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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.130 - Labeling of nursery stock; administrative fine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In
				addition to the requirements set forth in NAC 555.210, all nursery stock sold
				or offered for sale must be labeled plainly and legibly with the correct
				botanical or commonly accepted name, or both. Nursery stock on display for sale
				may be labeled by a suitable sign on a block of stock of the same kind and
				species.
2. In addition to the
				requirements set forth in subsection 1, balled nursery stock which is sold or
				offered for sale in containers must be labeled plainly and legibly as "balled
				nursery stock." Such a label may include, without limitation, the following:
(a) "Balled and burlapped";
(b) "Balled and potted";
(c) "Field potted"; or
(d) "Potted balled and burlapped."
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.150 - Storage and display of nursery stock; administrative fine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Only sound, healthy nursery stock stored
				or displayed under conditions which will maintain its vigor may be offered for
				sale.
2. Any person who displays or
				stores nursery stock shall maintain the following standards:
(a) Nursery stock must be maintained in a
				manner that will protect its roots from excessive heat, drying or other adverse
				conditions.
(b) The root ball of
				balled nursery stock must be kept moist at all times and in a
				moisture-retaining material at a depth sufficient to cover 75 percent of the
				ball.
(c) Bare-root nursery stock
				must be kept under conditions of temperature, light and moisture that retard
				etiolated or other abnormal growth and maintain viability. Moisture must be
				supplied to the root system, and the roots must be covered with
				moisture-retaining material.
(d)
				Containerized stock and potted balled nursery stock enclosed in a container
				must be kept and displayed under growing conditions of temperature, light and
				moisture sufficient to maintain viability and vigor. The potting medium must
				cover all the roots of the stock.
(e) Packaged nursery stock must be stored and
				displayed under conditions of temperature and light that will retard etiolated
				growth or other abnormal growth, ensure adequate moisture and prevent damage to
				the root system from excessive heat or cold.
(f) Woody-stemmed deciduous stock must have a
				moist, green cambium in the stems and branches and include viable buds or
				normal growth. Etiolated growth from individual buds must not be more than 4
				inches long.
(g) Balled nursery
				stock must have a moist, green cambium in the stems and branches, include
				viable buds or normal growth and possess healthy, viable roots. Root balls
				must:
(1) Encompass enough of the fibrous and
				feeding root system as necessary to ensure the full recovery of the stock;
				and
(2) Meet or exceed the size
				specified in the
American Standard for Nursery Stock
, as
				adopted by reference pursuant to NAC 555.200.
(h) Nursery stock containers or root balls
				must be free from noxious weeds and commercially clean of common
				weeds.
(i) Nursery stock grown in a
				container must have a root system that is sufficiently well-developed to reach
				the sides of the container so that the root ball of the stock remains
				reasonably intact upon removing it from the container at the point of
				sale.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.155 - Sale of nursery stock damaged by certain environmental or mechanical conditions; administrative fine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A dealer of
				nursery stock shall not sell nursery stock that is damaged by an environmental
				or mechanical condition if the damage is:
(a)
				Likely to inhibit normal growth and development;
(b) To the branches of the nursery stock and
				cannot be corrected with selective pruning; or
(c) To the cambium layer of the trunk of the
				nursery stock and is not less than 50 percent of the circumference of the
				trunk.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.160 - Cleanliness of nurseries and nursery stock; administrative fine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Any person selling, delivering, offering
				for sale or growing nursery stock shall maintain the following standards of
				cleanliness for all nursery stock and for the premises on which any nursery
				stock is grown, held or offered for sale:
(a)
				All nurseries and nursery stock must be free of dangerously injurious pests and
				commercially clean of common pests.
(b) Infestations or infections of pests that
				may develop in nurseries or on nursery stock are subject to the following
				minimum requirements:
(1) A dangerously
				injurious pest must be eradicated.
(2) A common pest must be under effective
				control.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.170 - Waxed nursery stock prohibited; administrative fine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. All
				nursery stock, plants, budwood, grafts, scions or any other plant part used for
				propagating purposes must be free of paraffin, wax or other coating, covering
				or material which, because of its opacity, thickness or color, interferes with
				or prohibits the free and unhampered examination and inspection of the aerial
				portion thereof.
2. A person who
				violates this section shall, after notice and hearing, for each violation pay
				an administrative fine of $100.
Dep't of Agriculture, No. 55.69,
				eff. 10-1-60-NAC A by Div. of Agriculture by R228-97, 6-23-98; A by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R251-03, 3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243,
				555.2485
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.175 - Statement of age of nursery stock; administrative fine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. If the age of nursery stock is stated on
				any advertisement, label or sign in connection with the sale or offering for
				sale or distribution of that stock, the age must be stated in years from the
				time at which the nursery stock was propagated. Each year must indicate the
				completion in autumn of one seasonal period of growth.
2. A person who violates this section shall,
				after notice and hearing, for each violation pay an administrative fine of
				$100.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture, eff. 11-17-87; A by Div. of Agriculture by R228-97, 6-23-98; A by
				Dep't of Agriculture by R251-03, 3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243,
				555.2485
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.180 - Pest classification

