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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.360 - Application for license: Primary principal, principal, operator or agent

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each application for a license to perform
				pest control work as a primary principal, location principal, principal,
				operator, demonstration and research specialist or agent for a currently
				licensed pest control business must include, without limitation:
(a) The name of the applicant and the mailing
				address and telephone number of the residence of the applicant.
(b) The name of the pest control business in
				this State that presently employs the applicant and the pest control business
				in this State that last employed the applicant.
(c) A statement indicating:
(1) Whether the applicant wishes to be
				licensed as a primary principal, location principal, principal, operator,
				demonstration and research specialist or agent;
(2) Whether the applicant holds an active
				license in another state and, if he or she holds such a license, a list
				indicating the categories of pest control that the applicant is authorized to
				engage in pursuant to that license; and
(3) Each category of pest control in which
				the applicant wishes to engage.
(d) An endorsement by a primary principal,
				location principal or principal of the pest control business employing the
				applicant.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.370 - License in business of pest control: Qualifications

Current through June 11, 2024
An applicant for a license
				to engage in the business of pest control must provide the Department with
				proof that the applicant has insurance for public liability and property damage
				which:
1. Covers each occurrence of
				damage to persons or to property from chemicals, chemical drift and equipment
				used in the operations of the business including any air operations and any use
				of ground equipment belonging to aerial applicators.
2. Provides the following minimum amounts of
				coverage:
(a) For licensees using ground
				equipment:
(1) For each occurrence of bodily
				injury, $50,000;
(2) For aggregate
				bodily injury, $100,000;
(3) For
				each occurrence of property damage, $50,000; and
(4) For aggregate property damage, $100,000.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.371 - Renewal of license for pest control business: Annual report

Current through June 11, 2024
In
				addition to the information required by NAC 555.350, each application for the
				renewal of a license for a pest control business must include an annual report
				of all the pesticides applied by the pest control business during the
				immediately preceding 12 months. The report must be on a form provided by the
				Director and must include, without limitation:
1. The brand name of each pesticide that was
				applied;
2. The registration number
				assigned to the pesticide by the Environmental Protection Agency; and
3. A statement indicating whether the
				pesticide that was applied is a restricted-use pesticide.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002
NRS
				555.390,
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.372 - Renewal of license for person engaged in pest control business: Requirements for continuing education

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person who is licensed to engage in the
				business of pest control may not renew the license unless the person certifies
				that he or she has, within the immediately preceding 12 months, completed at
				least six units of continuing education in courses accredited by the Director.
				Each unit of continuing education must be completed in a course that relates to
				pest control. A primary principal , location principal or principal:
(a) Is not entitled to receive credit for
				completing more than three units of continuing education in business
				management.
(b) Must complete at
				least one unit of continuing education in a course relating to laws and
				regulations governing the use of pesticides.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.374 - Continuing education: Prerequisites for accreditation and receipt of credit; duties of sponsor; acceptable activities

Current through June 11, 2024
1. To obtain
				accreditation from the Director for a course of continuing education, the
				sponsor of the course must submit to the Department, at least 7 days before the
				first day of the course:
(a) A detailed
				outline of the subject matter to be presented;
(b) If the course is intended for applicators
				who are licensed or certified to apply or supervise the application of
				restricted-use pesticides, evidence that the number of hours for the course and
				the content and quality of the course ensure that the applicators continue to
				satisfy the applicable requirements of subsection 3 of
				NRS
				555.351,
				NRS
				555.355, NAC
				555.630 and
				555.650 and section 13;
(c) A description of the method of
				presentation;
(d) A curriculum
				vitae or other biographical statement of the instructor;
(e) For an Internet course, a course
				contained on a compact disc, a correspondence course or a video or other media
				presentation sponsored by the Cooperative Extension Service, a detailed
				description of the method or methods by which the sponsor intends to verify
				attendance by each licensee and the successful completion by each licensee of
				the examination required pursuant to subsection 2 of NAC
				555.372; and
(f) Any other information required in the
				application for accreditation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.375 - Continuing education: Notification of accreditation by Director

