Nevada Revised Statutes 555.300 – Examination and qualifications of applicant for license as applicator or business license
1. If an applicant for a license as an applicator is a primary principal or principal of a pest control business, the Director may require the applicant to show, upon examination, that the applicant possesses adequate knowledge concerning the proper use and application of pesticides and the dangers involved and precautions to be taken in connection with their application.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 555.300
- Control: means to cut, destroy or eradicate established noxious weed populations in order to prevent:
(a) The spread, maturation and dispersal of any propagative part of the noxious weed; and
(b) The reproduction and spread of the noxious weed. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005
- Director: means the Director of the Department. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005
- person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039
- Pest: means any form of animal or vegetable life detrimental to the crops, horticulture, livestock, public health, wildlife, quality of water and beneficial uses of land in this State, including, without limitation, any insect, snail, nematode, fungus, virus, bacterium, microorganism, mycoplasma, weed, parasitic plant or any other plant that is normally considered to be a pest of cultivated plants, uncultivated plants, agricultural commodities, horticultural products or nursery stock, or that the Director declares to be a pest. See Nevada Revised Statutes 555.005
2. If an applicant for a business license is not a natural person, the applicant shall designate an officer, member or technician of the business entity to take the examination. The person so designated is subject to the approval of the Director. If the extent of the applicant’s operations require it, the Director may require more than one officer, member or technician to take the examination.
3. An applicant described in subsection 1 or the person designated by an applicant for a business license in accordance with the provisions of subsection 2 must have attained the age of majority and have:
(a) Not less than 2 years’ practical experience in pest control; or
(b) Possess university credits of not less than 16 credit hours in biological sciences of which not less than 8 credit hours must be in subjects directly related to the categories of pest control in which the applicant wishes to be licensed and have 6 or more months of practical experience in pesticide application or related pest control.
4. The requirements of subsection 3 do not apply to persons holding a license issued by the Director before July 1, 1973, or to the renewal of the license of any such person.