Current through June 11, 2024
The Director may determine the classification
				as between dangerously injurious pest and common pest for all pest infestations
				found on nursery stock and publish a list of classifications for those
				pests.
Dep't of Agriculture, No. 55.67,
				eff. 10-1-60-NAC A 11-17-87; R051-00, 6-15-2000
NRS
				555.243
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.190 - Pest isolation and control; administrative fine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The
				Director may require by a written order that any nursery stock found infested
				or infected be isolated in a manner approved by the Director, and may specify
				that the infestation or infection be controlled or eradicated within a
				reasonable specified length of time.
2. A person who fails to control or eradicate
				the infestation or infection within the length of time specified by the written
				order in violation of this section shall, after notice and hearing, for each
				violation pay an administrative fine of $200.
Dep't of Agriculture, No. 55.68,
				eff. 10-1-60-NAC A by Div. of Agriculture by R228-97, 6-23-98; A by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R251-03, 3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243,
				555.248,
				555.2485
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.200 - Adoption by reference of standards for nursery stock

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Department hereby adopts by reference
				the 1996 edition of
American Standard for Nursery
				Stock
.
2. This publication
				is available from the American Nursery and Landscape Association, 1000 Vermont
				Avenue, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20005-4914, for the price of
				$15.
Dep't of Agriculture, No. 55.71,
				eff. 10-1-60-NAC A 11-17-87; 11-2-92; A by Div. of Agriculture by R228-97,
				6-23-98; A by Dep't of Agriculture by R251-03,
				3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.210 - Labels for nursery stock sold by grade or size classification; administrative fine

Current through June 11, 2024
1. In addition to
				the requirements set forth in NAC 555.130, all nursery stock when offered for
				sale or sold by grade or size classification must have securely attached in a
				conspicuous place to each piece of nursery stock or to each container thereof,
				if sold individually, or securely attached to each bundle or lot when bundled
				or sold as a single lot of one kind, grade or size, a label plainly and legibly
				printed or written stating the grade or size of the nursery stock at the time
				it is sold or delivered. The designated grade or size statement must conform to
				the standards of grade or size classification set forth in the
American
				Standard for Nursery Stock
, as adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
				555.200, approved for use in this State, and the label must not contain any
				word, character or device which obscures the meaning of this designation or
				statement as to grade and size.
2.
				A person who violates this section shall, after notice and hearing, for each
				violation pay an administrative fine in accordance with the following:
(a) For the first violation, $100.
(b) For the second violation, $200.
(c) For the third and any subsequent
				violation, $300.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.221 - Administrative fine: Prevention of or interference with inspection of nursery, business location or nursery stock

Current through June 11, 2024
A person who prevents or interferes with the
				inspection of a nursery or other business location, or any nursery stock at the
				nursery or other business location, in violation of
				NRS
				555.244 shall, after notice and hearing, for
				each violation pay an administrative fine in accordance with the
				following:
1. For the first violation,
				$250.
2. For the second violation,
				$500.
3. For the third and any
				subsequent violation, $1,000.
Added to NAC by Div. of
				Agriculture by R228-97, eff. 6-23-98; A by Dep't of Agriculture by R251-03,
				3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243,
				555.2485
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.223 - Administrative fine: Falsification of inspection certificate or phytosanitary certificate

