Title 49

NRS 555.2657 “Non-private applicator” defined. “Non-private applicator” means: 1. A natural person who is employed by a city, county, state or other governmental agency, including, without limitation, a conservation district or a weed control district, who: (a) Is licensed to app…

NRS 555.266 “Person” defined. “Person” includes a government, a governmental agency and a political subdivision of a government. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1253; A 1985, 526)

NRS 555.2667 “Pest control” defined. “Pest control” means conducting, as a function of the agency, in the case of a city, county, state or other governmental agency, or publicly holding oneself out as being in the business of detecting, preventing, controlling or exterminating pe…

NRS 555.267 “Pesticide” defined. “Pesticide” includes, without limitation: 1. Any substance or mixture of substances, including any living organisms or any product derived therefrom or any fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, nematocide or rodenticide, intended to prevent, destroy,…

NRS 555.2675 “Plant regulator” defined. “Plant regulator” means any substance or mixture of substances intended through physiological action to accelerate or retard the rate of growth or maturation, or otherwise to alter the behavior of plants, but does not include substances ins…

NRS 555.2677 “Primary principal” defined. “Primary principal” means a principal who has been designated by a pest control business as the person responsible for the daily supervision of each category of pest control. (Added to NRS by 2013, 1325)

NRS 555.2679 “Principal” defined. “Principal” means an owner, officer, partner, member or technician of a pest control business who has qualified by examination in one or more categories of pest control. (Added to NRS by 2013, 1325)

NRS 555.2681 “Private applicator” defined. “Private applicator” means an applicator who is certified to apply or supervise the application of any restricted-use pesticide for purposes of producing any agricultural commodity on property owned or rented by the applicator or the app…

NRS 555.2683 “Restricted-use pesticide” defined. “Restricted-use pesticide” means any pesticide, including any highly toxic pesticide, which: 1. The Director has found and determined, after a hearing, to be: (a) Injurious to persons, pollinating insects, bees, animals, crops or l…

NRS 555.2685 “Snails or slugs” defined. “Snails or slugs” include all harmful mollusks. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1253)

NRS 555.2687 “Supervision” defined. “Supervision” of the application of a restricted-use pesticide by an authorized commercial applicator, certified non-private applicator or private applicator must be defined by regulation of the Director. (Added to NRS by 1975, 593; A 1993, 171…

NRS 555.269 “Weed” defined. “Weed” means any plant or part thereof which grows where not wanted. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1253)

NRS 555.2695 “Wildlife” defined. “Wildlife” means all living things that are neither human, domesticated nor pests, including but not limited to mammals, birds and aquatic life. (Added to NRS by 1971, 1253; A 2015, 3591)

NRS 555.270 Policy of this State; purpose of provisions. It is the policy of this State and the purpose of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, to regulate, in the public interest, the application of pesticides which, although valuable for the control of pests, may seriously injur…

NRS 555.273 Applicability of provisions concerning restricted-use pesticides. All state agencies, municipal corporations and public utilities or any other governmental agency are subject to the provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, and rules adopted thereunder concern…

NRS 555.277 Exemption from certain provisions for farmer-owners and gardeners. 1. The provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, relating to licenses and requirements for their issuance, except those provisions relating to a certificate or permit to use a restricted-use pe…

NRS 555.2777 Temporary exemption from licensure for applicator trainee: Regulations. 1. In accordance with the provisions of this section, the Director shall adopt regulations to authorize a natural person to train as an applicator to engage in pest control for a period of not le…

NRS 555.280 License as applicator required for natural person to engage in pest control; exception; business license required for natural person or business entity to operate as pest control business. 1. Except as otherwise provided in the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 555.…

NRS 555.285 License as applicator required for natural person to engage in certain activities concerning control of wood-destroying pests or organisms; exception. Except as otherwise provided in the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 555.2777, a natural person shall not engage i…

NRS 555.290 Application for business license or license as applicator. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupational and recreatio…

NRS 555.300 Examination and qualifications of applicant for license as applicator or business license. 1. If an applicant for a license as an applicator is a primary principal or principal of a pest control business, the Director may require the applicant to show, upon examinatio…

NRS 555.305 Petition to review criminal history to obtain license; requirements; fee; report. 1. The Director shall develop and implement a process by which a person with a criminal history may petition the Director to review the criminal history of the person to determine if the…

NRS 555.310 Fees established by regulation. 1. The Director shall collect from each person applying for examination or reexamination a testing fee established by regulation of the Director. 2. The Director shall, before the license or certificate is issued, collect from each pers…

NRS 555.320 Issuance, expiration and renewal of business license or license as applicator. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspending and restricting the professional, occupa…

