§ 143-455. Pest control consultant license.
§ 143‑455. Pest control consultant license.
(a) No person shall perform services as a pest controlconsultant without first procuring from the Board a license. Applications for aconsultant license shall be in the form and shall contain the information prescribedby the Board. The application for a license shall be accompanied by a non‑refundableannual fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
(b) An applicant for a consultant license must presentsatisfactory evidence to the Board concerning his qualifications for suchlicense. The Board may classify consultant licenses into one or moreclassifications or subclassifications based upon types of consulting servicesperformed or to be performed. Such classifications and subclassifications mayreflect the crops involved in the consulting service, the discipline ortraining of consultant, the discretion or lack of discretion involved in theconsulting service, and the site or location of the service. Eachclassification and subclassification may be subject to separate testingprocedures and requirements, and may be subject to its own minimum standards oftraining in specialized subject matter from a recognized college or university,or equivalent specialized consulting experience or training. Qualifications forlicensing may be less stringent if the licensee is restricted to makingrecommendations contained in publications recognized by the Board asappropriate for a specific consulting classification or subclassification.
(c) Each applicant shall satisfy the Board as to hisresponsibility in carrying on the business of a pesticide consultant. Eachapplicant for an original license must demonstrate upon written, or written andoral, examination to be prescribed by the Board his knowledge of pesticides,their usefulness and their hazards; his competence as a pesticide consultant;and his knowledge of the laws and regulations governing the use and sale ofpesticides.
(d) Pest control consultants shall be subject to the sameprovisions as pesticide applicators concerning penalties for late applicationsfor license, changes of address, transferability of licenses, periodicreexamination, and examinations for corporate applicants. (1971, c. 832, s. 1; 1975, c. 425, s. 10; 1987, c. 559, s. 16; 1989, c.544, s. 12; 2003‑284, s. 35.4(d).)