Applications for a Certified Commercial Applicator License, Certified Noncommercial Applicator License, Certified Public Operator License, Certified Private Applicator License, Certified Provisional Private Applicator License, Pesticide Dealer License, or Noncertified Restricted

Use Pesticide (RUP) Applicator License PURPOSE: This rule determines what personal and professional information will be required of an applicant for a commercial applicator’s license. This rule is necessary to provide the information needed by the state to administer an effective regulatory program as required by Chapter 281, RSMo 1986, and still protect the privacy of the individual applicant. (1) Applications for a certified commercial applicator license, certified noncommercial applicator license, certified public operator license, certified private applicator license, certified provisional private applicator license, noncertified RUP applicator license, or pesticide dealer license will be furnished by the Bureau of Pesticide Control, Missouri Department of Agriculture. (2) Applications shall be either typed or clearly printed in ink. (3) A clear full-face, head and shoulder photograph of the applicant, taken within the preceding twelve (12) months of the date of application shall be attached to the application. (4) Applications are valid for eighteen (18) months from the date received by the director. If a license is not issued within eighteen (18) months from the date received by the director, all documents pertaining to that application may be destroyed. (5) If a license expires for more than one (1) year, all documents pertaining to that license may be destroyed. (6) Applications may contain the following: (A) Name, including any other names under which the applicant has been known; (B) Last four (4) digits of Social Security number; (C) Date of birth; (D) Name and private applicator license number of immediate family member if requesting a certified provisional private applicator license; (E) Residential address (no PO Box accepted); (F) Business/farm name and business/farm address from which pesticides will be used; (G) Business/farm mailing address; (H) Categories in which the applicant requests a license; (I) List of present and past employers for the three (3) years prior to application; (J) List of all present and past pesticide licenses, permits, certifications, and registrations; (K) Explanation of any violation of the statutes of Missouri, any state or protectorate of the United States, or of the federal government which resulted in the denial, suspension, revocation, or modification of a pesticide license, permit, certification, or registration, or issuance of a civil penalty; (L) Explanation of any criminal prosecution, whether or not sentence was imposed, in which the applicant was found guilty, entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or is subject to criminal prosecution under the laws of any state or of the United States, for the following: 1. Offenses reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of professions regulated under this chapter; 2. Offenses an essential element of which is fraud, dishonesty, or an act of violence; and 3. Offenses involving moral turpitude; and (M) Private applicators must attest they are a producer of agricultural commodities as defined in the Act. (7) Any applicant who willfully makes a false statement in an application may be subject to the provisions of section 281.060, RSMo. AUTHORITY: section 281.035, RSMo Supp. 2024.* Original rule filed May 12, 1976, effective Oct. 21, 1976. Amended: Filed Sept. 6, 1977, effective Dec. 11, 1977. Amended: Filed Aug. 14, 1989, effective Jan. 1, 1990. Amended: Filed May 15, 2024, effective Jan. 1, 2025. *Original authority: 281.035, RSMo 1974, amended 1977, 1988, 2019, 2021.