Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 11 - Regulation of Professional Services › Subchapter 05 - Regulations Governing Tree Surgeons › Definitions › Section 2-1-3-11-500

Current through June 25, 2024
For the purpose of these regulations, the following
						  words, names and terms shall be construed within the meaning and purpose of
Miss. Code Ann
Sections
						  69-19-1
						  through
						  69-19-11.
1. "Act" shall mean
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						Ann.
Sections
						69-19-1
						through
						69-19-11.
2. "Bonafide Employee" shall be a person who
						receives all or part of his salary, pay or commission from a licensee or the
						company employing a licensee and whose salary, pay or commission is regularly
						reported by the licensee or the company employing a licensee under the Federal
						Social Security and/or income tax laws. A bonafide employee must be under the
						direct supervision of a license holder.
3. "Bureau" shall mean the Bureau of Plant
						Industry of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce created
						under the provision of
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Section
						69-25-3.
4. "Executive Secretary and/or State
						Entomologist" shall mean the executive secretary and director and/or state
						entomologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Mississippi Department of
						Agriculture and Commerce, as set forth in
Miss. Code Ann
Section
						69-25-5.
5. "Licensed Operator" shall mean the person
						who shall be responsible for fulfillment of all services to be rendered by a
						company licensed to perform any or all of the professional services covered by
						these regulations.
6. "Ornamental
						Trees and Shrubs" shall mean a plant grown for the beauty of its form, foliage,
						flowers or fruit, rather than for food, fiber or other uses.
7. "Person" shall mean any individual,
						partnership, corporation, association, company or organized group of persons
						whether incorporated or not.
8.
						"Professional Services" shall mean the professional services performed as
						designated by the category listed under Subsection 503.02 of this
						chapter.
9. "Registered Technician"
						shall mean a bona fide employee of a license holder as described in subsection
						509.02 of this chapter and who has obtained a registered technician
						identification card from the Bureau.
10. "Tree Surgeon" shall mean a person who
						advertises in a local phone book, newspaper, newsletter, bulletin, the internet
						or other prominently displayed sign as a licensed or insured tree surgeon and
						receives compensation for any work or consultation relative to the care,
						pruning, cabling, bracing, topping, trimming, fertilizing, cavity work and
						removal of ornamental trees and shrubs in any manner. Nothing shall prevent any
						person from performing such services as long as their advertising does not
						include the description licensed or insured.
11. "Status" shall mean death, retirement,
						prolonged illness, merger of companies, sale, change of ownership, etc. of a
						license holder.
Miss. Code Ann.
						  §
													69-19-1.