Are ground maintenance persons exempt from licensing?
Grounds maintenance persons are exempt from licensing requirements as a commercial pesticide applicator, as provided under chapter
17.21 RCW, only if they perform ground maintenance on an occasional basis not amounting to a regular occupation. Exempted persons shall only perform pesticide applications to the grounds of residential dwellings and shall only use home and garden products.
[Statutory Authority: Chapters
17.21, 15.58,
34.05 RCW. WSR 03-22-029, § 16-228-1585, filed 10/28/03, effective 11/28/03. Statutory Authority: Chapters
15.54, 15.58 and
17.21 RCW. WSR 99-22-002, § 16-228-1585, filed 10/20/99, effective 11/20/99.]