Georgia Administrative Code

Commercial applicators may be certified in one or more of the following categories: (a) Agricultural Plant Pest Control. This category includes commercial applicators using or supervising the use of restricted use pesticides or State restricted pesticide uses in production of agr…

This category includes any certified applicator who uses or supervises the use of any restricted use pesticide or State restricted pesticide use in the production of an agricultural or forestry commodity on property owned, rented or otherwise under the control of him or his emplo…

Every applicant for commercial applicator certification shall demonstrate a practical knowledge of the principles and practices of pest control and the safe use of pesticides based upon satisfactory passing of a written examination with a score of seventy (70) percent, and, as ap…

(1) A private applicator must demonstrate a practical knowledge of pest problems and pest control practices associated with his agricultural operations, the proper storage, use, handling and disposal of pesticides and containers and his legal responsibility to prevent unreasonabl…

In order to insure that certified commercial pesticide applicators continue to meet the needs of changing technology necessary for the safe and effective use of pesticides, they shall be subject to recertification and licensing requirements as follows: (a) Commercial Pesticide Ap…

Commercial Certified Applicators employed by State, Municipal, or other governmental agencies shall be exempt from the annual license fee for pesticide application activities conducted in the normal course of their employment. They shall, however, be subject to the same requireme…

In order to insure that certified private pesticide applicators continue to meet the needs of changing technology necessary for the safe and effective use of pesticides, they shall be subject to continuing certification and recertification as follows: (a) All private pesticide ap…

There shall be no fee required for a certified private applicator's license.

Every licensed pesticide contractor shall maintain true and accurate records of all pesticide applications performed as a part of his business operations. Every licensed commercial pesticide applicator not employed by or otherwise acting for a licensed pesticide contractor shall …

All records of pesticide application required by these regulations shall include the following information: (a) Date and time of application; (b) Name of person for whom applied; (c) Location of application site; (d) Crop or target to which applied; (e) Acreage, size of area trea…

All records required for pesticide application shall be maintained for a period of two (2) years.

The Commissioner or his designated agent shall be permitted to inspect records during normal business hours at the place where they are maintained and upon request in writing, shall be furnished a copy of such records.

Uncertified persons may apply restricted use pesticides or pesticides with State restricted uses only if they are under the direct supervision of a certified applicator. Such direct supervision shall require that the uncertified person carry out all applications under specific in…

No uncertified person may lawfully apply, under any circumstances, any restricted use pesticide or any State restricted pesticide uses when the label for such pesticide or pesticide use or other restrictions imposed by the Commissioner require application only by a certified appl…

Certified private applicators may supervise uncertified persons in the application of restricted use pesticides or State restricted pesticide uses only as a "private applicator" as defined in the Act and its regulations. Certified commercial applicators may supervise uncertified …

(1) The Commissioner may waive all or any part of the examination requirements for certification for any person who is currently certified under another State Plan approved under Section 4, FIFRA, provided; that such certification shall be limited to such application activities c…

Any individual, company, corporation or other business entity desiring to engage in the business of applying pesticides to the lands of another within this State shall secure a Pesticide Contractor's License. Granting of such license shall be conditioned on satisfactory proof of …

Proof of financial responsibility by the applicant for a Pesticide Contractor's license must be evidenced and furnished to the Commissioner of Agriculture by certification of liability insurance, by copy of an appropriate surety bond, or by certificate of deposit for a cash depos…

Liability Insurance policies may include pollution exclusions or other exclusions only to the extent that they are not inconsistent with O.C.G.A. 2-7-103, and shall be in the following minimum limits, including coverage for legal damages arising from the use of chemicals, dusting…

Surety Bonds shall be in the following minimum amounts, to cover legal damages arising from the use of chemicals, dusting powders and the like, employed by the principal in his regular business operations: (a) Aerial Contractors Minimum Bond $50,000 Maximum Deductible $1,000 (b) …

(1) Cash deposits may be made in any bank of applicant's choice. Certificate of Deposit shall be made payable jointly to the depositor and the Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture; shall be endorsed by depositor and shall be maintained in the custody of the Commissioner of Agricul…

Surety Bonds, liability insurance, and cash deposits shall not apply to damages or injury to agricultural crops, plants, or land being worked upon by the pesticide contractor.

(1) Commercial Application - Means application of a pesticide by a Pesticide Contractor or his employee. (2) Landscape - Means any maintained areas of turf, trees, shrubs or other ornamental plants, indoors or outdoors. This term does not include: (a) rights-of-way, either public…

All applications of pesticides to landscapes, whether commercial or noncommercial, and whether to residential or nonresidential properties, with the exception of applications made by the homeowner to the landscape at his own single-family residence, shall be subject to the follow…

(1) No provision of this rule shall apply to applications involving injections of pesticides directly into plants, nor to applications made by the homeowner to the landscape at his single-family residence. (2) No posting shall be required of any plants in interior landscapes whic…

"Dimension Lumber" means lumber that is at least two inches in nominal thickness and up to but not including five inches in nominal thickness and two inches or more in width. This includes any: 2 × (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, etc.) 3 × (3, 4, 5, 6, 8 etc.) 4 × (4, 5, 6, 8, etc.) It does n…

All dimension lumber stamped to designate its grade must be inspected and grade stamped only by an agency currently accredited by the American Lumber Standard Committee, or by an organization participating in a bonafide grade stamping supervisory program administered by any such …