NV Pesticide App Exam |157 Questions and Answers
The State of Nevada defines a "pesticide" (NRS 555.267) as: - -1. "any substance or mixture
of substances, including any living organisms or any product derived therefrom, or any
fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, nematicide or rodenticide, intended to prevent, destroy,
control, repel, attract or mitigate any insect, rodent, nematode, snail, slug, fungus and weed
and any other form of plant or animal life or virus, except virus on or in living man or other
animals, which is normally considered to be a pest or which the Director declares to be a
pest." 2. "any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used as a plant regulator,
defoliant, or desiccant, and any other substances intended for that use as are named by the
Director by regulation." Each pesticide is different and must be judged on the basis of its
chemical composition and its label content and do not include any "new animal drugs."
-Certified Applicator - -any individual who is authorized (trained and/or tested for
competency in the safe and effective handling and use of pesticides) to use or supervise the
use of any pesticide that is classified as restricted use.
-"Under the Direct Supervision of a Certified Applicator - -unless otherwise prescribed by
its labeling, a restricted use pesticide may be applied by a competent person acting under
the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is available if and when needed,
even though such certified applicator may not be physically present at the time and place
the pesticide is applied.
-Immediate supervision - -supervision by a licensed applicator who is present and
responsible for a person applying a pesticide for pest control.
-Label - -the written, printed, or graphic matter on, or attached to, the pesticide, container,
device or wrapper.
-"To Use Any Registered Pesticide in a Manner Inconsistent with its Labeling" - -to use any
pesticide in a manner not permitted by the labeling, provided that the term shall not
include:
a) Applying a pesticide at any dosage, concentration or frequency less than that listed on
the labeling.
b) Applying a pesticide against any target pest not on the labeling if the application is to a
crop, animal, or site that is listed.
c) Use any equipment or method of application that is not prohibited by the labeling.
d) Mix a pesticide or pesticides with a fertilizer, if the labeling does not prohibit the
mixture.
-General Use Pesticide: - -a pesticide, when applied in accordance with its directions for
use, warnings and cautions and for the uses for which it is registered, which will not
generally cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
, -Restricted Use Pesticide - -a pesticide, when applied in accordance with its directions for
use, warnings and cautions and for the uses for which it is registered, may generally cause,
without additional regulatory restrictions, unreasonable adverse effects on the
environment, including injury to the applicator. Restricted Use pesticide packaging and
labels are clearly distinguishable from general use pesticides by a text box stating
"Restricted Use" displayed prominently on the front panel.
-"Pest control" - -means publicly holding oneself out as being in the business of detecting,
preventing, controlling or exterminating pests or otherwise engaging in, advertising or
soliciting for:
a) The use for hire of pesticides or mechanical devices for the extermination, control or
prevention of infestations of pests.
b) The inspection for hire of households or other structures and the submission of reports
of inspection, estimates or bids, written or oral, for the inspection, extermination, control
or prevention of wood-destroying pests.
-"Primary principal" - -a principal who has been designated by a pest control business as
the person responsible for the daily supervision of each category of pest control.
-"Principal" - -an owner, officer, partner, member or technician of a pest control business
who has qualified by examination in one or more categories of pest control.
-"Location Principal" - -the primary principal at a business location of a pest control
business or a principal who has been designated by a primary principal as the person
responsible for the daily supervision of the category or categories of pest control
performed at a business location of the pest control business.
-"Operator" - -a) Is licensed pursuant to NAC 555.360; and b) Applies a pesticide without
the immediate supervision of a principal.
-Agent - -any person who solicits business on behalf of a custom pest control licensee.
-The Federal Worker Protection Standard: - -EPA has revised its regulations governing
worker protection from agricultural pesticides. The scope of standards includes
farm/ranch, forest, nursery and greenhouse workers. This proposal expands requirements
for training, warnings about applications, personal protective equipment and re-entry
restrictions and adds new provisions for decontamination, emergency medical duties, and
training.
-The Federal Worker Protection Standard, Protections Include - -Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) (handlers only). Display and exchange of information; emergency
assistance. Notification of handlers and workers about pesticide applications. Providing a
decontamination site for workers and handlers. Pesticide safety training for agricultural
workers and handlers.
