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 02 - Regulations Governing Entomological, Plant Pathological and Weed Control Consultants › Definitions › Section 2-1-3-11-02-200

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
. §§
												69-25-3
						  and
						  69-19-1
						  through
						  69-19-11.
1. "Act" shall mean Sections
Miss.
						Code Ann.
69-19-1 through 69-19-11.
2. "Advisory Board" shall mean the board
						established under the provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
Section
						69-25-3.
3. "Bonafide Employee" shall be a person who
						receives all or part of his/her 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 bona fide employee must
						be under the direct supervision of a license holder.
4. "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner
						of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
5. "Bureau" shall mean the Bureau of Plant
						Industry of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce as set forth
						under the provisions of
Miss. Code Ann.
§
												69-25-3.
6. "Entomological Work" shall mean receiving
						fees for advice or prescriptions for the control or eradication of any insect
						pest or rodent.
7. "Insect Pests"
						shall mean any of the numerous small invertebrate animals generally having the
						body more or less obviously segmented, for the most part belonging to the class
						insecta, comprising six-legged, usually winged forms, as for example, beetles,
						bugs, flies and to other allied classes or arthropods whose members are
						wingless and usually have more than six legs, as for example, spiders, mites,
						ticks, centipedes and millipedes.
8. "Licensee" shall mean the person who shall
						be responsible for fulfillment of professional services to be rendered covered
						by the Act and these regulations.
9. "Person" shall mean any individual,
						partnership, corporation, association, company or organized group of persons
						whether incorporated or not.
10.
						"Plant Disease" shall mean the pathological condition in or on plants and plant
						products caused by fungi, bacteria, nematodes, mycoplasma, viroid and
						viruses.
11. "Plant Pathological
						Work" shall mean receiving fees for advice or prescriptions for the control or
						eradication of any plant disease.
12. "Professional Services" shall mean any of
						the professional services performed as designated by the various categories
						under Section 203 of this chapter.
13. "Rodent" shall mean any animal belonging
						to the order Rodentia (such as mice, rats, squirrels and beavers).
14. "Weed" shall mean any plant which grows
						where not wanted.
15. "Weed Control
						Work" shall mean receiving fees for advice or prescriptions for control or
						eradication of any weed.
Miss. Code Ann.
						  §
													69-19-1
						  & Miss. Code Ann. §
													69-25-7
						  (Rev. 2008).