Current through June 11, 2024
A person who falsifies an inspection
				certificate or phytosanitary certificate shall, after notice and hearing, for
				each violation pay an administrative fine in accordance with the
				following:
1. For the first violation,
				$250.
2. For the second violation,
				$500.
3. For the third and any
				subsequent violation, $1,000.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R251-03, eff. 3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243,
				555.2485
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.225 - Administrative fine: Shipment or receipt of nursery stock shipped without appropriate certificate

Current through June 11, 2024
A person who ships or receives nursery stock in
				violation of
				NRS
				555.246 shall, after notice and hearing, for
				each violation pay an administrative fine in accordance with the
				following:
1. For the first violation,
				$250.
2. For the second violation,
				$350.
3. For the third and any
				subsequent violation, $500.
Added to NAC by Div. of
				Agriculture by R228-97, eff. 6-23-98; A by Dep't of Agriculture by R251-03,
				3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243,
				555.2485
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.231 - Administrative fine: Failure to label shipment of nursery stock

Current through June 11, 2024
A person
				who fails to label a shipment of nursery stock in violation of NRS
				NRS
				555.247 shall, after notice and hearing, for
				each violation pay an administrative fine of $250.
Added to NAC by Div. of
				Agriculture by R228-97, eff. 6-23-98; A by Dep't of Agriculture by R251-03,
				3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243,
				555.2485
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › REGULATION OF DEALERS OF NURSERY STOCK › Section 555.235 - Administrative fine: Failure to treat, control, destroy or ship out infected nursery stock

Current through June 11, 2024
A person who fails to treat, keep under his or
				her control, destroy or ship out of this State any infected nursery stock in
				violation of
				NRS
				555.248 shall, after notice and hearing, for
				each violation pay an administrative fine in accordance with the
				following:
1. For the first violation,
				$200.
2. For the second violation,
				$300.
3. For the third and any
				subsequent violation, $500.
Added to NAC by Div. of
				Agriculture by R228-97, eff. 6-23-98; A by Dep't of Agriculture by R251-03,
				3-18-2004
NRS
				555.243,
				555.2485
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.250 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used
				in NAC 555.250 to
				555.530, inclusive, and sections
				2 to 11, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms
				defined in NAC
				555.2502 to
				555.258, inclusive, and sections
				2 to 7, inclusive have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				sections.
Dep't of Agriculture, part No.
				55.30, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A 2-5-82; 10-17-86; 12-10-92;
				A by Div. of Agriculture, 1-6-95; A by Dep't of Agriculture by R081-99,
				11-18-99; R033-01, 5-1-2002; R147-03, 1-22-2004; R052-06, 6-28-2006; A by
				R154-17A,
				eff. 12/18/2019; A
				by
				R077-21A,
				eff. 12/17/2022
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2502 - "Agent" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS
				NRS
				555.261.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R052-06, eff. 6-28-2006
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2503 - "Bait station" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Bait station" means a box or other receptacle
				that:
1. Contains a rodenticide or
				insecticide in a liquid or solid form;
2. Protects the rodenticide or insecticide
				from moisture and dust; and
3.
				Provides a place for pests to feed on the rodenticide or insecticide.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002; 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 › General Provisions › Section 555.2505 - "Business location" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Business location" means any area:
1. From which a person who is licensed to
				engage in pest control conducts the operations of pest control; and
2. Where the books and other records of the
				operations of pest control are maintained.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture, eff. 12-10-92
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2506 - "Consultant" defined (Repealed)

