Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 2 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 70 - Plant Industries › Chapter 25 - Pesticides › Section 2 CSR 70-25.156 - Responsibilities of Certified Commercial Applicators or Their Employers; Application Requirements, Qualifications and Stipulations for Pesticide Technician Trainees and Pesticide Technicians

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule defines the responsibilities,
				  application requirements, qualifications and stipulations related to the
				  pesticide technician license classification established under section
				  281.038,
				  RSMo (Cum. Supp. 1990).
(1)
				Responsibilities of Certified Commercial Applicators or Their Employers for
				Pesticide Technicians and Pesticide Technician Trainees.
(A) Prior to employment of pesticide
				technician trainees, certified commercial applicators or their employers must
				submit in writing, by regular mail, pesticide technician training programs to
				the director for approval. Training programs must be submitted for each
				category or subcategory in which pesticide technicians will use or determine
				the need for the use of pesticides and in accordance with guidelines provided
				by the director. Approved pesticide technician training programs shall be valid
				for one (1) year from the date of approval.
(B) In order to receive reapproval of
				pesticide technician training programs, certified commercial applicators or
				their employers shall submit written requests to the director by regular mail.
				Reapproval requests shall be in accordance with guidelines provided by the
				director.
(C) Certified commercial
				applicators or their employers shall notify the director in writing, by regular
				mail, within ten (10) working days of the employment and of the discontinued
				employment of an individual as a pesticide technician or pesticide technician
				trainee. Notification shall include the applicant's name, Social Security
				number, license number if applicable, business name and address and the dates
				of employment and discontinued employment.
(D) Certified commercial applicators or their
				employers must submit to the director a Notice of Training form provided by the
				director. This form shall contain the name and signature of the pesticide
				technician trainee, dates of training, title and approval code of the training
				program used, the name(s), signature(s) and license number(s) of the person(s)
				providing training.
(E) Certified
				commercial applicators or their employers shall keep and maintain records of
				required training for a period of three (3) years from the date training was
				completed. These records shall include the name and business address of the
				pesticide technician trainee, the name(s) and license number(s) of the
				person(s) providing training, the title(s) of and time spent on each standard
				of competence, the dates of training and signatures of the trainer(s) and the
				pesticide technician trainee.
(F)
				Certified commercial applicators or their employers shall keep and maintain a
				copy of the approved training course used for a period of three (3) years from
				the last date used.