§ 143-453. Qualifications for pesticide applicator's license; examinations. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 143‑453. Qualifications for pesticide applicator's license; examinations.

(a)        An applicant for a license must present satisfactoryevidence to the Board concerning his qualifications for a pesticide applicatorlicense.  The contractor and each pilot involved in aerial application ofpesticides shall be licensed.

Those qualifications, in the case of a pilot, shall include at least125 hours and one year's flying experience as a pilot in the field of aerialpesticide application.  A pilot lacking 125 hours and one year's experience asa pilot in the field of aerial pesticide application shall be licensed as anapprentice aerial pesticide applicator pilot.  All aerial applications ofpesticides by a licensed apprentice shall be conducted under the direct supervisionof a licensed pesticide applicator pilot.  The supervising pilot, whiledirectly supervising an apprentice, shall operate out of the same airstrip asthe apprentice and shall be available periodically throughout each day toprovide advice and assistance to the apprentice.

(b)        Each applicant shall satisfy the Board as to his knowledgeof the laws and regulations governing the use and application of pesticides inthe classifications he has applied for (manually or with various equipment thathe may have applied for a license to operate), and as to his responsibility incarrying on the business of a pesticide applicator.  Each applicant for anoriginal license must demonstrate upon written, or written and oral,examination to be prescribed by the Board his knowledge of pesticides, theirusefulness and their hazards; his competence as a pesticide applicator; and hisknowledge of the laws and regulations governing the use and application ofpesticides in the classification for which he has applied.

(c)        The Board shall by regulation:

(1)        Designate what persons or class of persons shall be requiredto pass the examination in the case of an applicant that is a corporation orgovernmental unit or agency;

(2)        Provide for license renewal examinations at intervals notmore frequent than four years, or more frequently if found by the Board to berequired to be necessary in order to qualify North Carolina's State pesticidecontrol plan for federal approval. (1971, c. 832, s. 1; 1973, c. 389, s. 4; 1975, c. 425, ss. 5, 9; 1977,c. 1125; 1985, c. 163.)