02 NCAC 09L .0505          CLASSIFICATIONS

(a)  The North Carolina Pesticide Board hereby incorporates by reference, for all Pesticide Applicators, Part 171.101 "Commercial applicator certification categories" of Title 40: Protection of Environment of the Code of Federal Regulations, titled "Certification of Pesticide Applicators Subpart B–Certification Requirements for Applicators of Restricted Use Pesticides," including subsequent amendments and editions. Copies of this material may be obtained at no cost from the U.S. Government Printing Office website, https://www.gpo.gov/. The following classifications shall apply in North Carolina:

(1)           neither the sodium cyanide predator control nor the sodium fluoroacetate predator control categories shall be created in North Carolina;

(2)           additional classifications and their respective subclassifications, not established by the federal guidelines referenced in Paragraph (a) of this Rule, that shall be created in North Carolina, are as follows:

(A)          commercial public health pest control;

(B)          wood treatment;

(C)          livestock pest control, which shall include the subsections of livestock; poultry; and small animals.

(b)  The following classifications and subclassifications shall apply to the licensing of pesticide applicators:

(1)           pesticide applicators and public operators utilizing ground equipment:

(A)          agricultural pest control, including the subsections of crop pest control and livestock pest control (including subcategories of livestock, poultry, and small animals);

(B)          forest pest control;

(C)          ornamental and turf pest control;

(D)          aquatic pest control;

(E)           right‑of‑way pest control;

(F)           public health pest control;

(G)          commercial public health pest control;

(H)          regulatory pest control;

(I)            demonstration and research pest control, with the subsections of agricultural crop pest control; agricultural livestock pest control (including subcategories of livestock, poultry, and small animals); forest pest control; ornamental and turf pest control; aquatic pest control; right-of-way pest control; commercial public health pest control; public health pest control; regulatory pest control; wood treatment; spoil and growing media fumigation pest control; aerial pest control;

(J)            seed treatment;

(K)          wood treatment;

(L)           soil and growing media fumigation pest control; and

(M)         aerial pest control;

(2)           pesticide applicators and public operators utilizing aerial equipment:

(A)          agricultural pest control: crop pest control;

(B)          forest pest control;

(C)          ornamental and turf pest control;

(D)          aquatic pest control;

(E)           right‑of‑way pest control;

(F)           public health pest control;

(G)          commercial public health pest control;

(H)          regulatory pest control;

(I)            demonstration and research pest control, which shall include the subsections of agricultural pest control; crop pest control; forest pest control; ornamental and turf pest control; aquatic pest control; right-of-way pest control; regulatory pest control; public health pest control; and aerial pest control; and

(J)            aerial pest control.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 143-437; 143‑452(d); 143-460(29);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Amended Eff. June 1, 2016; November 1, 1984; August 26, 1976;

Readopted Eff. August 1, 2020;

Amended Eff. November 1, 2024.