(1) All applications for licenses,
certification and employee registration shall be made on the appropriate form
required by the Commission and submitted to the Secretary, Structural Pest
Control Commission, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Capitol Square, Atlanta,
Georgia 30334.
(2) All licenses,
certifications, employee registrations, and research fees, shall be for a
period of two (2) years or fraction thereof and shall expire on June 30 in each
odd numbered year. The two (2) year fee must be submitted, by check, money
order or electronic fund transfer, with the application in the appropriate
amount based upon the following:
Company License
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$100.00
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Research Fee per Company License
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$70.00
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Operator Certification
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$100.00
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Employee Registration
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$10.00
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Duplicate Registration Card
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$10.00
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Duplicate License (Sub Office)
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$10.00
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If an application and fee for renewal of any license,
certification or employee registration is not received by the Secretary on or
before its expiration date, the above fees shall double and shall be paid
before a renewal is issued. No Company License shall be issued or renewed for
any license period until the research fee has been paid, and the research fee
shall not be subject to any late penalty. In no case shall a certification or
license be renewed after more than ninety (90) days from the June 30 expiration
date without reexamination or reapplication, nor shall any license be renewed
or reissued within the two (2) year license period without payment of the
double fee. When the research fees collected for any two year license period
amount to $90,000, the Secretary shall forward such amount to the Chairman of
the Entomology Division of the University of Georgia, covering $45,000 for each
of the two fiscal years within that license period.
(3) Application for certification examination
shall be submitted to the Secretary. An examination fee of forty five (45)
dollars per category shall be required each time an examination is taken. If
applicant fails part or all of the initial examination, he may retake the
failed part(s) of the examination, upon reapplication and payment of another
forty (45) dollars per category fee. If applicant fails the second examination,
he may not subsequently retake the examination until one full year has elapsed
since the examination was last taken. The payment of all examination fees shall
be by check, money order or electronic fund transfer.
(4) Before being approved for taking the
examination, the applicant must provide the Commission with satisfactory
evidence of his or her qualifications including one of the following:
(a) Two (2) years of actual service
experience as an employer, employee or owner-operator in the Structural Pest
Control category(ies) in which certification is sought. One (1) year shall have
been within the last five (5) years. Specialized category training under
university or college supervision may be substituted for practical experience
at the ratio of one year of training for one-fourth year experience. Applicants
for examination in the category of fumigation shall submit a list, with the
application for examination, of at least 6 fumigation treatments in which the
applicant participated.
(b) A
degree from a recognized College or University with advanced training or a
major in entomology, sanitary or public health engineering, or related subjects
and one (1) year of actual service experience within the last five years under
appropriate supervision in the category(ies) in which certification is
sought.
(5) Any person
whose certification has previously been suspended or canceled for any reason
other than failure to earn the required hours of recertification training
credit shall apply in person to the Commission before he or she may retake the
examination.
(6) Applicants shall
demonstrate competency in the use and handling of pesticides as determined by
an appropriate and written examination, covering standards set forth in Title
40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Paragraphs 171.4(b), 171.4(c)(7), and
171.6, as applicable by scoring a grade of at least seventy (70%) on the
general section and each category section in which certification is
sought.
(7) All licenses shall be
displayed in a conspicuous place in the licensed office and the duplicate in
the sub-office. All operators and employees shall carry their certification and
registration cards on their person at all times when they are soliciting or
performing pest control.
(8) A
person who has passed the examination(s) must apply for and complete the
requirements for certification within ninety (90) days of the date he or she is
notified of passing the examination(s), otherwise, reexamination will be
required.
Notes
Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 620-3-.01
O.C.G.A. Secs.
43-45-8, 43-45-9, 43-45-10.
Original Rule entitled
"Certification Procedures and Qualifications" adopted. F. and eff.
June 30, 1965.
Repealed:
New Rule of same title adopted. F. Oct. 25,
1966; eff. Nov. 13, 1966.
Amended:
F. Feb. 5, 1969; eff.
Feb. 24, 1969.
Amended:
F. Dec. 31, 1970; eff.
Jan. 20, 1971.
Amended:
ER. Rule 620-3-0.1-.01(5) was filed and effective on
June 13, 1973, to remain in
effect for 120 days or until the effective date of a permanent Rule covering
the same subject matter is adopted, as specified by the Agency.
Amended:
F. Jan. 10, 1974; eff.
Jan. 30, 1974.
Amended:
F. Jan. 23, 1979; eff.
Feb. 12, 1979.
Amended:
F. Dec. 21, 1981; eff.
Jan. 10, 1982.
Repealed:
New Rule entitled "Qualifications and Procedures" adopted. F.
Feb. 14, 1985; eff.
Mar. 6, 1985.
Amended:
F. June 14, 1991; eff.
July 4, 1991.
Amended:
F. Mar. 17, 1995; eff.
Apr. 6, 1995.
Repealed:
New Rule of same title adopted. F. June 4,
1997; eff. July 1, 1997, as specified by the Agency.
Amended:
F. Oct. 3, 2000; eff.
Nov. 1, 2000, as specified by
the Agency.
Amended:
F. Jan. 6, 2003; eff.
Feb. 1, 2003, as specified by the
Agency.
Repealed:
New Rule of same title adopted. F. Feb. 27,
2007; eff. Mar. 19, 2007.
Amended:
F. Mar. 11, 2014; eff.
Mar. 31, 2014.