Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 40 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 40-21 - PESTICIDE USE AND APPLICATION › Subject 40-21-2 - CATEGORIES AND SUBCATEGORIES FOR CERTIFIED APPLICATORS › Rule 40-21-2-.01 - Commerical Applicators

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Commercial applicators may be certified in one or more of the
				  following categories:
(a) Agricultural
				Plant Pest Control. This category includes commercial applicators using or
				supervising the use of restricted use pesticides or State restricted pesticide
				uses in production of agricultural crops, including, without limiting the
				foregoing, tobacco, peanuts, cotton, feed grains, soybeans, and forage,
				vegetables, small fruits, tree fruits and nuts, as well as on grasslands and
				noncrop agricultural lands.
(b)
				Agricultural Animal Pest Control. This category includes commercial applicators
				using or supervising the use of restricted use pesticides, or State restricted
				pesticide uses, on animals, including, without limiting the foregoing, beef
				cattle, dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, goats, poultry and livestock, and
				to places on or in which animals are confined; and also includes Doctors of
				Veterinary Medicine engaged in the business of applying pesticides for hire,
				publicly holding themselves out as pesticide applicators, or engaged in
				large-scale use of pesticides.
(c)
				Forest Pest Control. This category includes commercial applicators using or
				supervising the use of restricted use pesticides, or State restricted pesticide
				uses, in forests, forest nurseries, and forest seed producing areas.
(d) Ornamental and Turf Pest Control. This
				category includes commercial applicators using or supervising the use of
				restricted use pesticides, or State restricted pesticide uses, to control pests
				in the maintenance and production of ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, and
				turf.
(e) Seed Treatment. This
				category includes commercial applicators using or supervising the use of
				restricted use pesticides, or State restricted pesticide uses, on
				seeds.
(f) Aquatic Pest Control.
				This category includes commercial applicators using or supervising the use of
				any restricted use pesticide, or State restricted pesticide uses, purposefully
				applied to standing or running water, excluding applicators engaged in public
				health related activities included in category (i) below.
(g) Right-of-Way Pest Control. This category
				includes commercial applicators using or supervising the use of restricted use
				pesticides, or State restricted pesticide uses, in the maintenance of public
				roads, electric powerlines, pipelines, railway rights-of-way or other similar
				areas.
(h) Industrial,
				Institutional, Structural and Health Related Pest Control. This category
				includes commercial applicators using or supervising the use of restricted use
				pesticides, or State restricted pesticide uses, in, on, or around food handling
				establishments, human dwellings, institutions, such as schools and hospitals,
				industrial establishments, including warehouses and grain elevators, and any
				other structures and adjacent area, public or private; and for the protection
				of stored, processed, or manufactured products.
(i) Public Health Pest Control. This category
				includes State, Federal or other governmental employees using or supervising
				the use of restricted use pesticides, or State restricted pesticide uses, in
				public health programs for the management arid control of pests having medical
				and public health importance.
(j)
				Regulatory Pest Control. This category includes State, Federal or other
				governmental employees who use or supervise the use of restricted use
				pesticides, or State restricted pesticide uses, in the control of regulated
				pests.
(k) Demonstration and
				Research Pest Control. This category includes:
1. individuals who demonstrate to the public
				the proper use and techniques of application of restricted use pesticides, or
				State restricted pesticide uses, or supervise such demonstration, and includes
				such persons as extension specialists and county agents, commercial
				representatives demonstrating pesticide products, and those individuals
				demonstrating methods used in public programs.
2. persons conducting field research with
				pesticides, and in doing so, use or supervise the use of restricted use
				pesticides; and also includes State, Federal, commercial and other persons
				conducting field research on or utilizing restricted use pesticides.
3. to be certified in Demonstration and
				Research would require prior certification in one or more of categories (a)
				through (j), above.