CDFA Nursery and Seed Law In-Service
Training Questions and Answers
What are the four primary duties of the Nursery, Seed, and Cotton Program? - Answer-i.) Seed
Regulation (incl. Seed law enforcement)
ii.) Industrial Hemp Program
iii.) Nursery Licensing (incl nursery cleanliness inspection and regulation)
Iv.) Nursery Registration & Certification Programs
(incl. Nematode certification/ disease-specific testing & inspection programs)
What is FAC? - Answer--California Food & Agriculture Code
-it is laws passed by legislature
What is the CCR? - Answer--California Code of Regulations
-it is regulations followed by department
What is FAC 6721? - Answer--"it is unlawful, for any person...to sell nursery stock unless such person
holds a valid license"
DEFINITIONS:
-person (FAC 38): "Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any
organized group of persons whether incorporated or not."
, -Sell (FAC 44):"Includes offer for sale, expose for sale, possess for sale, exchange, barter, or trade."
What is the definition of Nursery Stock (FAC 5005)? - Answer--any plant for planting, propagation, or
ornamentation
What is the definition of Decorative Plants (FAC 53303)? - Answer-"Indoor plants which are commonly
grown and sold in movable containers, and which are not adapted for cultivation out of doors..."
What is the definition of a Pest (FAC 5006)? - Answer--Anything dangerous or detrimental to the
agricultural industry
-infectious, transmissible, or contagious diseases (viruses, fungi, etc.)
-forms of animal life (insects)
-forms of vegetable life (noxious weeds)
What are the Licensing Fees for Nurseries? - Answer-For each nursery:
-a minimum license fee of no more than $180 (FAC 6723 a)
-an acreage fee of no more than $900 (FAC 6723 c,2,A)
-only charged for land-use above and beyond one acre
What is the definition of Plant (FAC 5007)? - Answer-"Includes any part of a plant, tree, plant product,
shrub, vine, fruit, vegetable, seed, bulb, stolon, tuber, corm, pip, cutting, bud, graft, or fruit pit."
What are the four Licensing Periods (FAC 6724-6726) - Answer--January-December
-April-March
-July-June
-October-September
Training Questions and Answers
What are the four primary duties of the Nursery, Seed, and Cotton Program? - Answer-i.) Seed
Regulation (incl. Seed law enforcement)
ii.) Industrial Hemp Program
iii.) Nursery Licensing (incl nursery cleanliness inspection and regulation)
Iv.) Nursery Registration & Certification Programs
(incl. Nematode certification/ disease-specific testing & inspection programs)
What is FAC? - Answer--California Food & Agriculture Code
-it is laws passed by legislature
What is the CCR? - Answer--California Code of Regulations
-it is regulations followed by department
What is FAC 6721? - Answer--"it is unlawful, for any person...to sell nursery stock unless such person
holds a valid license"
DEFINITIONS:
-person (FAC 38): "Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company, or any
organized group of persons whether incorporated or not."
, -Sell (FAC 44):"Includes offer for sale, expose for sale, possess for sale, exchange, barter, or trade."
What is the definition of Nursery Stock (FAC 5005)? - Answer--any plant for planting, propagation, or
ornamentation
What is the definition of Decorative Plants (FAC 53303)? - Answer-"Indoor plants which are commonly
grown and sold in movable containers, and which are not adapted for cultivation out of doors..."
What is the definition of a Pest (FAC 5006)? - Answer--Anything dangerous or detrimental to the
agricultural industry
-infectious, transmissible, or contagious diseases (viruses, fungi, etc.)
-forms of animal life (insects)
-forms of vegetable life (noxious weeds)
What are the Licensing Fees for Nurseries? - Answer-For each nursery:
-a minimum license fee of no more than $180 (FAC 6723 a)
-an acreage fee of no more than $900 (FAC 6723 c,2,A)
-only charged for land-use above and beyond one acre
What is the definition of Plant (FAC 5007)? - Answer-"Includes any part of a plant, tree, plant product,
shrub, vine, fruit, vegetable, seed, bulb, stolon, tuber, corm, pip, cutting, bud, graft, or fruit pit."
What are the four Licensing Periods (FAC 6724-6726) - Answer--January-December
-April-March
-July-June
-October-September
