Rule 40-21-4-.03. Recertification of Private Applicators

Rule 40-21-4-.03. Recertification of Private Applicators

In order to insure that certified private pesticide applicators continue to meet the needs of changing technology necessary for the safe and effective use of pesticides, they shall be subject to continuing certification and recertification as follows:

1. (a) All private pesticide applicators shall be certified and licensed for a period of five years. During such period the Commissioner may, when he deems necessary, provide private certified applicators with information on changes in pesticides and pesticide application technology and may require such applicators to acknowledge in writing that they have become familiar with such new information. Failure to provide such acknowledgements may be considered by the Commissioner to be grounds for cancellation of a private applicator's certification and license. In no event will a private applicator be recertified and licensed for more than five (5) years unless he has been recertified through one of the following procedures:

   1. 1. Completion of at least three (3) hours of training approved by the Commissioner and to which he has assigned a credit value prior to presentation. Such training may consist of grower meetings or other presentations by personnel of the Cooperative Extension Service or Seminars, short courses or other private or publicly sponsored training programs.
   2. 2. Satisfactory passing of a written examination or its equivalent including current information on pesticides and pesticide application technology and any other information which the Commissioner finds necessary for the safe and effective use of pesticides by private applicators.

Authority: Ga. L. 1976, p. 369.

History. Original Rule entitled "Recertification of Private Applicators" was filed on July 10, 1978; effective July 30, 1978.