OAR 603-057-0180: Pesticide License Equivalency Provision

A commercial applicator, noncommercial applicator as described in ORS 634.006(8), or public applicator licensed pursuant to ORS 634.122 in the subcategory Agriculture-Herbicide, or in the subcategory Agriculture-Insecticide/Fungicide, or in the category Forest Pest Control, shall be eligible to be licensed as a Private applicator to purchase, use, and/or supervise the use of any pesticide, classified by the department as a restricted-use or highly toxic pesticide, for the purpose of producing agricultural commodities or forest crops on land owned or leased by the licensee or licensee’s immediate employer. An application and fee payment for such private applicator license must be made separately from the application and fee payment for the commercial, noncommercial, or public pesticide applicator license. The certification date of the private applicator license will be consistent with that of the commercial, noncommercial, or public pesticide applicator license.