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<br />Milmesota Statutes 2005, Chapter 18B. <br /> <br />Page 37 of 42 <br /> <br />HIST: lSp2001 c 2 s 37 <br /> <br />~~18B.35 <br />18B.35 Application categories within applicator licenses. <br /> <br />Subdivision 1. Establishment. (a) The commissioner <br />may establish categories of structural pest control I commercial <br />applicator, and noncommercial applicator licenses for <br />administering and enforcing this chapter. The categories may <br />include pest control operators and ornamental, agricultural, <br />aquatic, forest, and right-af-way pesticide applicators. <br />Separate subclassifications of categories may be specified as to <br />ground, aerial, or manual methods to apply pesticides or to the <br />use of pesticides to control insects, plant diseases, rodents, <br />or weeds. <br /> <br />(b) Each category is subject to separate testing procedures <br />and requirements. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. No additional fee. A person may not be <br />required to pay an additional fee for a category or <br />subclassification of a category of a license. <br /> <br />HIST: 1987 c 358 s 77 <br /> <br />~~18B.36 <br />IBB.36 Private applicator certification. <br /> <br />Subdivision 1. Requirement. (a) Except for a <br />licensed commercial or noncommercial applicator, only a <br />certified private applicator may use a restricted use pesticide <br />to produce an agricultural commodity: <br /> <br />(1) as a traditional exchange of services without financial <br />compensation; <br /> <br />(2) on a site owned, rented, or managed by the person or <br />the person's employees; or <br /> <br />(3) when the private applicator is one of two or fewer <br />employees and the owner or operator is a certified private <br />applicator or is licensed as a noncommercial applicator. <br /> <br />(b) A private applicator may not purchase a restricted use <br />pesticide without presenting a certified private applicator card <br />or the card number. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. Certification. (a) The commissioner shall <br />prescribe certification requirements and provide training that <br />meets or exceeds United States Environmental Protection Agency <br />standards to certify private applicators and provide information <br />relating to changing technology to help ensure a continuing <br />level of competency and ability to use pesticides properly and <br />safely. The training may be done through cooperation with other <br />government agencies and must be a minimum of three hours in <br />duration. <br /> <br />http://www.revisor.1eg.state.mn.usfbin/getpub.php?pubtype=ST AT_CHAP &year=current... <br /> <br />4/21/2006 <br />