Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
Arkansas Agricultural Consultant
Regulations
REGULATION 1.
Fees.
Annual license fees shall be (100.00) one hundred
dollars.
REGULATION 2.
Continuing Education.
a) Minimum
40 hours every 2 years. Continuing education hours must be:
(1) Plant Board or designee
approved;
(2) Certified Crop
Advisors (CCA);
(3) National
Alliance Independent Crop Consultants (NAICC) or combination of the
above.
b) Credit hours
determined by agenda for each meeting;
c) At least 20 hours must be earned from in
state (Arkansas) meetings;
d) Out
of state meetings will be accepted if approved by CCA or NAICC;
e) Plant Board may request each individual to
submit verification of meetings attended
REGULATION 3.
License.
a) Anyone charging a fee must be
licensed;
b) Anyone not charging a
fee may be licensed within the first year after the effective date (August 12,
2005) if meeting the following:
(1) Is
currently licensed as an agricultural consultant by the board;
(2) Is certified under the Certified Crop
Advisors program of the American Society of Agronomy;
(3) Is certified by the National Alliance of
Independent Crop Consultants; or
(4) Has at least 5 years of agricultural
consultant experience. Verified by notarized letter from
grower(s)/employer(s).
c) From two (2) to five (5) years after the
effective date of this section, resident or out-of-state individual may be
licensed as an agricultural consultant if the person meets all three of the
following requirements:
(1) Has completed two
(2) full years of training at a college or university acceptable to the board,
with at least nine (9) semester hours of credit or their equivalent in
appropriate agricultural disciplines;
(2) Has three (3) years of qualifying
experience in the field of crop management; and
(3) Passes a written examination administered
by the board or by Certified Crop Advisors.
d)
(1)
Beyond the fifth year after the effective date of this act, a person may be
licensed as an agricultural consultant if the person:
(A)
(i) Has
a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a board-approved crop related field;
and
(ii) Two (2) years experience
working in the field of crop management; or
(B) Has seven (7) years of continuous
experience working for a licensed agricultural consultant after the effective
date of this section; and
(2) Passes a written examination administered
by the board or by Certified Crop Advisors. Such exam is required for either
Section (A) or (B).
REGULATION 4.
Out of State
Consultants.
You must have a minimum of 5 years of work as a consultant in
Arkansas in order to be grandfathered if you are an out-of-state resident. Must
provide a notarized document from your grower(s)/employer(s). Grandfather
clause is only during the first year of the Act.
REGULATION 5.
Licensing Period.
January 1 of each year is the beginning of each license
year.