Current through June 11, 2024
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture by R093-15, eff. 3-10-2016; A by
				R006-17A,
				eff. 12/19/2017; 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 › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2507 - "Cooperative Extension Service" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Cooperative Extension Service" means the
				Agricultural Extension Department of the Public Service Division of the Nevada
				System of Higher Education.
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 › General Provisions › Section 555.25075 - "Demonstration and research specialist" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Demonstration and research
				specialist" means an industry representative or other person who publicly holds
				himself or herself out as being in the business of conducting field research
				for experimental purposes using pesticides not registered in this State or
				demonstrations using registered pesticides for the purpose of detecting,
				preventing, controlling or exterminating pests.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture 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 › General Provisions › Section 555.2508 - "Device" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Device" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				7
				U.S.C. §
										136(h).
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.25085 - "Dosage" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Dosage" means:
1. If a pesticide applied to a given area is
				not diluted, the total undiluted amount of the pesticide that was applied to
				the given area; or
2. If a
				pesticide applied to a given area is diluted:
(a) The total diluted amount of the pesticide
				that was applied to the given area; and
(b) The concentration of the pesticide that
				was applied to the given area.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2509 - "Dwelling unit" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Dwelling unit" has the meaning ascribed to it
				in NRS
				NRS
				118A.080.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.251 - "Fumigation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
1. "Fumigation"
				means the destruction of plant or animal life within an enclosed area by using:
(a) A substance which has a vapor pressure of
				more than 5 millimeters of mercury at 25° Centigrade; or
(b) Any other substance that the Director
				determines is a fumigant, including, without limitation:
(1) Chloropicrin;
(2) Methyl bromide;
(3) Sulfur dioxide;
(4) Propylene oxide;
(5) Sulfuryl fluoride;
(6) Aluminum phosphide;
(7) Magnesium phosphide; and
(8) Dichloropropene.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.252 - "Immediate supervision" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Immediate supervision" means supervision by a
				licensed applicator who is present and responsible for a person applying a
				pesticide for pest control.
Dept of Agriculture, part No.
				55.30, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A
				2-5-82
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.253 - "Industrial complex" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Industrial complex" means any area or site,
				other than an institutional complex or dwelling unit, where a business activity
				occurs.
Dep't of Agriculture, part No.
				55.30, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A 2-5-82; R033-01,
				5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2535 - "Industrial or institutional pest" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Industrial or institutional pest"
				means a pest, including, without limitation, an insect or vertebrate pest, that
				invades an industrial complex, institutional complex, dwelling unit or any
				other structure. The term does not include a wood-destroying pest.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.254 - "Institutional complex" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Institutional complex" means any organization
				which has a social or educational purpose such as a nursing home, hospital or
				school.
Dep't of Agriculture, part No.
				55.30, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A
				2-5-82
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2543 - "Livestock" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Livestock" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				NRS
				571.022.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2545 - "Location principal" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Location principal" means the primary
				principal at a business location of a pest control business or a principal who
				has been designated by a primary principal as the person responsible for the
				daily supervision of the category or categories of pest control performed at a
				business location of the pest control business.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2547 - "Nonserious violation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Nonserious violation" means any violation of
				NRS
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.460,
				inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, other than a serious
				violation.
Added to NAC by Div. of
				Agriculture, eff. 1-6-95
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.255 - "Operator" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Operator" means a person who:
1. Is licensed pursuant to NAC 555.360;
				and
2. Applies a pesticide without
				the immediate supervision of a principal.
Dep't of Agriculture, part No.
				55.30, eff. 6-1-59, 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A 2-5-82; R033-01,
				5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2552 - "Ornamental" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Ornamental" means a shrub, flower, tree or
				other plant that is cultivated for aesthetic purposes, including, without
				limitation, olive trees and other fruit trees that are not used for commercial
				purposes.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2554 - "Preconstruction treatment" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
1. "Preconstruction
				treatment" means the horizontal application of a termiticide, the vertical
				application of a termiticide, or a combination thereof, which is made to
				protect a structure from subterranean termites and which is made:
(a) To the soil before the concrete slab on
				which the structure will be constructed is poured;
(b) To the soil before or in conjunction with
				the installation of subflooring and supports for a structure that is
				constructed using a raised foundation;
(c) As a treatment to the wooden elements of
				the structure; or
(d) By any other
				method approved by the Director.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2555 - "Primary principal" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Primary principal" has the meaning ascribed to
				it in NRS NRS
				NRS
				555.2677.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture, eff. 12-10-92; A by R033-01, 5-1-2002; A by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.256 - "Principal" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Principal" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS NRS
				NRS
				555.2679.
Dep't of Agriculture,
				part No. 55.30, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A 2-5-82; 12-10-92;
				R033-01, 5-1-2002; A by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2563 - "Rodenticide" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Rodenticide" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				NRS
				NRS
				586.210.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2567 - "Serious violation" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Serious violation" means a violation of
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.460,
				inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto, which results in actual
				damage to the health of persons, wildlife, property or the environment .
Added to NAC by Div. of
				Agriculture, eff. 1-6-95; A by Dep't of Agriculture by R081-99, 11-18-99;
				R033-01, 5-1-2002; 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 › General Provisions › Section 555.257 - "Structural pest control" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Structural pest control" means:
1. The control of wood-destroying pests;
				or
2. An inspection for
				wood-destroying pests or conditions conducive to infestation by wood-destroying
				pests.
Dep't of Agriculture, part No.
				55.30, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A 2-5-82; R033-01,
				5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2572 - "Subsequent offense" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Subsequent offense" means each repeated
				violation of a statute or regulation which occurs within 5 years or less from
				the date of the first violation.
Added to NAC by Div. of
				Agriculture, eff. 1-6-95
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2575 - "Tamper-resistant bait station" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Tamper-resistant bait station" means a bait
				station that is designed to protect children or pets or other domestic animals
				from the pesticide contained in the bait station to the extent that:
1. The child or pet or other domestic animal
				is unable to remove a toxic amount of the pesticide contained in the bait
				station; or
2. The child or pet or
				other domestic animal is able to remove a toxic amount of the pesticide
				contained in the bait station only if the child or pet or other domestic animal
				is able to destroy the bait station.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.25755 - "Termiticide" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Termiticide" means a pesticide intended for
				preventing, destroying, controlling, repelling, attracting or mitigating
				termites.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture by R093-15, eff. 3-10-2016; A by
				R006-17A,
				eff. 12/19/2017
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2576 - "Vertebrate pest" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Vertebrate pest" has the meaning ascribed to
				it in NRS
				NRS 555.005.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2577 - "Wood-destroying fungi" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Wood-destroying fungi" means fungi that infest
				and destroy cellulose as that infestation and destruction relates to structural
				damage. The term does not include:
1.
				A mold located only on the surface of a structure; or
2. A mold that only causes a human health
				concern.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R147-03, eff. 1-22-2004
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.258 - "Wood-destroying pest" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Wood-destroying pest" means a pest, including,
				without limitation, a fungus or termite or another insect which infests and
				destroys cellulose as that infestation and destruction relates to structural
				damage. The term does not include such a pest which infests and destroys
				cellulose as that infestation and destruction relates to an adverse effect only
				on human health or other human health concerns.
Dep't of Agriculture, part No.
				55.30, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A 2-5-82; R033-01,
				5-1-2002
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.2585 - "Business" construed

