Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 70 - Plant Industries › Chapter 25 - Pesticides › Section 2 CSR 70-25.100 - Certification Categories for Certified Commercial Applicators, Certified Noncommercial Applicators and Certified Public Operators

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule is necessary in order to provide
				  categories for the certification of applicators and operators due to the wide
				  diversity of areas of knowledge which has evolved within the pest control
				  industry. These categories are necessary in that no individual should be
				  expected to demonstrate a practical knowledge of all facets of the pest control
				  industry, nor is this demonstration necessary. This rule contains information
				  regarding the number of categories in which applicators or operators may be
				  certified, a special stipulation regarding the category of demonstration pest
				  control, the necessity of certification by examination and a description of the
				  activities of those individuals required to be certified in the various
				  categories.
(1) To qualify
				for a certified commercial applicator license, a certified noncommercial
				applicator license or a certified public operator license, applicators of
				pesticides shall be certified in one (1) or more of the following pesticide
				applicator categories: Category 1- Agricultural Pest Control, Subcategory a-
				Agricultural Plant Pest Control, Subcategory b-Agricultural Animal Pest
				Control; Category 2-Forest Pest Control; Category 3-Ornamental and Turf Pest
				Control; Category 4-Seed Treatment; Category 5- Aquatic Pest Control; Category
				6-Right-of-Way Pest Control; Category 7-Structural Pest Control, Subcategory
				a-General Structural Pest Control, Subcategory b- Termite Pest Control,
				Subcategory c- Fumigation Pest Control; Category 8-Public Health Pest Control;
				Category 9-Regulatory Pest Control; Category 10-Demonstration and Research Pest
				Control; and Category 11-Wood Products Pest Control.
(2) Commercial applicators, noncommercial
				applicators and public operators must be certified in at least one (1) of the
				categories provided in section (1) and may be certified in any number of or any
				combination of those categories.
(3) Those individuals who wish to obtain a
				certified commercial applicator license, a certified noncommercial applicator
				license or a certified public operator license as authority to conduct
				demonstrations involving pesticides and devices must be certified in Category
				10-Demonstration and Research Pest Control. In addition, those individuals must
				be certified in the category, or those categories, which relate to the areas of
				expertise in which they wish to conduct these demonstrations.
(4) Commercial applicators, noncommercial
				applicators and public operators shall be certified in the respective
				categories only after they have passed an examination based on the standards of
				competence as provided in
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				CSR 70-25.110.
(5) Description of Commercial Applicator,
				Noncommercial Applicator and Public Operator Certification Categories.
(A) Category 1-Agricultural Pest Control.
1. Subcategory a-Agricultural Plant Pest
				Control. This category is provided for public operators, noncommercial
				applicators and commercial applicators who use or supervise the use of
				pesticides to agricultural commodities, including, but not limited to, tobacco,
				peanuts, cotton, corn, cereal grain, feed grains, soybeans, forages and forage
				crops, vegetables, small fruits, tree fruits and nuts, grassland and noncrop
				agricultural lands, greenhouse products, Christmas tree plantings, sod
				nurseries and plant nurseries and who apply pesticides for the conversion of
				forested areas to agricultural lands.
2. Subcategory b-Agricultural Animal Pest
				Control. This category is provided for public operators, noncommercial
				applicators and commercial applicators who use or supervise the use of
				pesticides to animals, including, but not limited to, cattle, swine, sheep,
				furbearing animals, horses, goats, poultry and other livestock and wild animals
				in captivity and to places on or in which animals are confined with the
				exception of aquatic harborages. This includes those agricultural animals used
				as work or draft animals and those used as pleasure animals.