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Director will, within 30 days after
				receipt of a completed application for accreditation of a course of continuing
				education, notify the sponsor of the course whether the course has been
				accredited or denied accreditation.
2. If the Director approves a course for
				accreditation, the notice of accreditation will include the:
(a) Course number assigned by the Director;
				and
(b) Number of units of
				continuing education for which the course is accredited. If a course is divided
				into sections, the notice will identify the number of units of continuing
				education allocated to each section.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.376 - Continuing education: Sponsorship by Department or Cooperative Extension Service

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Director
				will accredit a course of continuing education sponsored by the Department if
				the Department complies with NAC 555.374. Such a course may be in the form of:
(a) A meeting;
(b) Training for a certificate to use a
				restricted-use pesticide; or
(c) A
				video, slide or other media presentation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.377 - Continuing education: Expiration, withdrawal, suspension or modification of accreditation

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The
				accreditation of an in-house course of continuing education expires on the last
				day of the 36th month after the course is accredited. The accreditation of any
				other course of continuing education expires on the last day of the 12th month
				after the course is accredited. A course of continuing education remains
				accredited for the applicable period unless the Director:
(a) Specifies a different date in the notice
				of accreditation; or
(b) Withdraws
				accreditation upon a finding of sufficient cause. Sufficient cause exists if
				the course as conducted does not conform to the course as described in the
				information provided pursuant to NAC 555.374.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.380 - Operator's license: Qualifications

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any operator,
				including an aerial operator, shall provide the Department with:
(a) Proof of having passed the applicable
				examination; and
(b) Proof of
				employment by a pest control business licensed to conduct pest control
				operations in this State.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.385 - Return of license to engage in pest control; notification of termination of employment

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 6, every person licensed as a primary
				principal, principal, location principal, operator, demonstration and research
				specialist or agent shall return his or her license to the Department within 15
				working days after:
(a) He or she ceases
				engaging in pest control; or
(b)
				His or her employment with a pest control business is terminated.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.395 - Primary principal required for each business location; suspension of license for noncompliance

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Every person
				licensed to engage in pest control shall ensure that :
(a) The pest control business has a primary
				principal who is licensed in the appropriate category or categories of pest
				control; and
(b) If the pest
				control business has more than one location, each of his or her business
				locations in or outside this State from which personnel engage in pest control
				in this State has a primary principal or a location principal who is licensed
				in the appropriate category or categories of pest control.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.397 - Fees

Current through June 11, 2024
1. An applicant for a license must pay to the
				Director, as applicable:
(a) For an initial
				core examination, an initial examination on the laws and regulations of this
				State relating to pest control or an initial examination concerning a category
				of pest control, a testing fee of $50.
(b) For reexamination of an examination
				described in paragraph (a), a testing fee of $35 for each examination that the
				applicant wishes to take.
(c) For a
				business license, a licensing fee of $250. The Director will charge a fee of
				$375 for the renewal of any business license that has expired. The renewal of
				an expired business license does not exempt the licensee from any penalty
				imposed pursuant to NAC
				555.530 for engaging in pest
				control without a license.
(d) For
				licensure of a principal, agent, demonstration and research specialist or
				operator, a licensing fee of $50.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.400 - General requirements

