- (1) No private farm applicator, family member, or employee may use or recommend use of a pesticide in a manner inconsistent with registered labeling, or with any agency or department restrictions that have been placed on the use of that pesticide.
- (2) No private farm applicator, family member, or employee may purchase or use a restricted pesticide without either a permit or a credential. All applications made by family members or employees must be under the direct supervision of a private farm applicator.
- (3) For the purposes of applying 80-8-209, MCA, the term "vicinity" means using nonrestricted (general use) pesticides on lands immediately adjacent or across a road from lands owned, leased, or rented by the private farm applicator doing the applications.
- (4) Except as allowed in 80-8-209, MCA, and (3), a private farm applicator, family member, or employee who applies pesticides for hire or regularly engages in the business of applying pesticides for others must be licensed as a commercial applicator.
Authorizing statute(s): 80-8-105, 80-8-211, 80-8-306, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 80-8-105, 80-8-211, 80-8-306, MCA
History: NEW, 1976 MAR, Eff. 7/5/79; AMD, 1986 MAR p. 1007, Eff. 6/13/86; AMD, 2004 MAR p. 2546, Eff. 10/22/04; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 537, Eff. 5/11/19; AMD, 2025 MAR, Notice No. 4-24-284, Eff. 1/25/25.