This text of New Mexico § 76-4-17 (Commercial pesticide applicator license) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
A.It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of applying pesticides at any time to land not owned or occupied by him without a commercial pesticide applicator license issued by the department. The commercial pesticide applicator shall pay an annual prescribed fee for each license issued. Should any apparatus fail to pass inspection making it necessary for an additional inspection to be made, the department shall require a prescribed inspection fee. In addition to the required inspection, additional inspections may be made to determine if equipment is properly calibrated and maintained in conformance with the Pesticide Control Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
B.Application for a license shall be on a form provided by the department.
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A. It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business of applying pesticides at any time to land not owned or occupied by him without a commercial pesticide applicator license issued by the department. The commercial pesticide applicator shall pay an annual prescribed fee for each license issued. Should any apparatus fail to pass inspection making it necessary for an additional inspection to be made, the department shall require a prescribed inspection fee. In addition to the required inspection, additional inspections may be made to determine if equipment is properly calibrated and maintained in conformance with the Pesticide Control Act and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. B. Application for a license shall be on a form provided by the department. C. The department shall not issue a commercial pesticide applicator license until the applicant has passed an examination to demonstrate his knowledge of how to apply pesticides under the classification or classifications he has applied for, and his knowledge of the nature and effect of pesticides he may apply. The department shall charge the prescribed examination fee for the initial examination and other examinations needed to qualify the applicant to apply pesticides. D. The department shall renew any applicant's license under the classification for which the applicant is certified; provided that the applicant's license is not under a suspension or revocation order and he has met the provisions of the Pesticide Control Act. E. The department shall not issue a commercial applicator license if it has been determined that: (1) the applicant has been convicted within the last five years of a felony involving fraud; (2) the applicant has had revoked within the last two years a previous license authorized by the Pesticide Control Act; (3) the applicant has been unable to satisfactorily fulfill the certification requirements; or (4) [the applicant] has had any pesticide application or a license denied, revoked or suspended in any state in the last five years. F. All applicants for a commercial applicator license shall meet at least one of the following requirements prior to being issued a license and shall file proof of compliance as specified by the department: (1) documentation of two years of pesticide application experience in the category or related category for which application is being made; or (2) documentation of one year of pesticide application experience in the category or related category for which application is being made and not less than twenty college credit hours in biological or agricultural sciences.