Indiana Administrative Code
Title 355 - STATE CHEMIST OF THE STATE OF INDIANA
Article 4 - PESTICIDE USE AND APPLICATION
Rule 7 - Renewal of Applicator Certification and Technician Registration
Section 7-6 - Criteria and procedures for approving PARPs
Universal Citation: 355 IN Admin Code 7-6
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 15-16-5
Affected: IC 15-16-5
Sec. 6.
(a) The state chemist shall be responsible for evaluating all training or instruction opportunities submitted for consideration of approval as a PARP.
(b) All requests for PARP approval must be submitted to the state chemist as follows:
(1)
In a format determined by the state chemist.
(2) By a county extension educator with the
Purdue cooperative extension service.
(c) Criteria to be followed by the state chemist for the evaluation of training and instruction for PARP approval shall include, but may not be limited to, the following:
(1) Must be open to all private
applicators.
(2) Except as provided
in subdivision (3), any costs or registration fees must be the same for all
private applicators.
(3) Must be
open without fee or charge to the state chemist for monitoring.
(4) Must have an effective mechanism for the
county extension educator responsible for the training to verify participation
of the private applicator from the start to the conclusion of the PARP
event.
(5) Must include at least
two (2) hours of pesticide related material.
(6) Must include at least one (1) state
chemist approved regulatory topic.
(7) Subject matter and content must include,
but may not be limited to, at least one (1) of the following:
(A) Pest identification.
(B) Pest biology.
(C) Pesticide chemistry.
(D) Pesticide equipment calibration and
maintenance.
(E) Pesticide
use.
(F) Pest management by
cultural, mechanical, or other nonpesticide means including, but not limited
to, the following:
(i) Sanitation.
(ii) Exclusion.
(iii) Fertilization.
(iv) Irrigation.
(v) Soil compaction.
(vi) Pest monitoring.
(G) Pesticide label interpretation.
(H) Pesticide label safety
measures.
(I) Public and customer
safety.
(J) Consumer and neighbor
complaints.
(K) Applicator
safety.
(L) Environmental
safety.
(M) Associated state and
federal laws or regulations affecting pesticides and pesticide users.
(8) Subject matter and content may
not include any of the following:
(A) Product
or service sales or promotions.
(B)
Employee hiring or retention.
(C)
General business practices.
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