Miss. Code § 69-23-105
The purpose of Sections 69-23-101 through 69-23-135 is to provide a means for the state certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides required under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and to regulate in the public interest the use and application of restricted use pesticides, except as the application of restricted use pesticides is regulated under Sections 69-19-1 through 69-19-15 or 69-21-101 through 69-21-128, and to designate the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce as the agency responsible for administering a plan for certification of applicators of restricted use pesticides and to cooperate with the United States Environmental Protection Agency as provided for in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and for other purposes.
Miss. Code § 69-23-105