Current through June 11, 2024
Except as otherwise provided in NAC
				555.250 to
				555.530, inclusive, and sections
				2 to 11, inclusive, or as specifically authorized in writing by the Director,
				each person engaged in the application of pesticide for hire shall:
1. Apply pesticides only in those categories
				of pest control for which he or she is licensed. All other applicators must be
				under the immediate supervision of a primary principal, location principal,
				principal, demonstration and research specialist or operator who is qualified
				and currently licensed in the appropriate category.
2. Use only methods and equipment which are
				capable of performing the functions necessary to ensure the proper application
				of materials.
3. Operate only where
				climatic, pest and crop conditions are proper for controlling the pest for
				which the application is being made.
4. Keep pest control equipment, when in use,
				in good condition.
5. Except as
				otherwise provided in NAC
				555.510, when measuring
				concentrated materials, use only devices which are accurately calibrated to the
				smallest unit in which the material is being weighed or measured.
6. Maintain a uniform mixture at all times,
				both in operating rigs and service rigs, when using a mixture of
				materials.
7. Perform all pest
				control work in a good and workmanlike manner, substantially confining the
				material applied to the premises where the land, crop, livestock, ornamental,
				soil or pest is being treated.
8.
				Thoroughly clean all equipment after use to prevent residues which may be
				injurious to crops, plants or livestock.
9. Provide storage for all undiluted
				pesticide material in a locked facility. Servicepersons' kits, which contain
				insecticides, poison baits or concentrates must be handled with extreme caution
				and must not be left where children or other unauthorized persons might remove
				the contents. While being transported in a service vehicle, a service container
				must be secured in a manner to prevent spills or damage.
10. Pay for the cost of any cleanup resulting
				from pesticides spilled in the course of operations for pest control.
Dep't of Agriculture,
				part No. 55.34, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 5-22-72; + part No. 55.37, eff. 8-1-74;
				A 1-17-77; 6-11-80-NAC A 2-5-82; 12-10-92; R033-01, 5-1-2002; A by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				R093-15,
				eff. 3/10/2016; A by
				R006-17A,
				eff. 12/19/2017; A
				by
				R077-21A,
				eff. 12/17/2022
NRS
				555.380,
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.410 - Required records and reports

Current through June 11, 2024
In addition to complying with any applicable
				requirements of section 11, a person subject to the provisions of NAC
				555.400 shall:
1. Keep accurate and legible records for 2
				years of each property treated, showing:
(a)
				If the person is licensed in the aerial or agricultural ground field:
(1) The date of the treatment for,
				recommendation concerning or identification of pests.
(2) The full name of the person for whom and
				the county where the treatment, recommendation or identification was
				conducted.
(3) The full name of the
				pilot or applicator doing the treating, recommending or
				identification.
(4) The crop or
				site treated or for which the recommendation or identification was made. In the
				case of a spot treatment, the term "spot treatment" must be noted, followed by
				a description of the treatment area and the spot or spots treated.
(5) The number, name or site identification
				of the field.
(6) In the case of a
				treatment or recommendation, the brand name or generic name of the pesticide
				that was applied or recommended, the registration number assigned to the
				pesticide by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the dosage
				applied or recommended.
(7) In the
				case of a treatment:
(I) The number of units
				treated, including, without limitation, the number of acres or miles or
				fraction thereof.
(II) The purpose
				for which the crop, site or spot was treated.
(III) The time the treatment was started and
				the time the treatment was finished.
(IV) The temperature at the start and finish
				of the treatment.
(V) The wind
				velocity and wind direction at the start and finish of the treatment.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.415 - Restrictions on authority of unlicensed persons

Current through June 11, 2024
An unlicensed person who performs
				pest control under the immediate supervision of a primary principal, location
				principal, principal , demonstration and research specialist or operator
				pursuant to NAC 555.400 shall not prepare, distribute, appear on or sign on his
				or her behalf or on behalf of the primary principal, location principal,
				principal , demonstration and research specialist or operator:
1. Any invoice, estimate or bid for pest
				control;
2. Any report prepared
				pursuant to NAC 555.410 or 555.430; or
3. Any contract or other agreement for pest
				control.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture by R052-06, eff. 6-28-2006; A by R062-10, 1-13-2011; A by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				R093-15,
				eff. 3/10/2016
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.420 - Prohibited materials and uses of pesticides

Current through June 11, 2024
Except for experimental purposes
				under the direction or supervision of qualified federal, state or county
				personnel or research workers employed by the manufacturer, where no charge is
				made to the grower or owner, a person engaged in the business of application of
				pesticides shall not use for pest control:
1. Any material not registered in this State
				as a pesticide.
2. Any registered
				pesticide for a purpose other than one for which it is registered.
3. As a termiticide, any pesticide:
(a) Not registered with the Environmental
				Protection Agency pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
				Rodenticide Act,
				7
				U.S.C. §§
											136 et seq.; or
(b) Not labeled with directions for use in
				the control of termites. Sec. 5. NAC
				555.440 is hereby amended to read
				as follows:
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.425 - Markings and equipment required on service vehicles of licensee