, -Commercial Applicator Information Exchange - -Pesticide application information must
be shared between the commercial applicator and the client/grower within twenty-four
(24) hours prior to the pesticide application. Information to be shared includes: date and
time of the application, specific location, Restricted Entry Interval (REI), notification
method (posting or oral warning), EPA registration number and active ingredient of
pesticide(s) to be applied. The grower, in turn, must provide the commercial applicator
information regarding any REIs that are in effect within ¼ mile of the scheduled pesticide
application target site, (pertains only to grower's establishment).
-Types and Kinds of Nevada Pest Control Licenses: - -Aerial
Agricultural Ground
Urban Structural
-Aerial - -The use of aircraft for the application of pesticides on standing or running water,
agricultural crops, rangeland, forest, idle cropland and noncropland associated with the
production of agricultural crops.
-Agricultural Ground - -The use of ground equipment for the application of pesticides on
livestock, rangeland, agricultural crops, idle cropland and noncropland associated with the
production of agricultural crops.
-Urban Structural - -The use of ground equipment for the application of pesticides in
urban areas and in, on or around structures.
-Categories of Aerial - -(1) Insect pests—The application of insecticides, miticides and
acaricides.
(2) Weeds—The application of herbicides and plant regulators.
(3) Desiccants and defoliants—The application of desiccants and defoliants.
(4) Fungi pests—The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides
-Categories of Agricultural Ground - -(1) Insect pests—The application of insecticides,
miticides and acaricides.
(2) Weeds—The application of herbicides and plant regulators.
(3) Desiccants and defoliants—The application of desiccants and defoliants.
(4) Fungi pests—The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides.
(5) Vertebrate pests--The application of various substances on agricultural ground for the
control of vertebrate pests, including, without limitation, the use of fumigants for
burrowing rodents. This category does not include the control of vertebrate pests in, on or
around industrial complexes, institutional complexes, dwelling units or other structures
designed for use by humans, or on ornamentals or turf in, on or around such structures.
-Categories of Urban and Structural - -(1) Limited landscape—The control of insect pests,
vertebrate pests and plant diseases and the use of plant regulators on ornamentals and turf
in urban areas, including, without limitation, fruit trees in urban areas if the fruit trees are
not used for commercial purposes.
The State of Nevada defines a "pesticide" (NRS 555.267) as: - -1. "any substance or mixture
of substances, including any living organisms or any product derived therefrom, or any
fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, nematicide or rodenticide, intended to prevent, destroy,
control, repel, attract or mitigate any insect, rodent, nematode, snail, slug, fungus and weed
and any other form of plant or animal life or virus, except virus on or in living man or other
animals, which is normally considered to be a pest or which the Director declares to be a
pest." 2. "any substance or mixture of substances intended to be used as a plant regulator,
defoliant, or desiccant, and any other substances intended for that use as are named by the
Director by regulation." Each pesticide is different and must be judged on the basis of its
chemical composition and its label content and do not include any "new animal drugs."
-Certified Applicator - -any individual who is authorized (trained and/or tested for
competency in the safe and effective handling and use of pesticides) to use or supervise the
use of any pesticide that is classified as restricted use.
-"Under the Direct Supervision of a Certified Applicator - -unless otherwise prescribed by
its labeling, a restricted use pesticide may be applied by a competent person acting under
the instructions and control of a certified applicator who is available if and when needed,
even though such certified applicator may not be physically present at the time and place
the pesticide is applied.
-Immediate supervision - -supervision by a licensed applicator who is present and
responsible for a person applying a pesticide for pest control.
-Label - -the written, printed, or graphic matter on, or attached to, the pesticide, container,
device or wrapper.
-"To Use Any Registered Pesticide in a Manner Inconsistent with its Labeling" - -to use any
pesticide in a manner not permitted by the labeling, provided that the term shall not
include:
a) Applying a pesticide at any dosage, concentration or frequency less than that listed on
the labeling.
b) Applying a pesticide against any target pest not on the labeling if the application is to a
crop, animal, or site that is listed.
c) Use any equipment or method of application that is not prohibited by the labeling.
d) Mix a pesticide or pesticides with a fertilizer, if the labeling does not prohibit the
mixture.
-General Use Pesticide: - -a pesticide, when applied in accordance with its directions for
use, warnings and cautions and for the uses for which it is registered, which will not
generally cause unreasonable adverse effects on the environment.
