Texas Pesticide Applicator General
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Restricted Pesticides - ✔✔Pesticides that require a license to legally work with
unsupervised
State-Limited Pesticides - ✔✔Pesticides that do not require a license to work with
unsupervised
License - ✔✔Legal permission to work with pesticides
Structure Pest Control - ✔✔Performing pest control on structures
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) - ✔✔Agency responsible for pesticide
applicator training, certification, and licensing in Texas
Texas Structural Pest Control Service (SPCS) - ✔✔Agency responsible for licensing pest
control employees in privately owned buildings
Texas A&M Agrilife Research - ✔✔Agency not responsible for pesticide applicator
training, certification, and licensing
Noncommercial License - ✔✔License required for performing pest control as an
employee of a privately owned building
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, Commercial License - ✔✔License required for working for hire on another person's
land with restricted or state-limited pesticides
Application Category - ✔✔Specific area or type of pest control
Texas Pesticide Law - ✔✔Law requiring pesticides used in Texas to be registered with
the TDA
Prior Notification - ✔✔Informing nearby residents or adjacent landowners before
pesticide application
County Commissioners Courts - ✔✔Government bodies that can set rules on pesticide
use
Spray Permit - ✔✔Permit required before using regulated herbicides with a commercial
applicator license
State-Limited-Use Pesticides - ✔✔Special fertilizer exempt from classification as state-
limited-use pesticides or regulated herbicides
Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act - ✔✔Act enforced by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - ✔✔Federal agency that regulates pesticides
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Agency (FIFRA) - ✔✔Full name and
acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides
Product Registration Number - ✔✔Number assigned by the EPA to a pesticide after
approval
Civil Penalties - ✔✔Penalties for unintentional violations of FIFRA
Criminal Penalties - ✔✔Penalties for intentional violations of FIFRA
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Study Guide Exam Questions and
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Restricted Pesticides - ✔✔Pesticides that require a license to legally work with
unsupervised
State-Limited Pesticides - ✔✔Pesticides that do not require a license to work with
unsupervised
License - ✔✔Legal permission to work with pesticides
Structure Pest Control - ✔✔Performing pest control on structures
Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) - ✔✔Agency responsible for pesticide
applicator training, certification, and licensing in Texas
Texas Structural Pest Control Service (SPCS) - ✔✔Agency responsible for licensing pest
control employees in privately owned buildings
Texas A&M Agrilife Research - ✔✔Agency not responsible for pesticide applicator
training, certification, and licensing
Noncommercial License - ✔✔License required for performing pest control as an
employee of a privately owned building
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, Commercial License - ✔✔License required for working for hire on another person's
land with restricted or state-limited pesticides
Application Category - ✔✔Specific area or type of pest control
Texas Pesticide Law - ✔✔Law requiring pesticides used in Texas to be registered with
the TDA
Prior Notification - ✔✔Informing nearby residents or adjacent landowners before
pesticide application
County Commissioners Courts - ✔✔Government bodies that can set rules on pesticide
use
Spray Permit - ✔✔Permit required before using regulated herbicides with a commercial
applicator license
State-Limited-Use Pesticides - ✔✔Special fertilizer exempt from classification as state-
limited-use pesticides or regulated herbicides
Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act - ✔✔Act enforced by the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - ✔✔Federal agency that regulates pesticides
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Agency (FIFRA) - ✔✔Full name and
acronym of the federal agency that regulates pesticides
Product Registration Number - ✔✔Number assigned by the EPA to a pesticide after
approval
Civil Penalties - ✔✔Penalties for unintentional violations of FIFRA
Criminal Penalties - ✔✔Penalties for intentional violations of FIFRA
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