N.J. Admin. Code § 7:30-6.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:30-6.4 - Licensing

(a) Within 12 months after a person has become fully certified and eligible to become licensed as a commercial pesticide applicator, the certified commercial pesticide applicator shall complete and file with the Department a license application, and shall include as integral part of the application the annual license fee of $ 80.00.

1. A fee not to exceed $ 10.00 may be charged for each additional duplicate license issued.

2. Any certified pesticide applicator who fails to file within the 12 month period will lose certification status and shall again become certified in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) The license year shall expire on October 31 of each calendar year.

(c) Applications for a new license will be accepted from certified commercial pesticide applicators throughout the calendar year but a full year's license fee will be required. All such licenses will expire on October 31 following the date of application, except that the Department may issue a license for an additional year when an application is initially filed during the last three months of the license year.

(d) The certification and license of a commercial pesticide applicator are not transferable.

(e) A commercial pesticide applicator shall notify the Department, in writing within 30 days, if he or she changes any information on his or her license application.

(f) A commercial pesticide applicator shall maintain his or her license on his or her person whenever pesticides are used.

(g) Rutgers University Cooperative Extension personnel who participate as instructors or in the preparation of subject matter for applicator certification and/or recertification training programs shall be exempt from the fee requirements as provided in (a) above and N.J.A.C. 7:30-6.5(a).

(h) No person shall be eligible for a license as a commercial pesticide applicator until reaching 18 years of age.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:30-6.4

Amended by R.1985 d.557, effective 11/4/1985.
See: 17 N.J.R. 242(b), 17 N.J.R. 2609(b).
Subsections (g) and (h) added.
Amended by R.1988 d.538, effective 11/21/1988.
See: 20 N.J.R. 579(a), 20 N.J.R. 2865(a).
Substantially amended.
Amended by R.1990 d.426, effective 8/20/1990.
See: 22 N.J.R. 1314(a), 22 N.J.R. 2571(a).
Registration fee increased from $ 30.00 to $ 75.00 at (a).
Recodified from N.J.A.C. 7:30-6.5 and amended by R.2001 d.427, effective 11/19/2001.
See: 33 N.J.R. 474(a), 33 N.J.R. 3956(b).
Rewrote the section. Former N.J.A.C. 7:30-6.4, Certification, recodified to N.J.A.C. 7:30-6.2.
Amended by R.2008 d.126, effective 5/19/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 5010(a), 40 N.J.R. 2451(b).
In the introductory paragraph of (a), substituted "$ 80.00" for "$ 75.00"; and in (e), deleted "or if he or she is no longer engaged in the application of pesticides" from the end.