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217B.180 Exemptions from licensing or registration.
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The provisions of KRS 217B.020 to 217B.180 relating to licenses or registration
and requirements for their issuance shall not apply to any farmer owner of ground
equipment applying nonrestricted use pesticides for himself or his farmer neighbors
if he applies the pesticides for his farmer neighbors without compensation other
than trading of personal services.
The licensing or registration provisions of KRS 217B.020 to 217B.180 shall not
apply to any person using handpowered equipment, devices, or contrivances to
apply nonrestricted use pesticides to lawns, or to ornamental shrubs and trees not in
excess of twelve (12) feet high, as an incidental part of his activity of taking care of
his household lawn and yard or those of his neighbors, on the condition that the
person shall not publicly hold himself out as being in the business of applying
pesticides, and shall not accept compensation other than the trading of personal
services for the activity.
KRS 217B.020 to 217B.180 shall not apply to operators presently licensed and
regulated under the provisions of KRS 249.250 to 249.340 on June 17, 1978, except
that if required by EPA regulations the persons may be issued, without additional
fees or examination, an applicator's license to enable them to purchase and use
restricted use pesticides in accordance with the requirements of the Federal
Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972.
The registration provisions of KRS 217B.105 shall not apply to any noncommercial
applicator.
The licensing provisions of KRS 217B.080 shall not apply to any trainee.
Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 172, sec. 18, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended
1978 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 18, effective June 17, 1978; and ch. 145, sec. 2, effective
June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 148, sec. 17. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts
ch. 130, sec. 18.
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