Nevada Revised Statutes 555.280 – License as applicator required for natural person to engage in pest control; exception; business license required for natural person or business entity to operate as pest control business
1. Except as otherwise provided in the regulations adopted pursuant to NRS 555.2777, a natural person, including, without limitation, any consultant, demonstrator, researcher or specialist, shall not engage, for hire or for profit, in pest control or serve as an agent, operator, pilot, primary principal, location principal or principal for that purpose within this State at any time without a license as an applicator issued by the Director pursuant to NRS 555.320.
Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 555.280
- 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. A natural person or business entity shall not operate, for hire or for profit, as a pest control business within this State at any time without a business license issued by the Director pursuant to NRS 555.320.