Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry › Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection › Subchapter 17 - Combined Pesticide › Part 1 - COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL CATEGORIES OF PESTICIDE APPLICATION › Section 35:30-17-1 - License Categories

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
License categories of pesticide application are as
					 follows:
(1) 1a: Agricultural Plant
				  Category - Includes the application of pesticides to agricultural crops,
				  agricultural grassland, and noncrop agricultural land. This category does not
				  include the production of trees for any purpose.
(2) 1b: Agricultural Animal Category -
				  Includes the application of pesticides to animals, including those in feedlots,
				  sales barns, egg production facilities and the animal holding facilities. This
				  excludes Doctors of Veterinary Medicine applying pesticides as drugs or
				  medication during the course of their normal practice.
(3) 2: Forest Pest Control Category -
				  Includes the application of pesticides in forest nurseries, forest seed
				  production areas, trees grown for the production of forestry products, and
				  other forest areas.
(4) 3a:
				  Ornamental and Turf Outdoor Pest Control Category - Includes the application of
				  pesticides within residential or business areas to lawns, ornamental trees and
				  shrubs, including park areas, golf courses, and other recreational areas,,
				  except as defined under licensed categories 2, 3b-c, 7, and 8.
(5) 3b: Interiorscape Category - Includes the
				  application of pesticides to interior plantings inside structures (i.e.
				  hospitals, buildings, shopping malls, etc.) excluding residential structures
				  with the exception of common use areas of multiple residential structures (i.e.
				  foyers, atriums, indoor swimming pools, management offices, meeting rooms,
				  etc.) except as defined under licensed categories 3c, 7, and 8.
(6) 3c: Nursery/Greenhouse Category -
				  Includes the application of pesticides in nursery and greenhouse facilities and
				  to fields except as defined under licensed categories 2 (Forest Pest Control).
(7) 4: Seed Treatment Category -
				  Includes the application of pesticides to seed for any purpose.
(8) 5: Aquatic Pest Control Category -
				  Includes the application of pesticides to standing or running water in man-made
				  or natural impoundments, streams, etc. This excludes public health activities
				  (e.g. mosquito control) and water in totally closed systems.
(9) 6: Right-of-Way Category - Includes the
				  application of pesticides for public road maintenance, power line maintenance,
				  railroad right-of-way, storage tank areas, and other similar areas.
(10) 7a: General Pest Control Category -
				  Includes the application of pesticides within and immediately adjacent to a
				  structure, except for fumigation activities, control of termites and other wood
				  destroying organisms in or on a structure, and control of birds or predatory
				  animals."Immediately adjacent to a structure" means not further than three (3)
				  feet from the structure. Applications to restaurants are permitted in this
				  category.
(11) 7b: Structural Pest
				  Control Category - The application of pesticides for the purpose of controlling
				  termites and other wood destroying organisms in or on a structure, including
				  wood borers and fungus.
(12) 7c:
				  Fumigation Category - The use of liberated gas within a structure or storage
				  area, to include railcars, ships, etc., or the application of fumigants to
				  soil.
(13) 8: Public Health Pest
				  Control Category - The application of pesticides by local, state, federal or
				  other governmental employees or commercial pesticide applicators in public
				  health programs, to include municipal and other areawide mosquito control
				  programs.
(14) 9: Regulatory Pest
				  Control Category - Includes the application of pesticides by state, federal or
				  other government employees for the control of designated regulated pests.
(15) 10: Demonstration and
				  Research Pest Control Category - Includes persons engaged in the application of
				  pesticides for scientific research or for the purpose of demonstrating
				  pesticide products or methods of application.
(16) 11a: Bird and Vertebrate Animal Pests
				  Control Category - The application of pesticides for the control of birds or
				  vertebrate animals pests and subject to the rules of the Oklahoma Department of
				  Wildlife Conservation and the Wildlife Services Division of the Board.
(17) 11b: Predatory Animal Control
				  Category - The application of pesticides for the control of predatory animals
				  and subject to the rules of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation,
				  and the Wildlife Services Division of the Board.
(18) 12a: Pressure Facility Timber Treating
				  Category - Includes the treatment of wood in a pressure treating facility by
				  the impregnation or application of chemical solutions for the purpose of
				  retarding or preventing deterioration or destruction by insects, fungi,
				  bacteria, or other wood destroying organisms.
(19) 12b: Ground Line Utility Pole Timber
				  Treating Category - Includes the ground line treatment of utility poles with
				  chemical solutions for the purpose of retarding or preventing deterioration or
				  destruction by insects, fungi, bacteria, or other wood destroying organisms.
(20) 12c: Construction Industry
				  Timber Treating Category - Includes the application of chemical solutions to
				  wood members of structure which will be covered by paint, varnish, or similar
				  covering for the purpose of retarding or preventing deterioration or
				  destruction by insects, fungi, bacteria, or other wood destroying organisms.
(21) 12d: Home Owner Timber
				  Treating Category - Includes the application of chemical solutions to wood
				  constructions around the home, including decks, for the purpose of retarding or
				  preventing deterioration or destruction by insects, fungi, bacteria, or other
				  wood destroying organisms.
(22) 13:
				  Antimicrobial Category - Includes applications of an antimicrobial pesticide
				  intended to disinfect, sanitize, reduce, or mitigate growth or development of
				  microbiological organisms or protect inanimate objects, industrial processes or
				  systems, surfaces, water, or other chemical substances from contamination,
				  fouling, or deterioration caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, algae,
				  or slime.
(23) 14: Specialty
				  Category - Includes any area of pesticide application not defined in Category 1
				  thru 12 when the pesticide to be used is classified as restricted.
Amended at 17 Ok Reg
					 1018, eff 5-11-00; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2307, eff
					 7-11-05