Section 40. Specific certification requirements for private applicators

A. Each applicant for a private applicator's certificate shall apply to the commissioner and then report to an authorized testing location within 90 days and take an examination for each certification category, specified in 2VAC5-685-80, applicable to his operation. The application shall contain the applicant's name, address and classification desired for certification.

B. Persons who cannot read or understand labels shall not be certified as private applicators unless they demonstrate competence to apply restricted use pesticides on their own properties. Persons seeking a waiver of the literacy requirements shall petition the board. Persons certified under this waiver shall obtain certification in the categories of limited certificate or single product certification as described in 2VAC5-685-80.

Historical Notes

Former 2VAC20-51-40, derived from Volume 15, Issue 11, eff. March 17, 1999; amended, Virginia Register Volume 25, Issue 03, eff. December 1, 2008; amended and renumbered as 2VAC5-685-40, Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 01, eff. October 10, 2012; Volume 32, Issue 26, eff. September 22, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§ 3.2-3906 of the Code of Virginia.