R68-7-6. Categorization of Pesticide Applicators

Commercial and Non-commercial applicators shall be categorized in one or more of the categories defined below, based on the application site and the type of work they perform.

(1) Agricultural Pest Control.

(a) Plant. This category includes applicators using pesticides to control pests in the production of agricultural crops including, but not limited to, field crops, vegetables, fruits, pasture, rangelands, and non-crop agricultural lands.

(b) Animal. This category includes applicators using pesticides on animals including, but not limited to, beef and dairy cattle, swine, sheep, horses, goats, poultry, and to places on or in which animals inhabit. Doctors of veterinary medicine or their employees engaged in the business of applying pesticides for hire, publicly representing themselves as pesticide applicators or engaged in large-scale use of pesticides, are included in this category.

(2) Forest Pest Control. This category includes applicators using pesticides in forests, forest nurseries, and forest seed-producing areas.

(3) Ornamental and Turf Pest Control. This category includes applicators using pesticides to control ornamental and turf pests in the maintenance and production of ornamental trees, shrubs, flowers and turf. This includes controlling pests on sidewalks, driveways, and other similar locations.

(4) Seed Treatment. This category includes applicators using pesticides on seeds.

(5) Aquatic Pest Control.

(a) Surface Water: This category includes applicators applying pesticides to standing or running water, excluding applicators engaged in public health-related activities included in R68-7-6(8).

(b) Sewer Root Control: This category includes applicators using pesticides to control roots in sewers or in related systems.

(6) Right-of-Way Pest Control. This category includes applicators using pesticides in the maintenance of public roads, electric power lines, pipelines, railway rights-of-way, or other similar areas.

(7) Structural and Health-related Pest Control. This category excludes any fumigation pesticide application and is limited to applicators using pesticides in, on, or around food handling establishments; human dwellings; institutions, such as schools and hospitals; industrial establishments, including warehouses, storage units and any other structures and immediately adjacent areas, public or private; to control household pests, fabric pests, and stored-product pests and to protect stored, processed and manufactured products. This category includes vertebrate pest control in and immediately adjacent to buildings. "Immediately adjacent to a structure" means not further than three (3) feet from the structure. If the labeling for the structural pesticide permits structural use on structural pests and calls for application beyond three feet the application can be made, but cannot exceed the maximum distance prescribed by the label.

(8) Public Health Pest Control. This category includes applicators applying the use of pesticides for the management and control of pests having medical and public-health importance.

(9) Regulatory Pest Control.

(a) This category is limited to state and federal employees or persons under their direct supervision, who apply pesticides in a mechanical ejection device, or other methods to control regulated pests.

(b) This category is limited to state and federal employees or persons under their direct supervision, who apply pesticides in a protective collar, or other methods to control regulated pests.

(10) Demonstration, Consultation and Research Pest Control. This category includes individuals who demonstrate or provide instruction to the public in the proper use, techniques, benefits and methods of applying restricted-use pesticides. This category includes, but is not limited to agricultural compliance specialists, extension personnel, commercial representatives, consultants and advisors, and persons conducting field research with restricted-use pesticides. In addition, they shall meet the specific standards that may be applicable to their particular activity.

(11) Aerial Application Pest Control. This category includes applicators applying pesticides by aircraft. Aerial applicators are required to be certified in the Aerial-Application Pest-Control Category and any other categories of intended application.

(12) Vertebrate Animal Pest Control. This category includes applicators applying pesticides in the control of vertebrate pests outdoors, such as rodents, birds, bats, predators or domestic animals.

(13) Fumigation/Stored-Commodities Pest Control. This category includes applicators using fumigants to control pests in, on, or around soils, structures, railroad cars, stored grains, manufactured products, grain elevators, flour mills, and similar areas and items.

(14) Wood-Preservation Pest Control. This category includes applicators who apply wood-preservative pesticides to wood products, such as fence posts, electrical poles, railroad ties, or any other form of wood products.

(15) Wood-Destroying Organisms Pest Control. This category includes applicators using pesticides to control termites, carpenter ants, wood-boring or tunneling insects, bees, wasps, wood-decaying fungi and any other pests destroying wood products.