Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection
Subchapter 17 - Combined Pesticide
Part 11 - STANDARDS FOR APPLICATION OF PESTICIDE
Section 35:30-17-25 - Pesticide application by certified applicators, noncertified applicators, service technicians, and private applicators

(a) A certified applicator shall be on site to use any pesticide when required by the label or labeling.

(b) A certified applicator shall be on site to supervise any pesticide application by a non-service technician.

(c) A service technician shall be on site to make the actual application of any pesticide unless a certified applicator is present at the job site.

(d) A certified applicator may be a service technician in other categories for a licensed company without completing the service technician's examination.

(e) Certified applicators, noncertified applicators, service technicians, and private applicators shall be a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age to purchase restricted use pesticides and to make pesticide applications.

(f) "Noncertified applicator" means a person who has not met the exam qualifications of a certified applicator.

(g) "Nonservice technician" means a person who has not met the exam qualifications of a service technician.

(h) A noncertified applicator shall receive approved safety training from a certified applicator or qualified trainer prior to application of a restricted use pesticide as outlined in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 40 CFR Section 171.201.