Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 57 - PESTICIDE CONTROL › Section 603-057-0145 - Pesticide Consultant Standards of Competence

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) As provided in ORS
			 634.132, competence of a
			 pesticide consultant to advise or make recommendations concerning the use,
			 handling, or selection of restricted-use pesticides shall be determined on the
			 basis of a written examination. As a supplement to the subject matters set
			 forth in subsection (2) of ORS
			 634.132, the examination shall
			 also include the subject matters set forth in OAR 603-057-0120(1) relating to
			 the General Standards of Pesticide Applicator Competence.
(2) A pesticide consultant licensed pursuant
			 to this section may not advise or make recommendations in subcategories (a) or
			 (b) of 603-057-0115(4), Regulatory Pest Control, regarding the use, handling,
			 or selection of the M-44 Device containing sodium cyanide or the livestock
			 protection collar containing sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080).
(3) A pesticide consultant licensed pursuant
			 to this section may add the category Demonstration and Research, as defined in
			 OAR 603-057-0110 (3), to his/her license following successful completion of the
			 written examination for the Demonstration and Research category.
(4) A pesticide consultant licensed pursuant
			 to this section in the category Demonstration and Research is eligible to be
			 licensed as a pesticide applicator in the category of Demonstration and
			 Research without further examination. An application for such applicator's
			 license, or for the addition of the category to an existing license, and the
			 appropriate fee payment must be made separately from the application for, or
			 the addition to, a pesticide consultant's license.
(5) If an applicant for a pesticide
			 consultant's license has passed a current written examination accredited by
			 another state with which the Department has a reciprocal agreement on
			 certification or licensing, and submits evidence of the same to the department
			 at the time of submitting his license application with applicable fee, the
			 license examination may be waived.
(6) An applicant for a pesticide consultant's
			 license renewal shall be required to take and successfully complete a
			 reexamination each fifth year after taking the original examination, and be
			 subject to the provisions of this section in regard thereto. However, if the
			 Department's records indicate the applicant for license renewal has complied
			 with the provisions of OAR 603-057-0150, the written reexamination shall be
			 waived.
(7) In the event an
			 applicant for a pesticide consultant's license fails the written examination or
			 reexamination, the applicant shall be qualified to take the examination again
			 upon submitting a new application for the same.
(8) A pesticide consultant licensed pursuant
			 to this section shall also be eligible to be licensed as a private applicator
			 for the purpose of purchasing, using or supervising the use of any restricted
			 use or highly toxic pesticides for the purpose of producing agricultural
			 commodities or forest crops on land owned or leased by the person. An
			 application and fee payment for a private applicator's license must be made
			 separately from the application and fee payment for the pesticide consultant
			 license. The certification date of the Private Applicator license will be
			 consistent with that of the consultant license.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 561 & 634
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  634.306(5)