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
				of NRS
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.470,
				inclusive, the Director will construe the term "business" to include any
				activity performed for hire, including, without limitation, such work performed
				by a governmental agency.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture 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 › General Provisions › Section 555.2587 - "For hire" construed

Current through June 11, 2024
For the purpose of carrying out the provisions
				of NRS
				NRS 555.2605 to
				555.470,
				inclusive, the Director will construe the term "for hire" to exclude any
				activity that is:
1. Performed by a
				governmental activity at the request of another governmental agency; and
2. For which the requesting
				governmental agency did not issue a request for proposals.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture 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 › General Provisions › Section 555.259 - Exemption of gardeners: "Incidental" interpreted

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NRS
				NRS
				555.277, the Director will interpret the term
				"incidental" to mean the application of a pesticide, using hand-powered
				equipment, to a lawn or to an ornamental as part of the performance of a
				contract for the development or maintenance of a landscape if:
1. The application of the pesticide comprises
				not more than 20 percent of the services performed pursuant to the contract;
				and
2. The person using the
				hand-powered equipment does not publicly hold himself or herself out as being
				in the business of applying pesticides or performing pest control.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Agriculture by R033-01, eff. 5-1-2002; A by R062-10,
				1-13-2011
NRS
				555.277,
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.260 - Miscellaneous exemptions

Current through June 11, 2024
NAC
				555.250 to
				555.530, inclusive, and sections
				2 to 11, inclusive do not apply to:
1.
				Services for domestic or industrial sanitation, which use sanitizers and
				disinfectants;
2. Services for the
				maintenance of swimming pools, which use algicides, bactericides or
				fungicides;
3. Any person who uses
				preservatives in the treatment of fabrics;
4. Veterinarians or persons in pet salons who
				treat animals;
5. A person who
				controls vertebrate pests by means other than the use of pesticides;
				or
6. A person who:
(a) Conducts inspections for; or
(b) Performs services for the control of, a
				mold or other fungus detrimental to human health.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.sec2 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
1. "Consultant" means a person who:
(a) Is employed by a person who is subject to
				the provisions of chapter 586 of NRS; and
(b) Publicly holds himself or herself out as
				being in the business of identifying pests or recommending pesticides for the
				purpose of detecting, preventing, controlling or exterminating pests.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › General Provisions › Section 555.sec4 - NEW