, -Restricted Use Pesticide - -a pesticide, when applied in accordance with its directions for
use, warnings and cautions and for the uses for which it is registered, may generally cause,
without additional regulatory restrictions, unreasonable adverse effects on the
environment, including injury to the applicator. Restricted Use pesticide packaging and
labels are clearly distinguishable from general use pesticides by a text box stating
"Restricted Use" displayed prominently on the front panel.
-"Pest control" - -means publicly holding oneself out as being in the business of detecting,
preventing, controlling or exterminating pests or otherwise engaging in, advertising or
soliciting for:
a) The use for hire of pesticides or mechanical devices for the extermination, control or
prevention of infestations of pests.
b) The inspection for hire of households or other structures and the submission of reports
of inspection, estimates or bids, written or oral, for the inspection, extermination, control
or prevention of wood-destroying pests.
-"Primary principal" - -a principal who has been designated by a pest control business as
the person responsible for the daily supervision of each category of pest control.
-"Principal" - -an owner, officer, partner, member or technician of a pest control business
who has qualified by examination in one or more categories of pest control.
-"Location Principal" - -the primary principal at a business location of a pest control
business or a principal who has been designated by a primary principal as the person
responsible for the daily supervision of the category or categories of pest control
performed at a business location of the pest control business.
-"Operator" - -a) Is licensed pursuant to NAC 555.360; and b) Applies a pesticide without
the immediate supervision of a principal.
-Agent - -any person who solicits business on behalf of a custom pest control licensee.
-The Federal Worker Protection Standard: - -EPA has revised its regulations governing
worker protection from agricultural pesticides. The scope of standards includes
farm/ranch, forest, nursery and greenhouse workers. This proposal expands requirements
for training, warnings about applications, personal protective equipment and re-entry
restrictions and adds new provisions for decontamination, emergency medical duties, and
training.
-The Federal Worker Protection Standard, Protections Include - -Personal Protective
Equipment (PPE) (handlers only). Display and exchange of information; emergency
assistance. Notification of handlers and workers about pesticide applications. Providing a
decontamination site for workers and handlers. Pesticide safety training for agricultural
workers and handlers.
, -Commercial Applicator Information Exchange - -Pesticide application information must
be shared between the commercial applicator and the client/grower within twenty-four
(24) hours prior to the pesticide application. Information to be shared includes: date and
time of the application, specific location, Restricted Entry Interval (REI), notification
method (posting or oral warning), EPA registration number and active ingredient of
pesticide(s) to be applied. The grower, in turn, must provide the commercial applicator
information regarding any REIs that are in effect within ¼ mile of the scheduled pesticide
application target site, (pertains only to grower's establishment).
-Types and Kinds of Nevada Pest Control Licenses: - -Aerial
Agricultural Ground
Urban Structural
-Aerial - -The use of aircraft for the application of pesticides on standing or running water,
agricultural crops, rangeland, forest, idle cropland and noncropland associated with the
production of agricultural crops.
-Agricultural Ground - -The use of ground equipment for the application of pesticides on
livestock, rangeland, agricultural crops, idle cropland and noncropland associated with the
production of agricultural crops.
-Urban Structural - -The use of ground equipment for the application of pesticides in
urban areas and in, on or around structures.
-Categories of Aerial - -(1) Insect pests—The application of insecticides, miticides and
acaricides.
(2) Weeds—The application of herbicides and plant regulators.
(3) Desiccants and defoliants—The application of desiccants and defoliants.
(4) Fungi pests—The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides
-Categories of Agricultural Ground - -(1) Insect pests—The application of insecticides,
miticides and acaricides.
(2) Weeds—The application of herbicides and plant regulators.
(3) Desiccants and defoliants—The application of desiccants and defoliants.
(4) Fungi pests—The application of fungicides, bactericides and nematicides.
(5) Vertebrate pests--The application of various substances on agricultural ground for the
control of vertebrate pests, including, without limitation, the use of fumigants for
burrowing rodents. This category does not include the control of vertebrate pests in, on or
around industrial complexes, institutional complexes, dwelling units or other structures
designed for use by humans, or on ornamentals or turf in, on or around such structures.
-Categories of Urban and Structural - -(1) Limited landscape—The control of insect pests,
vertebrate pests and plant diseases and the use of plant regulators on ornamentals and turf
in urban areas, including, without limitation, fruit trees in urban areas if the fruit trees are
not used for commercial purposes.
