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2002 Florida Code
TITLE XXXII REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 487 PESTICIDES  
487.161   Exemptions, nonagricultural pest control and research.

487.161  Exemptions, nonagricultural pest control and research.--

(1)  Any person duly licensed or certified under chapter 482, or under the supervision of chapter 388, is exempted from the licensing provisions of this chapter.

(2)  The use of the antibiotic oxytetracycline hydrochloride for the purpose of controlling lethal yellowing is exempted from the licensing provisions of this chapter.

(3)  The personnel of governmental, university, or industrial research agencies are exempted from the provisions of this chapter when doing applied research within a laboratory, but shall comply with all the provisions of this chapter when applying restricted-use pesticides to experimental or demonstration plots.

History.--s. 12, ch. 74-247; s. 6, ch. 75-178; s. 1, ch. 77-174; s. 14, ch. 79-210; s. 2, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 15, ch. 82-167; ss. 30, 37, ch. 92-115; s. 23, ch. 94-233; s. 30, ch. 2000-154.

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