NRS 555.322 Application for renewal of license required to include information relating to state business license; grounds for denial of renewal. 1. In addition to any other requirements set forth in this chapter, an applicant for the renewal of a license must indicate in the app…

NRS 555.325 Application for license: Statement by applicant concerning payment of child support; grounds for denial; duty of Director. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, suspend…

NRS 555.330 Proof of insurance required of applicant for business license; actions by injured persons; limitation of actions; investigations by Director. 1. The Director shall require from each applicant for a business license proof of public liability and property damage insuran…

NRS 555.345 Refusal to issue license as applicator; submission of fingerprints or other information for background check of applicant; fees. 1. The Director may refuse to issue a license as an applicator to any person who: (a) Is a primary principal, location principal or princip…

NRS 555.350 Suspension, revocation or modification of business license or license issued to applicator; background check required when disciplinary action initiated. 1. The Director may suspend, pending inquiry, for not longer than 10 days, and, after opportunity for a hearing, m…

NRS 555.3505 Suspension of license for failure to pay child support or comply with certain subpoenas or warrants; reinstatement of license. [Effective until the date of the repeal of 42 U.S.C. § 666, the federal law requiring each state to establish procedures for withholding, su…

NRS 555.3507 Primary principal required for licensee’s business. The holder of a business license shall ensure that the licensee’s business has a primary principal who is licensed as an applicator in the appropriate category or categories of pest control. (Added to NRS by 2003, 5…

NRS 555.351 Restricted-use pesticides: Certificate and permits required for use; exceptions. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person shall not use: (a) Any restricted-use pesticide within this State at any time without a certificate issued by the Director except…

NRS 555.353 Restricted-use pesticides: Application for certificate. Application for a certificate must be made to the Director and contain such information regarding the applicant’s qualifications and proposed operations and other relevant matters as required pursuant to the regu…

NRS 555.355 Restricted-use pesticides: Qualifications and examination of applicant for certificate; fees established by regulation. 1. The Director may require the applicant to show, upon examination, that the applicant possesses adequate knowledge concerning the proper use and a…

NRS 555.357 Restricted-use pesticides: Issuance, expiration and renewal of certificates; regulations concerning validity and renewal; written explanation of denial. 1. If the Director finds that the applicant is qualified, the Director shall issue a certificate to make applicatio…

NRS 555.359 Restricted-use pesticides: Denial, suspension, revocation or modification of certificate. The Director may deny or suspend, pending inquiry, for not longer than 10 days, and, after opportunity for a hearing, may deny, revoke, suspend or modify any certificate issued u…

NRS 555.360 Judicial review of action of Director. 1. Any person aggrieved by any action of the Director may obtain a review thereof by filing in the district court of the county in which the person resides, within 30 days after notice of the action, a written petition praying th…

NRS 555.370 Inspection of equipment; repairs. The Director may provide for the inspection of any ground equipment or of any device or apparatus used for application of pesticides by aircraft, and may require proper repairs or other changes before its further use. [4:215:1955]—(NR…

NRS 555.380 Regulations of Director: Materials and methods for application. 1. The Director may, by regulation, prescribe materials or methods to be used and prohibit the use of materials or methods in custom application of pesticides, to the extent necessary to protect health or…

NRS 555.390 Regulations of Director: Records and reports of licensees and other applicators. 1. The Director may, by regulation, require any licensee or non-private applicator to maintain such records and furnish reports giving such information with respect to particular applicat…

NRS 555.400 Regulations of Director: General authority; limitations. 1. The Director may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive. The regulations must not be inconsistent with any regulations issued by this State or by the Federal Gover…

NRS 555.410 Publication of information regarding injuries from improper application and prevention of injuries. The Director may, in cooperation with the Nevada System of Higher Education, publish information regarding injury which may result from improper application or handling…

NRS 555.420 Authority of Director and inspectors to enter and inspect public or private premises. To carry out the provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460, inclusive, the Director and the Director’s appointed inspectors may enter upon any public or private premises at reasonable ti…

NRS 555.460 Violation of provisions: Criminal penalty; administrative fine. Any person violating the provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.420, inclusive, or the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to any criminal penalty, shall pay to th…

NRS 555.470 Enforcement by Director: Administrative fine; order to correct violation; request for action by district attorney; regulations. 1. The Director shall adopt regulations specifying a schedule of fines which may be imposed, upon notice and a hearing, for each violation o…

NRS 555.500 Legislative declaration. The Legislature declares that it is primarily the responsibility of each owner or occupier of land in this State to control rodents on his or her own land, but finds that in certain areas this responsibility can best be discharged through coop…