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The name of the business and the number of
				the permanent license of each licensee which is a business must be prominently
				displayed on all service vehicles of that business, except unmarked vehicles
				not used principally in selling or soliciting services for pest control. The
				name of the business and the number of the license displayed on the vehicles
				must be:
(a) The same as the name and number
				on the license issued by the Department; and
(b) Displayed in a prominent place on both
				sides of the vehicle in letters at least 2 inches in height and in a color
				which contrasts with the color of the vehicle.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.427 - Preconstruction treatment: Submission of form before performance; application of termiticide

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Before
				performing a preconstruction treatment, a licensee must submit an accurate,
				complete and legible form entitled "Termiticide Pretreatment Notification Form"
				to the district or subdistrict office of the Department responsible for the
				region in which the preconstruction treatment will be performed.
2. The form submitted pursuant to subsection
				1 must include:
(a) The name and telephone
				number of the pest control business that will be performing the preconstruction
				treatment;
(b) The name and address
				of the person for whom the preconstruction treatment will be
				performed;
(c) The location or
				address and zip code of the site at which the preconstruction treatment will be
				performed;
(d) The expected
				starting date and completion date of the preconstruction treatment;
(e) The number of sites on which the
				preconstruction treatment will be performed;
(f) A description of the type of
				preconstruction treatment that will be performed;
(g) A description of the location where the
				preconstruction tags will be affixed; and
(h) The date on which the form is
				completed.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.428 - Preconstruction treatment: Tag

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each tag for
				preconstruction treatment must be on a form prescribed by the Department. A
				licensee who performs a preconstruction treatment shall complete a tag pursuant
				to this section after each treatment. A tag may not be duplicated. The tag must
				include at least the following information:
(a) The name of the pest control business
				that performed the preconstruction treatment;
(b) The date that the preconstruction
				treatment was performed;
(c) The
				[trade] brand name and the registration number assigned by the Environmental
				Protection Agency of the termiticide that was applied;
(d) If the termiticide was diluted, the
				concentration of the diluted termiticide that was applied, written as a
				percentage of the active ingredient of the diluted termiticide that was
				applied;
(e) The total number of
				gallons of the diluted termiticide that was applied;
(f) The printed full name of the licensee who
				performed the preconstruction treatment;
(g) A statement indicating whether the
				licensee performed a preconstruction treatment to soil, a preconstruction
				treatment to wood, or a combination thereof;
(h) If the licensee performed a
				preconstruction treatment to soil, a statement indicating whether the licensee
				applied the termiticide vertically, horizontally or in both manners.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.430 - Inspection or application of pesticide for wood-destroying pests: Report; tag; restriction on application

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each person who:
(a) Makes an inspection for wood-destroying
				pests;
(b) Gives any oral or
				written statement relating to such an inspection; or
(c) After the construction of a structure,
				makes an application of a pesticide to eradicate wood-destroying pests, shall
				write and deliver a report of the inspection or the application of a pesticide
				to the person requesting the inspection or application, or a designated agent
				thereof, not later than 5 days after the inspection or the application. The
				report must be on a numbered form supplied by the Department or an electronic
				form approved by the Department which includes a unique number obtained from
				the Department.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.440 - Precautionary requirements

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person engaged
				in the application of pesticides shall exercise reasonable precautions to
				protect persons, animals, crops and property from harm or damage.
2. A pesticide or its empty container must
				not be disposed of or left unattended where it may present a hazard to any
				person, animal, crop or property, or be disposed of in a manner likely to cause
				injury. A person shall ensure that all empty containers are removed from the
				operations work site or otherwise safeguarded.
3. A person engaged in the application of
				pesticides shall:
(a) Provide his or her
				employees with the information, precautions and safety equipment required by
				the manufacturer of the pesticide or recommended by the Department;
				and
(b) Ensure that any safety
				equipment provided pursuant to paragraph (a) is in good working
				order.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.445 - Labels for service containers