Current through June 11, 2024
"Termiticide" means a pesticide:
1. That is registered with the United States
				Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
				and Rodenticide Act,
				7
				U.S.C. §
										136 a;
2. For which the brand is registered with the
				Director under the provisions of
				NRS
				586.250 to
				586.300,
				inclusive; and
3. For which the
				label provides directions for use to control termites.
Added to NAC by Dep't
				of Agriculture by
				R093-15,
				eff. 3/10/2016
NRS
				555.400
The section
				number and name will be updated when
				available.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.270 - Types of licenses; restrictions on issuance; prerequisites to perform certain pest control work with fumigants

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Director
				may issue the following types of licenses to applicants who have the
				appropriate qualifications:
(a) Except as
				otherwise provided in subsection 2, a license as a primary principal, location
				principal, principal, operator, demonstration and research specialist or agent,
				authorizing the holder to conduct pest control in any category of pest control
				in which a primary principal of the business with which the holder is employed
				or a location principal for the specific business location has been qualified
				by examination.
a non-private applicator described in subsection 1 of
				NRS
				555.2657, an authorized commercial applicator
				or a commercial applicator:
(1) Except
				as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a general license authorizing the holder
				to perform pest control work in a specific category or categories.
(2) A restricted license authorizing the
				holder to perform only certain types of pest control work, including, without
				limitation, pest control work restricted to inspections for wood destroying
				pests or restricted to a specific:
(I)
				Host;
(II) Site;
(III) Pest; or
(IV) Pesticide.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.280 - Fields and categories

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The following
				fields are established for the licensing of authorized commercial applicators
				and commercial applicators:
(a) Aerial-The use
				of aircraft, including, without limitation, an unmanned aerial vehicle, for the
				application of pesticides on standing or running water, rangeland, agricultural
				crops, forest, idle cropland and noncropland associated with the production of
				agricultural crops.
(b)
				Agricultural ground-The use of ground equipment for the application of
				pesticides on rangeland, agricultural crops, idle cropland and noncropland
				associated with the production of agricultural crops.
(c) Urban, rural and structural-The use of
				ground equipment for the application of pesticides in urban and rural areas and
				in, on or around structures.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.290 - Miscellaneous requirements and restrictions; amendment, inactivation and denial of license

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A person may not
				be employed or retained in the position of a principal, location principal or
				primary principal for more than one pest control business at any
				time.
2. Each primary principal,
				location principal, principal, operator, demonstration and research specialist
				or agent of a pest control business shall:
(a)
				Ensure that the license issued to him or her by the Director is on his or her
				person or in his or her service vehicle while engaging in pest control;
				and
(b) Produce the license upon
				request by the Director or an agricultural police officer appointed pursuant to
				subsection 2 of NRS
				561.225.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.300 - Permit to perform emergency application

Current through June 11, 2024
A person licensed pursuant to NAC
				555.250 to
				555.530, inclusive, and sections
				2 to 11, inclusive may apply in writing to the Director for a permit to perform
				an emergency application of a pesticide for the protection of public health,
				property or the environment. The application must include:
1. The address of the site to be
				treated.
2. The anticipated date of
				treatment.
3. The name of the
				applicator who will be performing or immediately supervising the
				application.
4. The crop or site to
				be treated.
5. The number of units
				to be treated, including, without limitation, the number of acres or miles or
				fraction thereof.
6. The pesticide
				to be applied and the rate at which it will be applied.
7. The purpose for which the crop or site is
				to be treated.
8. The brand name or
				generic name of the pesticide to be applied, the registration number assigned
				to the pesticide by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the
				dosage to be applied.
9. Proof that
				the applicant has insurance for public liability and property damage that
				satisfies the requirements set forth in NAC
				555.370.
10. Any other information the Director may
				require.
Dep't of Agriculture, part No.
				55.32 and part No. 55.33, eff. 6-1-59; A 7-1-69; 8-1-74; 1-17-77-NAC A by
				R033-01, 5-1-2002; A by
				R093-15,
				eff. 3/10/2016; A by
				R077-21A,
				eff. 12/17/2022
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.320 - Qualifications for examination

