143-449. Qualifications for pesticide dealer license; examinations.
(a) An applicant for a license must present evidence satisfactory to the Board concerning his qualifications for such license.
(b) Each applicant shall satisfy the Board as to his responsibility in carrying on the business of a pesticide dealer. Each applicant for an original license must demonstrate upon written, or written and oral, examination to be prescribed by the Board his knowledge of pesticides, their usefulness and their hazards; his competence as a pesticide dealer; and his knowledge of the laws and regulations governing the use and sale of pesticides. A nonrefundable fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be charged for each examination required by this section. This examination fee is in addition to any fee authorized pursuant to any other provision of Article 4C of Chapter 106 of the General Statutes.
(c) The Board shall by regulation:
(1) Designate what persons or class of persons shall be required to pass the examination in the case of a pesticide dealer operating more than one location, and in the case of an applicant that is a corporation, governmental unit or agency, or other organized group;
(2) Provide for license renewal by completion of continuing certification credit requirements as prescribed by the Board or reexaminations at intervals not more frequent than four years. (1971, c. 832, s. 1; 1975, c. 425, s. 4; 2010-31, s. 11.1(c); 2015-263, s. 29(a).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions
§ 143-436 - North Carolina Pesticide Board; creation and organization.
§ 143-437 - Pesticide Board; functions.
§ 143-438 - Commissioner of Agriculture to administer and enforce Article.
§ 143-440 - Restricted use pesticides regulated.
§ 143-441 - Handling, storage and disposal of pesticides.
§ 143-443 - Miscellaneous prohibited acts.
§ 143-446 - Samples; submissions.
§ 143-447 - Emergency suspensions; seizures.
§ 143-448 - Licensing of pesticide dealers; fees.
§ 143-449 - Qualifications for pesticide dealer license; examinations.
§ 143-450 - Employees of pesticide dealers; dealer's responsibility.
§ 143-451 - Denial, suspension and revocation of license.
§ 143-452 - Licensing of pesticide applicators; fees.
§ 143-453 - Qualifications for pesticide applicator's license; examinations.
§ 143-454 - Solicitors, salesmen and operators; applicator's responsibility.
§ 143-455 - Pest control consultant license.
§ 143-456 - Denial, suspension and revocation of license.
§ 143-458 - Rules and regulations concerning methods of application.
§ 143-459 - Reporting of shipments and volumes of pesticides.
§ 143-461 - General powers of Board.
§ 143-462 - Procedures for revocations and related actions affecting licenses.
§ 143-463 - Adoption and publication of rules.
§ 143-464 - Procedures concerning registration of pesticides.
§ 143-465 - Reciprocity; intergovernmental cooperation.
§ 143-466 - Records; information; inspection; enforcement.
§ 143-467 - Financial responsibility.
§ 143-468 - Disposition of fees and charges.
§ 143-470.1 - Report of minor violations in discretion of Board or Commissioner.