NAC555.613. Licensed primary principal commercial applicators: Fields; categories.  


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  •      1. The fields of licensed primary principal commercial applicators are:

         (a) Aerial—The use of aircraft on standing or running water, rangeland or cropland.

         (b) Agricultural ground—The use of ground equipment on rangeland, cropland or animals.

         (c) Urban structural—The use of ground equipment in urban areas and in, on or around structures.

         2. The categories of licensed primary principal commercial applicators are:

         (a) Aerial:

              (1) Insecticides—The application of insecticides, miticides and acaricides.

              (2) Herbicides—The application of herbicides and plant regulators.

              (3) Desiccants and defoliants—The application of desiccants and defoliants.

              (4) Fungicides and bactericides—The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides.

         (b) Agricultural ground:

              (1) Insecticides—The application of insecticides, miticides and acaricides.

              (2) Herbicides—The application of herbicides and plant regulators.

              (3) Desiccants and defoliants—The application of desiccants and defoliants.

              (4) Fungicides and bactericides—The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides.

              (5) Rodenticides—The application of rodenticides.

         (c) Urban and structural:

              (1) Ornamental and turf—The control of insects, weeds, vertebrates and plant diseases and the use of plant regulators on ornamentals and turf in urban areas, including, without limitation, fruit trees in urban areas if the fruit trees are not used for commercial purposes.

              (2) Industrial and institutional—The control of insects and vertebrates in, on or around industrial complexes, institutional complexes and dwelling units.

              (3) Structural—The control of wood-destroying pests, inspection for wood-destroying pests and inspection for conditions conducive to infestations of wood-destroying pests.

              (4) Fumigation—The use of poisonous and lethal fumigants.

              (5) Aquatic—The control of insects, weeds and vertebrates in aquatic areas that are used or are intended for use in and around industrial complexes, institutional complexes and dwelling units.

              (6) Right-of-way—The control of weeds in the maintenance of rights-of-way, including, without limitation, public roads, power lines, pipelines and railway rights-of-way.

              (7) Preservation of wood—The application of pesticides directly to wood or wood products that are not a part of a habitable structure to prevent or control the degradation of the wood or wood product by a wood-destroying organism, including, without limitation, a fungus or bacterium.

     (Added to NAC by Dep’t of Agriculture by R147-03, eff. 1-22-2004)