Florida Administrative Code › 5 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › 5E - Division of Agricultural Environmental Services › Chapter 5E-9 - LICENSED PESTICIDE APPLICATORS AND DEALERS › Section 5E-9.021 - Categories of Licensure for Pesticide Applicators

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Description of primary categories.
(a) Category 1A1 - Agricultural Row Crop Pest
				Control. This category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the
				use of restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides requiring licensure, in
				the production of agricultural crops other than tree crops, including but not
				limited to tobacco; peanuts; cotton; feed grains; soybeans and forage crops;
				vegetables; small fruits not produced on trees; grasslands; or non-crop
				agricultural lands; but not including the use or supervision of restricted use
				fumigant pesticides. This category is valid for licensure of commercial and
				public applicators.
(b) Category
				1A2 - Agricultural Tree Crop Pest Control. This category is applicable to
				individuals using or supervising the use of restricted use pesticides, or other
				pesticides requiring licensure, in the production of agricultural tree crops,
				including but not limited to citrus; pecans; or other fruits, nuts, or
				agricultural crops grown on trees; but not including the use or supervision of
				restricted use fumigant pesticides. This category is valid for licensure of
				commercial and public applicators.
(c) Category 1B - Agricultural Animal Pest
				Control. This category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the
				use of restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides requiring licensure, in
				the production of agricultural animals, including but not limited to beef or
				dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, goats, poultry, fish, or other agricultural
				livestock. Use in the production of agricultural animals means applications of
				pesticides on or to the animals themselves or in or on places where such
				animals are kept or confined or places such animals are likely to be kept or
				confined. 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, must be licensed in this category.
				This category is valid for licensure of commercial and public
				applicators.
(d) Category 1C -
				Private Applicator Agricultural Pest Control. This category includes
				individuals using or supervising the use of restricted use pesticides, or other
				pesticides requiring licensure, in the production of agricultural plants,
				including but not limited to tobacco, peanuts, cotton, feed grains, soybeans,
				forage, vegetables, fruits, nuts, forests, ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers,
				or turf; or in the fumigation of soil, agricultural structures, or raw
				agricultural commodities; or in the production of agricultural animals,
				including but not limited to beef or dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, goats,
				poultry, fish, or other agricultural livestock, and including places on or in
				which animals are kept or confined or places where such animals are likely to
				be kept or confined; and on grasslands and non-crop agricultural lands. This
				category is valid solely for licensure of private applicators.
(e) Category 1D - Soil and Greenhouse
				Fumigation. This category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the
				use of any restricted use fumigant pesticide injected or applied to field
				soils; to the soils of seed or transplant beds or containerized plants; to
				potting soil; to lawns, turf, and ornamentals not associated with structures;
				or within enclosed agricultural structures such as greenhouses where
				agricultural production is in progress. This category is valid for licensure of
				public and commercial applicators.
(f) Category 1E - Raw Agricultural Commodity
				Fumigation. This category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the
				use of any restricted use fumigant pesticide injected or otherwise applied to
				any post-harvest raw agricultural commodity within any storage facility, during
				processing or manufacturing procedures, or applied to or within a storage
				facility prior to the facility receiving a raw agricultural commodity for
				storage or after a raw agricultural commodity has been removed from such a
				facility. Storage facilities include but are not limited to corn cribs, grain
				elevators, tobacco barns, produce trailers, farm vehicles used to store
				agricultural commodities, processing plant bins or storage rooms for raw
				commodities, and any other enclosed structure used to contain a harvested raw
				agricultural commodity. This category is valid for licensure of public and
				commercial applicators.
(g)
				Category 2 - Forest Pest Control. This category is applicable to individuals
				using or supervising the use of restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides
				requiring licensure, in forests, forest nurseries, and forest seed orchards;
				but not including the use or supervision of restricted use fumigant pesticides.
				This category is valid for licensure of public and commercial
				applicators.
(h) Category 3 -
				Ornamental and Turf Pest Control. This category is applicable to individuals
				using or supervising the use of restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides
				requiring licensure, in the production of ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers, or
				turf; or for the maintenance of any such ornamental plants or turf grasses
				growing in or on cemeteries, golf courses, parks, or athletic fields; but not
				including the use or supervision of restricted use fumigant pesticides. This
				category is valid for licensure of commercial and public applicators.