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Except as
				otherwise provided in
				NRS
				555.300 and NAC
				555.325, an applicant who is
				applying for an examination as a principal must meet the requirements set forth
				in NRS
				555.300.
2. An applicant who is applying for
				examination as an operator, demonstration and research specialist or agent must
				have reached the age of majority but is not required to have the practical
				experience and education required of a principal pursuant to
				NRS
				555.300.
3. For the purposes of carrying out the
				provisions of NRS
				555.300, the Department will construe the
				term:
(a) "Credit hours in biological
				sciences" to include courses in, but not limited to, biology, botany,
				entomology, zoology, agronomy, horticulture, biochemistry, nematology,
				phytopathology and courses similar or similarly derived.
(b) "Directly related to the categories of
				pest control" courses to include economic entomology, phytopathology and
				similar courses concerning the identification and control of pests through the
				use of pesticides.
(c) "Practical
				experience" to mean experience that is substantiated by work records, notarized
				statements verified by work records or any other documentation acceptable to
				the Department. The term does not include any experience obtained by an
				applicant while engaged in activity as an agent or after the applicant:
(1) Ceases engaging in pest
				control;
(2) Has his or her
				employment with a pest control business terminated; or
(3) Has his or her license transferred to
				inactive status pursuant to NAC
				555.385.
(d) "Related pest control" experience to
				include technical field representative work or termite inspection for private
				or governmental entities. Other experience may be evaluated.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.325 - Qualifications for amendment of license to include additional categories of pest control

Current through June 11, 2024
1. A principal who
				applies to the Director for amendment of his or her license to include
				additional categories of pest control pursuant to subsection 6 of NAC 555.290
				may include in the application for a pest control examination proof of meeting
				the requirements of subsection 3 of
				NRS
				555.300 with regard to each additional
				category of pest control for which the principal applies or proof of meeting
				the following requirements for each additional category of pest control for
				which the principal applies:
(a) Documentation
				of completion of at least 40 units of continuing education in courses that are
				accredited by the Director pursuant to NAC 555.374 and directly related to the
				category of pest control for which the principal applies; or
(b) Documentation of completion of at least 9
				units of continuing education in courses that are accredited by the Director
				pursuant to NAC 555.374 and directly related to the category of pest control
				for which the principal applies and documentation of:
(1) Six or more months of practical
				experience in the application of pesticide or related pest control in the
				category of pest control for which the principal applies; or
(2) Successful completion of 3 or more
				college credit hours received from:
(I) A
				course taken at an accredited college or university that is directly related to
				the category of pest control for which the principal applies;
(II) A correspondence course which was
				approved by the Director and which is directly related to the category of pest
				control for which the principal applies; or
(III) Any combination of the courses
				described in sub-subparagraphs (I) and (II).
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.330 - Filing of application for examination; request for date of examination

Current through June 11, 2024
1. Each person who wishes to be examined on
				pest control to obtain a license, amend a license to include additional
				categories of pest control or have restrictions removed from a license must
				complete an application and file it with the Department.
2. An applicant who wishes to be licensed as
				a principal, to amend his or her license to include additional categories of
				pest control or to have restrictions removed from the license must request a
				date on which to take an examination, but the request may be made only after
				the applicant has received notice from the Department verifying his or her
				qualifications.
3. Each applicant
				must give the Department 5 working days' notice of the date on which he or she
				wishes to take an examination unless the examining officer waives this
				requirement.
Dep't of Agriculture,
				part No. 55.34, eff. 8-1-74; A 1-17-77-NAC A 2-5-82; R033-01, 5-1-2002; A by
				R033-14,
				eff. 10/24/2014
NRS
				555.400
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds › CUSTOM APPLICATION OF PESTICIDES › Licensing › Section 555.340 - Examinations: Contents; passing score; retesting; exclusion

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The examination for:
(a) Each principal consists of a core
				examination, a separate examination on the laws and regulations of this State
				relating to pest control and a specific examination for each category of pest
				control in which the applicant has requested to be examined.
(b) Each operator consists of a core
				examination and a specific examination for each category of pest control in
				which the applicant has requested to be examined.
(c) Each agent consists of an examination
				based upon a presentation.
(d) Each
				demonstration and research specialist consists of a core examination and a
				separate examination on the laws and regulations of this State relating to pest
				control.