Current through June 11, 2024
1. All service
				containers of operators working in the field of urban, rural and structural
				pest control must bear the following abbreviated labels, securely attached to
				the containers:
(a) For a service container
				used to store or transport concentrated pesticide, the:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the
				business.
(2) Name of the
				pesticide.
(3) Registration number
				assigned to the pesticide by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
				or by the Department.
(4) Name and
				percentage of the active ingredient.
(5) Precautionary (signal) word and symbol
				from the registered label.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.460 - Protection of persons and animals

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A licensee
				engaged in the application of pesticides known to be harmful to persons or
				animals other than bees, shall:
(a) Give
				notice to the owner of any animals known to be on the property to be treated or
				on property where the material appears likely to drift in harmful amounts
				within a reasonable time before treatment to enable the owner to protect the
				animals.
(b) Exercise reasonable
				precautions to prevent access of animals to areas where harmful residues
				remain.
(c) In applying materials
				harmful to fish, exercise reasonable precautions to avoid contaminating the
				water containing the fish.
(d)
				Place rodenticides in an area that is inaccessible to children or pets or other
				domestic animals or in a tamper-resistant bait station that is marked on the
				outside of the bait station with the following information:
(1) The name, address and telephone number of
				the pest control business that performed the pest control;
(2) The name of the rodenticide;
(3) The registration number assigned to the
				rodenticide by the United States Environmental Protection Agency;
(4) The name and percentage of the active
				ingredient of the rodenticide; and
(5) The precautionary word and symbol for the
				rodenticide that is used by the manufacturer of the rodenticide on the label of
				the rodenticide.
(e) Upon
				termination of the services of the pest control business, remove any bait
				stations placed on the property by the pest control business.
(f) Place insecticide baits in:
(1) An area that is inaccessible to children,
				pets and other domestic animals;
(2) A tamper-resistant bait container;
				or
(3) A place prescribed by the
				label.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.470 - Protection of bees

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 2, any licensee who intends to apply to
				commercially grown agricultural or horticultural crops any pesticide known to
				be harmful to bees shall give notice of that intent to any apiarist having bees
				on the land to be treated or on adjacent land, so that the apiarist will be
				able to protect his or her bees.
2.
				The notice is not required if the apiarist has not given the licensee current
				information regarding the location of the apiary.
3. The notice required by this section must
				be given personally or by telephone or electronic mail to the
				apiarist.
4. The notice required by
				this section must be given not more than 72 hours and not less than 24 hours
				before the application to each apiarist having apiaries within 2 miles of the
				field to be treated if the apiarist has provided the licensee with the location
				of his or her apiaries. If an application is postponed after proper notice has
				been given, the licensee must repeat the notice at least 12 hours before the
				rescheduled application.
5. The
				notice required by this section must include:
(a) The name of the person for whom the
				application is to be made;
(b) The
				location and acreage of the land to be treated; and
(c) The name of the pesticide to be
				applied.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Standards of Practice › Section 555.510 - Fumigation procedures

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Fumigation may
				be performed only under the supervision of a certified applicator as described
				in subsection 2.
2. The certified
				applicator exercising supervision over the fumigation must be:
(a) Physically present at the premises being
				fumigated;
(b) Available to provide
				immediate guidance and instruction to each person performing the fumigation;
				and
(c) Licensed as an authorized
				commercial applicator in the appropriate category of fumigation as set forth in
				NAC 555.280, hold a certification as
				a non-private applicator in the appropriate category of fumigation as set forth
				in NAC 555.620 or hold a certification
				as a private applicator in the appropriate category of fumigation as set forth
				in NAC 555.640.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Nonfood or Nonfeed Sites › Section 555.5203 - Designation of areas as food or feed sites