(i) Category 4 - Seed Treatment. This
				category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the use of
				restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides designated by the Department as
				requiring licensure, on seeds; but not including the use or supervision of
				restricted use fumigant pesticides. This category is valid for licensure of
				commercial and public applicators.
(j) Category 5A - Aquatic Pest Control. This
				category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the use of any
				restricted use pesticide, or other pesticide requiring licensure, used or
				applied to any standing or running water, including banks or shorelines,
				excluding infusion of chlorine gas as described in Category 7B and applicators
				engaged in public health related activities as defined in Chapter 388, F.S.,
				and the rules thereunder. This category is valid for licensure of commercial
				and public applicators.
(k)
				Category 5B - Organotin Antifouling Paint Pest Control. This category is
				applicable to individuals using or supervising the use of organotin antifouling
				paints classified as restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides requiring
				licensure, to control or prevent the growth of aquatic or marine organisms on
				submerged portions of aquatic or marine objects, structures or vessels. This
				category is valid for licensure of commercial and public applicators.
(l) Category 6 - Right-of-Way Pest Control.
				This category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the use of
				restricted use pesticides, or other pesticides requiring licensure, in the
				maintenance of right-of-way areas associated with public roads, electric power
				lines, pipelines, railroads, and other similar areas; but not including the use
				or supervision of restricted use fumigant pesticides. This category is valid
				for licensure of commercial and public applicators.
(m) Category 7A - Wood Treatment. This
				category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the use of
				restricted use wood preservative pesticides, or other pesticides requiring
				licensure, in wood treatment facilities in the production of treated wood
				products; but not including the use or supervision of restricted use fumigant
				pesticides. This category is valid for licensure of commercial and public
				applicators.
(n) Category 7B -
				Chlorine Gas Infusion. This category is applicable to individuals using or
				supervising the use of chlorine gas to treat water in residential swimming
				pools by means of a portable system. Persons licensed in this category are
				authorized to use only those chlorine gas products specifically registered by
				the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the department with label
				directions for application to residential swimming pools. Individuals who
				conduct or supervise water treatment through the use of machinery permanently
				attached to all pools are exempt from this licensure requirement. This category
				is valid for licensure of commercial applicators.
(o) Category 7C - Sewer Root Control. This
				category is applicable to individuals using or supervising the use of
				restricted use pesticides to control or prevent the growth of roots in sewer
				lines or pipes. This category is valid for licensure of commercial and public
				applicators.
(p) Category 9 -
				Regulatory Pest Control. This category is applicable to state, federal, and
				other government employees who use or supervise the use of restricted use
				pesticides, or other pesticides requiring licensure, in the control of
				regulated pests, including the use or supervision of restricted use fumigant
				pesticides. This category is valid for licensure of public
				applicators.
(q) Category 11 -
				Aerial Application. This category is applicable to individuals who apply any
				pesticide from an aircraft. This category is valid for licensure of public and
				commercial applicators for treatment sites that may legally (according to
				product label direction) be treated by aerial application under Chapter 487,
				F.S.
(r) Category 20 - Regulatory
				Inspection and Sampling. This category is applicable to government employees
				who collect regulatory samples of restricted use pesticides or conduct
				inspections involving the handling of opened containers of restricted use
				pesticides to determine compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
				Licensure in this category shall not be required of government inspection or
				sampling employees licensed in another public or commercial pesticide
				applicator category in accordance with this chapter, Chapters 388 or 482, F.S.
				This category is valid solely for licensure of public applicators. Licensure in
				this category does not authorize the application of restricted use
				pesticides.
(s) Category 21 -
				Natural Areas Weed Management. This category is applicable to individuals who
				use or supervise the use of restricted use herbicides to control unwanted
				vegetation to protect natural communities of conservation and recreation lands
				and natural areas. This category is valid for licensure of commercial and
				public applicators. Applicators acting under the authority of another license
				category prior to this category being established may continue activities under
				the alternate category until license renewal or expiration.