of the following procedures:
(A) Continuing education. A certified
				applicator may be found eligible for recertification upon successfully
				completing a continuing education program by accumulating the prescribed number
				of hours of training approved for each category or subcategory in which the
				applicator is certified. The minimum number of training hours required for each
				specific category is listed in the table below. Completion of the training must
				be verified by documentation approved by the head. The training must be
				completed prior to the expiration date on the applicator's certificate.
				Training must be pertinent to the category or subcategory for which the
				applicant is seeking to renew certification and shall be a continuing education
				program of the quality, content, and quantity that will ensure the applicator
				continues to maintain the level of competency required by sections 4-66-57 and
				4-66-58.
Category
Applicator
Hours of Training Required
1(A)
Crop Pest Control..........
25
1(B)
Animal Pest Control........
20
1(C)
Soil and Non-soil Fumigant Pest Control..
30
2
Forest Pest Control.........
30
3
Ornamental and Turf Pest Control.........
30
4
Aerial Pest Control.........
25
5
Aquatic Pest Control.........
25
6
Right-of-Way Pest Control......
30
7(A)
Fumigation Pest Control.......
25*
7(B)
Termite Pest Control.........
20
7(C)
General Pest Control.........
30
7(D)
Institutional Pest Control......
30
7(E)
Vault Fumigation Pest Control..........
25*
7(F)
Specialty Categories.........
20
8
Public Health Pest Control......
24
9
Regulatory Pest Control.......
20
10
Demonstration, Research, & Instructional Pest
							 Control.........
30
11
Chemigation Pest Control.......
5*
*For asterisked items, five hours must be in specific subject
				  matter directly related to the category; or
(B) Written examination. Pass a written
				examination as provided in section 4-66-60(a) (1).
(5) A certificate may be renewed if the
				applicant has accumulated the required number of credits prior to the
				expiration date on the applicator's certificate, or passed the written
				examination, meets all other requirements for certification, and complies with
				any other State and federal requirements,