Nevada Revised Statutes 555.351 – Restricted-use pesticides: Certificate and permits required for use; exceptions
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, a person shall not use:
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 555.351
- 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
(a) Any restricted-use pesticide within this State at any time without a certificate issued by the Director except a person using any restricted-use pesticide under the supervision of an authorized commercial applicator who complies with the provisions of subsection 3, certified non-private applicator or private applicator; or
(b) Any neonicotinoid pesticide in violation of the requirements of NRS 586.600. Any person seeking to apply a neonicotinoid pesticide for commercial agricultural purposes must obtain a certificate of commercial agricultural use pursuant to NRS 586.600.
2. If the Director has adopted regulations requiring:
(a) A permit pursuant to NRS 586.403; or
(b) A special use permit pursuant to NRS 586.405, for a restricted-use pesticide, a person shall not use that pesticide without obtaining the required permit.
3. A person licensed as a commercial applicator and authorized to engage in pest control is authorized to use or supervise the use of a restricted-use pesticide without obtaining a certificate issued by the Director pursuant to NRS 555.357, if the person:
(a) Demonstrates that he or she satisfies the standards set forth in 40 C.F.R. § 171.103; and
(b) Otherwise complies with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter governing the use of restricted-use pesticides.
4. As used in this section, ‘commercial agricultural purposes’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 586.600.