Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 555 - Control of Insects, Pests and Noxious Weeds
CERTIFIED APPLICATORS
Section 555.620 - Nonprimary principal commercial applicators: Categories

Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 555.620

Current through September 16, 2024

The following categories are established for the certification of certified non-private applicators:

1. Agricultural pest control, which includes:

(a) Animal: The control of any pest in, on or around agricultural animals, including, without limitation, cattle and goats, and to places on or in which agricultural animals are confined, including, without limitation, barns and corrals. This category does not include fumigation or predatory pest control.

(b) Plant: The control of any pest on or around land used in the production of agricultural commodities, including, without limitation, grains, vegetables, small fruits, fruit trees, peanuts, tree nuts, tobacco, cotton, feed and forage crops, as well as grasslands and noncrop agricultural lands associated with the production of agricultural commodities. This category does not include fumigation.

2. Aquatic pest control: The control of any pest in standing or running water. This category does not include public health pest control or fumigation.

3. Forest pest control: The control of any pest in forests, forest nurseries and forest seed-producing areas. This category does not include fumigation.

4. Nonsoil fumigation: The control of any pest by fumigation with poisonous and lethal gases in anything other than soil.

5. Soil fumigation: The control of any soil pest when present in the soil by the use of fumigants.

6. Industrial, institutional and structural pest control: The control of any pest in, on or around food handling establishments, packing houses, food processing facilities, human dwellings, institutional complexes, including, without limitation, schools, hospitals and prisons, and industrial establishments, including, without limitation, manufacturing facilities, grain elevators, warehouses and any other structures and areas, public or private, that are used for the protection of stored or manufactured products. This category does not include fumigation.

7. Ornamental and turf pest control: The control of any pest in the maintenance and production of ornamental plants and turf. This category does not include fumigation.

8. Predatory pest control/M-44: The control of any predator by use of sodium cyanide or sodium fluoroacetate in any habitat, including, without limitation, rangeland, forests and cropland.

9. Public health pest control: The control of any pest having medical and public health importance by state, federal or other governmental employees. This category does not include fumigation.

10. Right-of-way pest control: The control of any pest in the maintenance of rights-of-way, including, without limitation, public roads, electric power lines, pipelines and railway rights-of-way. This category does not include fumigation.

11. Seed treatment: The treating of seeds in seed treatment facilities to control insects, fungi, bacteria and other microorganisms. This category does not include fumigation.

Dep't of Agriculture Reg., 55.52, eff. 1-17-77-NAC A by R147-03, 1-22-2004; R062-10, 1-13-2011; A by R077-21A, eff. 12/17/2022

NRS 555.400

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