Texas Administrative Code › Title 4 - AGRICULTURE › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Chapter 7 - PESTICIDES › Subchapter C - LICENSING › Section 7.25 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12,
				  2024
(a) A licensee who
				  fails to file a complete application for renewal on or before the license
				  expiration date must pay a late fee as prescribed by the Code, Chapter
				  12.
(b) The license of a person who
				  fails to timely file a complete application for renewal is invalid until a
				  completed application and any required late fee has been received by the
				  department. A person who applies a restricted-use or state-limited-use
				  pesticide or regulated herbicide during a period when the person's license is
				  invalid may be assessed administrative penalties in addition to any required
				  late fee.
(c) If a complete
				  application for renewal of a commercial, noncommercial, or private applicator's
				  license is not submitted within one year after the expiration of the license,
				  the license will be deemed to be terminated voluntarily and a renewal
				  application will not be accepted. Before being licensed again, the applicator
				  must meet the requirements for a new license.
(d) Pursuant to the Act, §76.113, the
				  head of the licensing agency in determining whether additional training shall
				  be required of current licensees before renewal of their applicator license may
				  consider changes in technology, pesticide related problems, or the performance
				  of individual applicators. If general retraining and/or retesting is required
				  for all applicators in a category or subcategory, the licensing agency will
				  publish notice at least six months in advance of the license renewal date. If
				  individual retraining and/or retesting is required as a result of the
				  applicator's performance, the agency may give notification and set a time and
				  place of retraining that would be in the best interest of public health and
				  environmental protection.
(e)
				  Military service members or military veterans as defined in Texas Occupations
				  Code, Chapter 55, will be credited with experience equivalent to the
				  pre-license requirements of §7.21(b)(4)(A) - (F) of this chapter (relating
				  to Applicator Certification).
(f)
				  License applications of military spouses, as defined in Texas Occupations Code,
				  Chapter 55, shall be processed on an expedited basis.
(g) If a qualified military spouse applicant
				  holds a current license issued by another jurisdiction and licensing
				  requirements of that jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to the licensing
				  requirements of the department, the department shall issue the applicant a
				  license. For purposes of this subsection, substantially equivalent means:
(1) the requirements of the other
				  jurisdiction require written, proctored examinations for initial certification
				  for the same type of pesticide applicator license being requested;
(2) the other jurisdiction has a state
				  pesticide plan approved by the EPA; and
(3) the department has a current reciprocal
				  agreement with the issuing jurisdiction for pesticide licensing.