PURPOSE: This rule verifies that all nurserymen shipping nursery stock into Missouri have had their nurseries inspected and certified by their state plant regulatory agency.

1. (1) Any nurseryman of any other state, territory, or district of the United States desiring to ship nursery stock into Missouri shall be listed in their state certified nursery directory and this directory must be filed with the office of the Missouri state entomologist or posted online by their state plant regulatory agency. Nurseries in states that fail to file this directory individually must file a copy of their certificate of inspection with the office of the Missouri state entomologist.

AUTHORITY: section 263.040, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Aug. 4, 1958, effective Aug. 14, 1958. Amended: Filed April 22, 1965, effective May 2, 1965. Amended: Filed March 25, 1966, effective April 4, 1966. Amended: Filed May 27, 1975, effective June 6, 1975. Refiled March 11, 1976. Rescinded: Filed Aug. 14, 1984, effective Jan. 1, 1985. Readopted: Filed Sept. 12, 1984, effective Jan. 1, 1985. Amended: Filed Oct. 22, 2019, effective May 30, 2020. *Original authority: 263.040, RSMo 1939, amended 1984.