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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 217B FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE USE AND APPLICATION
217B.530 Examinations for licenses.
Download pdfsecond 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. (2) 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. (3) License testing fees shall be fifty dollars ($50) for each examination each time the examination is taken. (4) Written examinations shall be given to all qualified applicants. No oral examinations shall be given. (5) 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. (6) 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. (7) 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. (8) 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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