Current through June 11, 2024
The Department will designate an
				area as a food or feed site that is not eligible for designation as a nonfood
				or nonfeed site if the following crops, which may be crops grown for seed
				production, are grown in that area:
1.
				Cereal grains, including, without limitation:
(a) Barley. (
Hordeum
				vulgare
)
(b) Buckwheat.
				(
Fagopyrum esculentum
)
(c) Corn. (
Zea
				mays
)
(d) Millet.
				(
Eleusine coracana
,
Panicum
				miliaceum
,
Pennisetum glaucum
and
Setaria
				italica
)
(e) Oat.
				(
Avena sativa
)
(f)
				Rye. (
Secale cereale
)
(g) Sorghum. (
Sorghum
				bicolor
)
(h) Triticale.
				(
Triticosecale
)
(i) Wheat.
				(
Triticum
)
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Nonfood or Nonfeed Sites › Section 555.5205 - Additional information required for certain nonfood or nonfeed sites

Current through June 11, 2024
1. To assist the Department in determining
				whether to grant or deny the designation as a nonfood or nonfeed site for a
				crop grown for seed production that is not listed in NAC 555.5201, the
				Department may require the owner of a crop grown for seed production that is
				not listed in NAC 555.5201 to provide to the Department, in addition to the
				information required pursuant to NAC 555.5207, any information required by the
				Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136
				et seq., if:
(a) The Department receives an
				application for:
(1) A registration pursuant
				to section 24(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7
				U.S.C. § 136v; or
(2) An
				authorization pursuant to section 18 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
				Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136p; and
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Nonfood or Nonfeed Sites › Section 555.5207 - Conditions for certain uses of pesticides on nonfood or nonfeed sites; exceptions; modification of conditions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in this section, for the purposes of registering, labeling,
				distributing and using a pesticide pursuant to
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.470,
				inclusive, and chapter 586 of NRS or any other applicable law or regulation on
				a nonfood or nonfeed site, the pesticide must meet the following conditions:
(a) The owner of any nonfood or nonfeed site
				must:
(1) Provide all the seed screening from
				the nonfood or nonfeed site to a seed conditioner for disposal in a manner that
				ensures the seed screening cannot be distributed as food for human consumption
				or as feed for animals; and
(2)
				Inform the seed conditioner of each pesticide applied to the nonfood or nonfeed
				site.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Nonfood or Nonfeed Sites › Section 555.5209 - Prohibited acts

Current through June 11, 2024
A person shall not:
1. Refuse or fail to prepare and maintain any
				record required pursuant to NAC 555.5207; or
2. Make false, misleading or fraudulent
				records required pursuant to NAC 555.5207.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R156-16, eff. 12-19-2017
NRS
				555.380,
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Nonfood or Nonfeed Sites › Section 555.521 - Exemptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If an owner of a nonfood or nonfeed site
				has not informed a seed conditioner pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph
				(a) of subsection 1 of NAC 555.5207 of the pesticides applied to the nonfood or
				nonfeed site, the seed conditioner:
(a) Shall
				deem such a crop to have been treated with a pesticide for which there is no
				established pesticide residue tolerance; and
(b) Is exempt from the requirements of
				paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NAC 555.5207.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.524 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used
				in NAC 555.524 to 555.5275, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires,
				the words and terms defined in NAC 555.5243 to 555.5255, inclusive, have the
				meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.5243 - "Administrative complaint" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Administrative complaint" means a formal
				notice in writing of a violation of a provision of NRS
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.460,
				inclusive, or a regulation adopted pursuant thereto, prepared by the Department
				after an investigation.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.5245 - "Committee" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Committee" means a case review committee of
				the Department appointed pursuant to NAC 555.5265.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.5247 - "Enforcement action" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Enforcement action" means a remedy or penalty
				that is authorized by statute in order to punish, deter or correct a violation
				of any provision of NRS
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.460,
				inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto. The term
				includes:
1. A fine imposed pursuant
				to the provisions of NAC 555.530;
2. A notice of warning;
3. An order to take appropriate action to
				correct a violation issued pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 2 of NRS
				NRS
				555.470;
4. A request to the district attorney of a
				county to initiate a criminal investigation or complaint against a person
				pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS
				NRS
				555.470; and
5. The suspension, revocation or modification
				of a license or certificate issued pursuant to chapter 555 of NRS.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.525 - "Informal case review" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Informal case review" means the process by
				which a committee attempts to redress a violation of any provision of NRS
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.460,
				inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, without a
				hearing.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.5253 - "Informal disposition" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Informal disposition" means an action
				described in NAC 561.400.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.5255 - "Notice of warning" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Notice of warning" means an enforcement action
				that imposes no immediate penalty for a violation of any provision of NRS
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.460,
				inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, but notifies a person
				that the Department will pursue a more stringent enforcement action for a
				subsequent violation.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.526 - Contents; notification of options; notice of warning in lieu of serving complaint

