La. Admin. Code tit. 7 § XXIII-729

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XXIII-729 - Agricultural Consultants

A. No person shall be licensed as an agricultural consultant unless such person:

1. is currently certified as an agricultural consultant; or

2. employs a person currently certified as an agricultural consultant.

B. No person shall make pesticide recommendations for a fee unless:

1. his/her name is listed on the application for agricultural consultant license; or

2. if employed after issuance of the agricultural consultant license, the licensee has notified the commissioner in writing within 30 days after the first day of such employment. Notification of employment after the license is issued shall include the name, address, and certificate number of agricultural consultants employed by the licensee.

C. All applicants for agricultural consultant licenses shall complete the application form prescribed by the commissioner and pay the fee required prior to issuance of the license.

D. Each application for agricultural consultant license shall include the name, address, and certificate number of all certified agricultural consultants and the name and address of all field scouts employed by the applicant when the application for license is filed.

E. Each licensed agricultural consultant shall register every field scout employed under his/her license with the commissioner within 30 days after the first day of the scout's employment.

F. Reserved.

G. Agricultural consultant licenses shall be valid until December 31 following date of issue and shall be renewed annually by filing the application form prescribed by the commissioner, together with the fee required prior to December 31 of each year. A late fee of $50 shall be imposed on any applicant filing application for renewal of an agricultural consultant license after December 31.

H. Any person whose license or required certification has been suspended or revoked may be required to appear before the commission prior to issuance of a new license or certification. No agricultural consultant license shall be reinstated after suspension or revocation unless the applicant for reinstatement has complied fully with all requirements of this Rule.

I. The commissioner may deny an agricultural consultant license or certification to any person who:

1. fails to demonstrate knowledge of pesticides necessary for the safe and efficacious use thereof;

2. fails or has previously failed to comply with any requirement of these regulations and/or the pesticides statutes; and/or

3. has previously been adjudged, in a properly conducted adjudication procedure, to have violated any provisions of the pesticides statutes and/or these regulations.

La. Admin. Code tit. 7, § XXIII-729

Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 9:188 (April 1983), amended LR 10:195 (March 1984), amended by Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 37:3477 (December 2011).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3203 and R.S. 3:3246.