Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.636.3 - Certification or registration categories and subcategories for commercial applicators

Rule 3.

(1) Agricultural pest management. All of the following are subcategories of pesticide application for commercial applicators pertaining to agricultural pest management:

(a) Field crops. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides for the production of field crops, such as any of the following:

(i) Cereal grains.

(ii) Feed grains.

(iii) Beans.

(iv) Soybeans.

(v) Sugarbeets.

(vi) Forage.

(b) Vegetable crops. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides for the production of vegetable crops, such as any of the following:

(i) Tomatoes.

(ii) Potatoes.

(iii) Snap beans.

(iv) Celery.

(v) Onions.

(vi) Cucurbits.

(vii) Cole crops.

(viii) Sweet corn.

(c) Fruit crops. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides for the production of tree fruit, such as any of the following:

(i) Apples.

(ii) Cherries.

(iii) Pears.

(iv) Peaches.

(v) Plums.

(vi) Nuts. This subcategory also includes small fruit crops, such as blueberries, strawberries, grapes, and raspberries.

(d) Livestock pest management. This subcategory includes all of the following entities:

(i) Applicators who use pesticides on animals, including any of the following:

(A) Cattle.

(B) Swine.

(C) Sheep.

(D) Horses.

(E) Goats.

(F) Other livestock.

(G) Poultry.

(ii) A person who uses pesticides on or in places where animals are confined.

(iii) Doctors of veterinary medicine who are engaged in the business of applying pesticides for hire, who publicly hold themselves out as pesticide applicators, or who are engaged in the use of pesticides aside from the normal practice of veterinary medicine.

(2) Forest pest management. The following are subcategories of pesticide application for commercial applicators pertaining to forest pest management and forest products preservation:

(a) Forest pest management. This subcategory includes commercial applicators who use, or supervise the use of, pesticides in any of the following areas:

(i) Forests.

(ii) Forest nurseries.

(iii) Christmas tree plantations.

(iv) Forest seed-producing areas. This subcategory does not include commercial applicators who use, or supervise the use of, pesticides for wood preservation of forest products.

(b) Forest products preservation. This subcategory of forest pest management includes commercial applicators who use, or supervise the use of, pesticides for preserving wood products.

(3) Turf grass, ornamental plants, and shade tree pest management. This category includes the following subcategories of pesticide application for applications pertaining to turf grass pest management and ornamental plants and shade tree pest management:

(a) Turf grass pest management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides to manage pests of turf grasses.

(b) Ornamental plants and shade tree pest management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides to manage pests of ornamental plants in exterior areas, such as evergreens, shrubs, and shade trees.

(4) Seed treatment. This category includes applicators who use pesticides on any of the following:

(a) Seeds.

(b) Corms.

(c) Tubers.

(d) Rhizomes.

(e) Stolons.

(f) Other plant parts used for propagation.

(5) Aquatic pest management. This category includes applicators who use pesticides which are applied to lakes, ponds, streams, marshes, or ditches and tributaries which flow into them or which are applied to surfaces that contact such bodies of water to manage aquatic pests. This category does not include applicators who engage in mosquito management. This category includes the following subcategories:

(a) Swimming pools. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides in maintaining public or private swimming pools to manage algae, bacteria, or other swimming pool pests.

(b) Microbial pest management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides in any of the following to manage bacteria, fungi, algae, or viruses:

(i) Cooling towers.

(ii) Air washers.

(iii) Evaporative condensers.

(iv) Pulp and paper mills.

(v) Sewer treatment.

(vi) Other applications.

(c) Sewer line pest management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides in sewer lines for root control.

(6) Right-of-way pest management. This category includes applicators who use pesticides in the maintenance of any of the following:

(a) Public roads.

(b) Ditch banks.

(c) Electric power lines.

(d) Pipelines.

(e) Railway rights-of-way.

(f) Parking lots.

(g) Tennis courts.

(h) Similar noncrop areas.

(7) Industrial, institutional, structural, and health-related pest management. This category includes the following subcategories:

(a) General pest management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides in, on, or around any of the following:

(i) Food-handling establishments.

(ii) Human dwellings.

(iii) Institutions, such as schools and hospitals.

(iv) Industrial establishments, including warehouses and grain elevators.

(v) Any other structure or adjacent areas, including public or private vehicles.

(vi) The treatment of areas or structures set forth in paragraphs (i) to (v) of this subdivision for indoor mosquito management.

(vii) The protection of stored, processed, or manufactured products. This subcategory does not include applicators who engage in the management of wood-destroying organisms as specified in subdivision (b) of this subrule.

(b) Wood-destroying organism management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides in, on, or around structures for the management of wood-destroying pests, such as any of the following:

(i) Termites.

(ii) Powder post beetles.

(iii) Carpenter ants.

(iv) Wood-destroying fungi.

(c) Reserved.

(d) Vertebrate pest management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides to manage vertebrate pests, such as birds, rats, or mice.

(e) Interior plant pest management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides in the maintenance of plants at inside locations, such as any of the following:

(i) Homes.

(ii) Offices.

(iii) Shopping malls.

(iv) Stores.

(v) Similar sites.

(f) Mosquito management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides to manage mosquitoes in an outside environment.

(g) Domestic animal pest management. This subcategory includes applicators who use pesticides to control pests associated with small domestic animals, such as cats and dogs.

(8) Public health pest management. This category includes state, federal, or other government employees who use pesticides in public health programs for the management of pests that have medical and public health importance, excluding mosquitoes.

(9) Regulatory pest management. This category includes state, federal, or other government employees who use pesticides in the management of regulated pests.

(10) Demonstration and research pest management. This category includes individuals who demonstrate to the public the proper use, and techniques of application of pesticides, who supervise the demonstrations, or who conduct field research with pesticides and, in so doing, use restricted-use pesticides.

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Mich. Admin. Code R. 285.636.3

1979 AC; 1991 AACS; 2002 AACS