North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 02 - AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES › Chapter 48 - PLANT INDUSTRY › Subchapter A - PLANT PROTECTION › Section .1200 - NURSERY CERTIFICATION › Section 48A .1201 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
Definitions:
(1)
				  Agent. Any person who solicits, takes orders or sells nursery stock or
				  collected plants for a nurseryman or dealer off the premises or place of
				  business of said nurseryman or dealer;
(2) Collected Plant. Any nursery stock, other
				  than currently certified nursery stock, which is dug or gathered from any
				  location;
(3) Collected Plant
				  Certificate. A document issued by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture
				  which declares that the person named on the certificate has given satisfactory
				  evidence that all nursery stock collected by him will be in accordance with the
				  plant pest regulations of the North Carolina Department of
				  Agriculture;
(4) Collected Plant
				  Regulated Area. Any counties or parts of counties in the State of North
				  Carolina listed or provided for in these Rules; when it is determined that
				  there are large numbers of plants collected in any area of the state, or that
				  movement of nursery stock presents a hazard because of plant collections in
				  that regulated area;
(5)
				  Infestation. The presence of any plant pest which is regarded as
				  injurious;
(6) Inspector. An
				  employee of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture designated by the
				  Commissioner to enforce these Regulations;
(7) Nursery. Any place where any of the
				  plants defined as nursery stock are grown for distribution or sale;
(8) Nursery Dealer. Any person not a grower
				  of nursery stock who obtains certified nursery stock and/or collected plants
				  for the purpose of distribution or sale independent of the control of a
				  nursery;
(9) Nursery Dealer
				  Certificate. A document issued by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture
				  which declares that the person named on the certificate has given satisfactory
				  evidence that all nursery stock sold or otherwise disposed of by him will be
				  such as was secured from regularly certified nurseries or certified plant
				  collectors;
(10) Nurseryman. Any
				  person who owns, leases, manages or is in charge of a nursery;
(11) Nursery Registration Certificate. A
				  document issued by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture which declares
				  that the person named on the certificate has listed his name, address, and
				  location with the Plant Industry Division, Plant Protection Section of the
				  North Carolina Department of Agriculture, and is authorized to distribute or
				  sell nursery stock within the state;
(12) Nursery Stock. All wild or cultivated
				  plants or parts thereof, trees, shrubs, vines, bulbous plants and roots,
				  grafts, scions and buds. Excluded are:
(a)
				  annual plants;
(b) cut
				  flowers;
(c) tree, field,
				  vegetable, flower or other true seeds;
(d) decorative plants or plant parts without
				  roots not intended for propagation; and
(e) perennial plants intended for indoor use
				  that are produced in North Carolina.
These exclusions may not apply to plants for which an
					 inspection is required to facilitate movement or is required by another rule in
					 this Chapter;