2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 2. Agriculture
§2-3-82. Applicator's license required - Categories of pesticide application.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to act, operate, or do business or advertise as a commercial, noncommercial, certified applicator, temporary certified applicator, service technician, or private applicator unless the person has obtained a valid applicator's license issued by the State Board of Agriculture for the category of pesticide application in which the person is engaged, unless the person is applying to their own property.

B. A license may be issued by the Board in any category of pesticide application if the applicant qualifies and the applicant is limited to the category of pesticide application named on the license. The Board may establish categories of pesticide application as necessary. Licenses shall be issued upon application to the Board on a form prescribed by the Board. The application shall contain information regarding the applicant's qualifications, proposed operations, and other information as specified by the Board.

C. 1. An aerial license shall not be issued or be valid unless the applicant files with the Board a copy of a valid document issued by the Federal Aviation Administration showing that the person is qualified to operate or supervise the operation of an aircraft conducting agricultural operations. Applicants for an aerial license and pilots working under a license may be subject to a complete and thorough background examination.

2. The Board shall promulgate rules regarding aerial applicators and applications consistent with federal law and shall solicit the assistance of the Federal Aviation Administration in the enforcement of this subsection.

D. Each business location shall require a separate license and separate certified applicator except that a certified applicator for a noncommercial business location may also serve as the certified applicator for one commercial business location.

E. A license shall not be issued for the category of pesticide application of any applicant or representative who has a temporary certification.

Added by Laws 1961, p. 2, § 2, operative July 1, 1961. Amended by Laws 1965, c. 298, § 1; Laws 1965, c. 509, § 1, emerg. eff. July 20, 1965; Laws 1968, c. 105, § 1, emerg. eff. April 1, 1968; Laws 1970, c. 111, § 1; Laws 1977, c. 98, § 5; Laws 1984, c. 156, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1984; Laws 1986, c. 285, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1986; Laws 2000, c. 367, § 11, emerg. eff. June 6, 2000; Laws 2002, c. 383, § 2, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2003, c. 410, § 1; Laws 2004, c. 109, § 1; Laws 2005, c. 42, § 1, eff. July 1, 2005; Laws 2011, c. 287, § 1; Laws 2017, c. 239, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2021, c. 391, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021; Laws 2023, c. 72, § 11, eff. Nov. 1, 2023.

NOTE: A former § 3-82 of this title was repealed by Laws 1961, p. 3, § 7, operative July 1, 1961