Section 0080-09-02-.03 - LICENSE CATEGORIES(1) Agricultural - Ground Equipment (AGE). An AGE license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control agricultural pests other than by fumigation. This license is not applicable to control of pests covered under other specific license categories. Certification required: Agricultural Pest Control (C01). Alternative requisites to experience/education: HLT license, HRI license, WEC license, or certification through the Certified Crop Advisor program offered by the American Society of Agronomy.(2) Aquatic Pest Control (APC). An APC license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control aquatic plants or algae. Certification required: Aquatic Pest Control (C05).(3) Bird Control (BDC). A BDC license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control birds. Certification required: Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health-Related Pest Control (C07).(4) Forest Pest Control (FPC). An FPC license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control tree pests and diseases in locations used for preservation of forest lands or production of timber and related products. Certification required: Forest Pest Control (C02).(5) Fumigation - Soil (FUS). An FUS license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control pests by soil fumigation. Certification required: Agricultural Pest Control (C01).(6) Fumigation - Structural (FUM). An FUM license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control pests by fumigation on sites other than soil. A FUM or WDO license is also required for any person who makes a custom application of pesticides for control of wood destroying beetles. Certification required: Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health-Related Pest Control (C07).(7) General Pest and Rodent Control Pesticide License (GRC). A GRC license is required for any person who directly supervises or applies pesticides at sites covered under T.C.A. § 6221-124 (e.g. buildings used for food preparation, human lodging, religious instruction, or education) and any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control pests generally known to invade a structure. This category includes control of pests both in and around structures, e.g. fire ants, fleas, and ticks in residential and commercial lawns. Certification required: Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health-Related Pest Control (C07).(8) Horticulture - Interior (HRI). An HRI license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control plant pests in the interior of non-agricultural settings such as conservatories, shopping malls, and the like. An HRI license is not required for applications in greenhouses. Certification required: Ornamental and Turf Pest Control (C03). Alternative requisites to experience/education: AGE license, HLT license, or WEC license.(9) Horticulture - Lawn and Turf (HLT). An HLT license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control pests in non-agricultural landscape not immediately associated with a structure, e.g. disease in residential and commercial lawns; pests or disease in institutional gardens; and fire ants, fleas, and ticks in parks, athletic fields, and golf courses. This category does not include applications for control of pests in or around structures. Certification required: Ornamental and Turf Pest Control (C03). Alternative requisites to experience/education: AGE license, HRI license, WEC license, or certification through the Certified Crop Advisor program offered by the American Society of Agronomy.(10) Microbial Pest Control (MPC). An MPC license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control microorganisms, including specific bacteria or viruses. Certification required: Microbial Pest Control (C14).(11) Mold Remediation (MRC). An MRC license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control mold and fungus in structures. Certification required: Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health-Related Pest Control (C07) or Microbial Pest Control (C14).(12) Pest Control Consultant (PCC). A PCC license is required for any person who supervises demonstrations of pesticide products or consultations for the use of pesticides. A PCC license does not authorize private or custom applications of pesticide for which another certification or license is required. Certification required: Demonstration, Research, and Regulatory Pest Control (C10).(13) Public Health Mosquito Control (PHMC). A PHMC license is required for any person who supervises pesticide applications to control mosquitoes on public land or public waters. Certification required: Public Health Pest Control (C08). Alternative requisites to experience/education: GRC license.(14) Weed Control - Right-of-Way Industrial (WEC). A WEC license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control plants on industrial sites and rights-of-way (e.g. highways, transmission lines, drainage ditches, etc.). Certification required: Right-of-Way Pest Control (C06). Alternative requisites to experience/education: AGE license, HLT license, or HRI license.(15) Wood Destroying Organisms (WDO). A WDO license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for wood destroying organism inspections or custom pesticide applications to control termites, wood borers, carpenter bees, carpenter ants, or decay in structures. A WDO or FUM license is also required for any person who makes a custom application of pesticides for control of wood destroying beetles. Certification required: Industrial, Institutional, Structural, and Health-Related Pest Control (C07). Experience/education prerequisites for WDO are: (a) Masters or doctoral degree in entomology; and certificate from the Tennessee Apprentice Termite Technician School offered by the department;(b) One year of full-time work experience that required C07 certification; and a baccalaureate degree with a major or minor in a related course of study; or,(c) Two years of full-time work experience that required C07 certification.(16) Wood Preservatives (WPC). A WPC license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications to control damaging effects of pests or weather on wood in non-structural applications (e.g. insects, fungi, marine borers, etc. in pole or cross tie treatments and wood manufacture or distribution). Certification required: Wood Preservatives (C11).(17) Special Pesticide License (SPC). An SPC license is required for any person who supervises branch operations for custom pesticide applications in situations and methods not covered under any other license category. Applicants for an SPC license are subject to examination and qualification requirements as determined by the department, upon advice of the Pest Control Advisory Board, for each SPC license that is issued.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0080-09-02-.03
Original rule filed April 1, 2016; effective June 30, 2016. Emergency rules filed April 7, 2020; effective through October 4, 2020. Emergency rules expired effective October 5, 2020, and the rules reverted to their previous statuses. Amendments filed September 27, 2021; effective 12/26/2021.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-203, 43-1-703, 43-8-106, 43-8-113, 43-8-302, and 62-21-118.