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 40-21-4 - RECERTIFICATION AND APPLICATOR LICENSE RENEWALS › Rule 40-21-4-.01 - Recertification Requirements and Commercial Applicator License Renewals

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
In order to insure that certified commercial pesticide
				  applicators continue to meet the needs of changing technology necessary for the
				  safe and effective use of pesticides, they shall be subject to recertification
				  and licensing requirements as follows:
(a) Commercial Pesticide Applicators. All
				commercial pesticide applicators shall be licensed for a period of five years.
				All licenses shall be subject to renewal on the day following their expiration
				date, subject to licensee's completion of either option 1 or 2 below, and the
				payment of the twenty five (25) dollar renewal fee, when applicable. Those
				electing to be relicensed on the basis of earned training must have accumulated
				the required hours at least ninety (90) days prior to their license expiration
				date; otherwise, they will be required to pass a new written examination. No
				written examinations as a basis for relicensing may be taken more than ninety
				(90) days prior to the expiration date. The license of any person who has not
				completed the required training or passed a new written examination and paid
				any required fee prior to the expiration date, will be subject to a penalty of
				50% and the renewal fee for such license shall be thirty seven (37) dollars and
				fifty (50) cents. Any license for which the renewal requirements have not been
				met within sixty (60) days after expiration shall be cancelled. The
				Commissioner may, as he deems necessary, provide commercial pesticide
				applicators with information on changes in pesticides and pesticide application
				technology and may require such applicators to acknowledge in writing that they
				have become familiar with such new information. The Commissioner may require
				such acknowledgements as a condition for renewal of their commercial pesticide
				applicator's license. In no event will a commercial certified applicator's
				license be renewed unless the applicator has been recertified through one of
				the following procedures:
1. Completion of
				training in each of the pest control categories in which he is currently
				certified and desires to retain certification as follows:
(i) Agricultural Plant
10 hours
(ii) Agricultural Animal
6 hours
(iii) Forest
6 hours
(iv) Ornamental and Turf
10 hours
(v) Seed Treatment
6 hours
(vi) Aquatic
6 hours
(vii) Right of Way
6 hours
(viii) Industrial, Institutional, Structural and
								Health Related
6 hours
(Excluding Pest Control operators regulated under
								the Georgia Structural Pest Control Act)
(ix) Public Health
10 hours
(x) Mosquito Control
10 Hours
(xi) Regulatory
6 hours
(xii) For those
				applicators also certified in Demonstration and Research, and Aerial methods,
				the hours of training required for the primary categories (i) through (xi)
				above, may consist of any combination of hours divided between training in the
				primary category and training in Demonstration and Research and/or Aerial
				Methods. Any training credited toward recertification must be approved by and
				assigned a value for credit hours by the Commissioner of Agriculture prior to
				presentation. Such training may consist of grower meetings, seminars, short
				courses and other private or publicly sponsored training programs.