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Any person applying for a certificate as a commercial applicator shall pay to the department an initial nonrefundable certificate fee of $100 $25. All certificates shall expire on June 30 in the second year after issuance unless suspended or revoked for cause. A certificate not suspended or revoked for cause will be renewed upon receipt of an application for renewal submitted by June 30. If the certificate is not renewed within 60 days following the expiration of the certificate, then such certificate holder shall be required to take another examination. The fee for this reexamination or for any commercial applicator reexamination pursuant to subsection C of § 3.2-3930 of the Code of Virginia shall be $100 $25 and shall be nonrefundable. Any person applying to add a category or subcategory to his certificate shall pay to the department a nonrefundable fee of $35 $25. Federal, state, and local government employees certified to use, or supervise the use of, pesticides in government programs shall be exempt from any certification fees.
Any person applying for a certificate as a registered technician shall pay to the department an initial nonrefundable certificate fee of $50 $25. All certificates shall expire on June 30 in the second year after issuance unless suspended or revoked for cause. A certificate not suspended or revoked for cause will be renewed upon receipt of an application for renewal submitted by June 30. If the certificate is not renewed within 60 days following the expiration of the certificate, then such certificate holder shall be required to take another examination. The fee for this reexamination pursuant to subsection C of § 3.2-3930 of the Code of Virginia shall be $50 $25 and shall be nonrefundable. Federal, state, and local government employees certified to use pesticides in government programs shall be exempt from any certification fees.
Any pesticide business that distributes, stores, sells, recommends for use, mixes, or applies pesticides shall pay a nonrefundable annual pesticide business licensing fee of $150 $75 for each location or outlet that it operates. All business licenses will expire at midnight on March 3l of each year unless suspended or revoked for cause. If a business license is not suspended or revoked for cause, it will be renewed upon payment of the annual fee. If any person operating as a pesticide business fails to apply for renewal of a pesticide business license by COB March 31 the applicant, as a condition of renewal, shall pay a late license fee of 20% of the licensing fee in addition to that fee. Merchants of limited quantities of nonrestricted use pesticides including grocery stores, convenience stores, drug stores, veterinarians, and other businesses that sell pesticides primarily for limited household use shall be exempt from the business license requirement.
Application for Virginia Pesticide Business License to sell, distribute, store, apply, or recommend pesticides for use, VDACS-07209 (rev. 7/2019)
Application for Reciprocal Pesticide Applicator Certificate/Commercial Pesticide Applicator Categories, VDACS-07210 (rev. 7/2019)
Applicator Change of Information (rev. XX/XXXX)
Commercial Pesticide Applicator Certification Application/Eligibility Requirements for Commercial Applicator Certification, VDACS-07211 (rev. 7/2019)
Instruction for Completing the Application for Registered Technician Certification (rev. XX/XXXX)
Pesticide Registered Technician Application/General Training Requirements for Registered Technicians, VDACS-07212A (rev. 7/2019)
Pesticide Registered Technician Request for Authorization to Take Pesticide Applicator Examination, VDACS-07212B (rev. 7/2019)
Commercial Pesticide Applicator Request for Authorization to Take Pesticide Applicator Examination/Commercial Pesticide Applicator Categories, VDACS-07218 (rev. 7/2019)
Request to Take the Virginia Pesticide Business License Examination (rev. XX/XXXX)