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 4, if the Department has reason to believe
				that a person has violated any provision of
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.460,
				inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, it will serve upon that
				person an administrative complaint that contains:
(a) The name of the person alleged to have
				committed the violation;
(b) A
				short and plain statement of the acts or omissions alleged to have been
				committed in violation of those provisions and the citation of the provisions
				allegedly violated; and
(c) The
				enforcement action that the Department intends to pursue.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.5265 - Informal case review by committee

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If a person
				named in an administrative complaint requests an informal case review, the
				Department will appoint a committee to conduct the review.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
				3, the committee will consist of the:
(a)
				Assistant Director of the Department;
(b) Administrator of the Division of Plant
				Industry of the Department; and
(c)
				Regional manager of the region where the violation is alleged to have
				occurred.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.527 - Actions by Department upon committee decision

Current through June 11, 2024
After a committee has issued its
				decision, the Department will:
1.
				Serve a copy of the decision on the person named in the administrative
				complaint; and
2. Unless the
				decision resulted in a dismissal or informal disposition of the administrative
				complaint or a notice of warning, notify the person that the Department will
				commence a hearing on the administrative complaint pursuant to the provisions
				of NAC 561.300 to 561.580, inclusive, unless before a date stated in the
				notice, the person:
(a) Enters into an
				informal disposition; or
(b)
				Demands a hearing pursuant to the provisions of NRS
				NRS
				555.470.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Administrative Complaints › Section 555.5275 - Service of documents

