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217B.530 Examinations for licenses.
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Applicator licensing examinations for commercial structural pest control and
commercial structural fumigation shall be given the second Tuesday in May
and the second Tuesday in November unless such date shall be a holiday. In
such case the examination shall be given on the third Tuesday of that month.
Manager licensing examinations shall be administered by the department as
needed.
An applicant shall be allowed to take two (2) consecutive licensing
examinations but if the applicant has not passed the licensing examination
after two (2) attempts he must then wait one (1) year and must complete and
pass a training course approved by the department before reapplying to take
the examination one (1) more time. If the applicant does not pass the
examination the third or subsequent time, he shall have to wait two (2) years
and complete and pass an additional training course approved by the
department before reapplying to take the examination.
License testing fees shall be fifty dollars ($50) for each examination each time
the examination is taken.
Written examinations shall be given to all qualified applicants. No oral
examinations shall be given.
The commercial structural pest control examination shall consist of no less
than two hundred sixty (260) written questions and no less than forty (40)
identification specimens. The commercial structural fumigation examination
shall consist of no less than eighty (80) written questions and no less than
twenty (20) identification specimens. The manager's licensing examination
shall consist of no less than ninety (90) written questions and no less than ten
(10) identification specimens.
The licensing examination shall be a timed examination. Five (5) hours shall be
allowed for the commercial structural pest control examination and two (2)
hours for the commercial structural fumigation examination. Timing for the
manager's licensing examinations shall be set by regulation.
The applicant must achieve a grade of at least 70% correct on the written
questions and at least 70% correct on the identification to pass the licensing
examination. The license applicant must take and pass the entire examination
to become licensed.
The commercial structural pest control and the commercial structural
fumigation examination shall also serve as the examination necessary to fulfill
federal commercial pesticide applicator certification requirements, including
industrial, institutional, structural and health related pest control.
Effective:June 17, 1978
History: Created 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 7, effective June 17, 1978.
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