Section 250-RICR-40-15-2.11 - Private Applicator Certification ProcedureA. Each person engaged in the application of any "restricted use" or "state limited use" pesticide as a private applicator shall possess a valid private applicator certificate issued by the Director, except that a person who is applying a restricted-use or limited use pesticide under the direct supervision of an appropriately certified applicator shall not be required to possess such a certificate.B. Application for certification shall be filed with the Department on forms supplied by the Department, and shall contain such information as the Director shall require.C. A fee of $20.00 shall be charged prior to the issuance of the initial certification document and at the time of each annual renewal or re-certification thereafter.D. A certification document shall be valid for a period beginning with the actual date of issuance and ending on December 31st, unless it has been revoked or suspended prior thereto by the Director for cause.E. Competence in the use and handling of pesticides by private applicators who wish to become certified shall be determined primarily on the basis of written examinations. Oral examinations and performance testing may be utilized in conjunction with, and not in lieu of, written examinations. Such examinations and testing shall be based upon standards set forth in § 2.13 of this Part.F. A person shall not be determined certifiable as a private applicator until such person passes the required examinations as provided by § 2.11(E) of this Part.G. Any person who has failed to renew their private certification within a year of their certification expiration date shall regain their certification solely by reexamination. Such re-examination shall include the required core exam and commodity exams for which certification was previously held. Persons who have failed to renew their private certification beyond one year of their certification expiration date shall regain their certification by both attending the private core training course and taking the exam for the private core and commodity exams for which certification was previously held.H. No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be eligible for certification as a private applicator.I. Private applicators shall cooperate with the Department requests to observe spraying operations, to inspect equipment, to inspect pesticide related records, to inspect pesticide storage area and to conduct pesticide related sampling.J. The Director may deny certification or may suspend, revoke, or otherwise modify a certification once issued for reasons including the following: 1. That the applicant made a false or misleading statement in the application for certification;2. That the applicant or certificate holder has violated any provisions of the RIPCA or regulations promulgated thereunder;3. That the applicant or certificate holder uses or applies a pesticide, excluding pesticides for which an EPA experimental use permit had been issued, which as not been duly registered under the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-25-6.250 R.I. Code R. 250-RICR-40-15-2.11