Current through June 11, 2024
Any administrative complaint, decision, notice
				of warning or other document issued by the Department or a committee pursuant
				to NAC 555.524 to 555.527, inclusive, may be served:
1. In person; or
2. By certified or registered mail to the
				person's last known business address.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R081-99, eff. 11-18-99
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CERTIFIED APPLICATORS › Section 555.600 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used
				in NAC ° to
				555.700, inclusive, and sections
				12 to 15, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Browsing" means the consumption of leaf
				and twig growth of shrubs, woody vines and trees by an animal.
2. "Certified non-private applicator" means a
				non-private applicator who is certified to apply or supervise the application
				of any restricted-use pesticide.
3.
				"Competent" means properly qualified to perform functions associated with
				pesticide application, the degree of capability required being directly related
				to the nature of the activity and the associated responsibility.
4. Container" means any package, can, bottle,
				bag, barrel, drum, tank or other containing device, excluding spray applicator
				tanks, used to enclose a pesticide or waste related to pesticide.
5. Control" means to prevent, destroy, repel
				or mitigate any undesirable organism.
6. Direct supervision" means that a person
				who is certified in the use of a restricted-use pesticide is responsible for
				and provides guidance to a person applying the restricted-use pesticide who is
				not certified in the use of the restricted-use pesticide. The physical presence
				of the person who is certified in the use of the restricted-use pesticide at
				the site of application is not required unless the label on the pesticide
				requires the presence of such a person.
7. "Ectoparasite" means any organism that
				occurs externally on, or whose life cycle involves development within, an
				organism of another species (host) and derives its nutriment from it.
8. Food handling establishment" means a place
				other than a private residence in which exposed food is held, processed,
				prepared or served.
9. "Forage"
				means any herbaceous plant or plant part normally grazed on by, or fed to,
				animals.
10. Forest" means any
				concentration of trees and related vegetation in a nonurban area sparsely
				inhabited by and infrequently used by humans, characterized by natural terrain
				and drainage patterns.
11.
				"Fumigation":
(a) Means the destruction of
				plant or animal life within an enclosed area by using:
(1) A substance which has a vapor pressure of
				more than 5 millimeters of mercury at 25° Centigrade; or
(2) Any other substance that the Director
				determines is a fumigant, including, without limitation:
(I) Chloropicrin;
(II) Methyl bromide;
(III) Sulfur dioxide;
(IV) Propylene oxide;
(V) Sulfuryl fluoride;
(VI) Aluminum phosphide;
(VII) Magnesium phosphide; and
(VIII) Dichloropropene.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CERTIFIED APPLICATORS › Section 555.610 - Exceptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The provisions of NAC
				° to
				555.700, inclusive, and sections
				12 to 15, inclusive, as appropriate, do not apply to any person applying or
				supervising the application of any pesticide classified for general
				use.
2. As used in this section,
				"pesticide classified for general use" means a pesticide that has not been
				classified as a restricted-use pesticide:
(a)
				By the Director; or
(b) In
				accordance with the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act,
				7 U.S.C. §§
										136 et seq.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CERTIFIED APPLICATORS › Section 555.613 - Licensed primary principal commercial applicators: Fields; categories (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture by R147-03, eff. 1-22-2004; A by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014; A by
				R093-15,
				eff. 3/10/2016; A by
				R006-17A,
				eff. 12/19/2017; A
				by
				R154-17A,
				eff. 12/18/2019; R
				by
				R077-21A,
				eff. 12/17/2022
NRS
				555.357,
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CERTIFIED APPLICATORS › Section 555.617 - Certification of licensed primary principal commercial applicators; certification in category of fumigation (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R147-03, eff. 1-22-2004; A by R052-06, 6-28-2006; R by
				R077-21A,
				eff. 12/17/2022
NRS
				555.357,
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CERTIFIED APPLICATORS › Section 555.620 - Nonprimary principal commercial applicators: Categories

Current through June 11, 2024
The following categories
				are established for the certification of certified non-private
				applicators:
1. Agricultural pest
				control, which includes:
(a) Animal: The
				control of any pest in, on or around agricultural animals, including, without
				limitation, cattle and goats, and to places on or in which agricultural animals
				are confined, including, without limitation, barns and corrals. This category
				does not include fumigation or predatory pest control.
(b) Plant: The control of any pest on or
				around land used in the production of agricultural commodities, including,
				without limitation, grains, vegetables, small fruits, fruit trees, peanuts,
				tree nuts, tobacco, cotton, feed and forage crops, as well as grasslands and
				noncrop agricultural lands associated with the production of agricultural
				commodities. This category does not include fumigation.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CERTIFIED APPLICATORS › Section 555.630 - Nonprimary principal commercial applicators: Standards

Current through June 11, 2024
A non-private applicator
				who applies for a certificate must pass a written examination to demonstrate
				that he or she possesses practical knowledge of:
1. The core areas of competency set forth in
				40 C.F.R. §
									171.103(c); and
2. The specific standards of competency set
				forth in 40 C.F.R. §
									171.103(d), as applicable to
				the following categories of pest control:
(a)
				Agricultural pest control:
(1) Animal: An
				applicator who applies a pesticide directly to animals must demonstrate a
				practical knowledge of such animals and their associated pests. The required
				knowledge includes, without limitation, practical knowledge in the areas of
				competency set forth in 40
				C.F.R. §
											171.103(d)(1)(ii).
(2) Plant: An applicator must demonstrate
				practical knowledge of crops, grasslands and noncrop agricultural lands and the
				specific pests of those areas on which they may be using restricted-use
				pesticides. The required knowledge includes, without limitation, practical
				knowledge in the areas of competency set forth in
				40 C.F.R. §
											171.103(d)(1)(i).