The Nevada Department of
Agriculture (NDA) recently announced that per Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS)
Chapter 555, if any maintenance or management company bids or contracts for
golf course (or any landscape) maintenance, they are considered by the NDA
to be a pest control business. The business and all employees applying
pesticides must possess pest control licenses from the NDA.
The
business license fee is $250 annually and individual licenses (primary principal, location principal, principal and operator) are $50 annually.
Courses advertising (includes bidding
for maintenance that involves pesticide applications, i.e. third-party
management companies), soliciting for pesticide applications, or using power
equipment to make pesticide applications will need licenses
A brief presentation, FAQ sheet and
application are available in a PDF format Please email me at jjensen@gcsaa.org and I can
forward those documents
As is the case with most
regulations, they can be complex in the interpretation It is the intent of the NDA to work with each
golf facility to determine an individual course of licensure.
To begin the process, e-mail your
club name, address, contact name and phone to pco@agri.nv.gov A staff member
from the NDA will then contact you You
may also address any questions concerning the revised statute to the below:
Jay Steele, PCO Licensing
702-668-4561 or jay@agri.nv.gov
Scott Cichowlaz, Continuing
Education 702-668-4570 or scottc@agri.nv.gov
Ron Balsamo, Pest Control Program
manager 702-668-4574 or rbalsamo@agri.nv.gov
The above contacts have been very
helpful to the golf industry, including by providing education at the recent
Southern Nevada GCSA meeting held at Rhodes Ranch Golf Club in Las Vegas Don’t hesitate to reach out to them as they
are glad to assist and have made it a priority to work with golf courses
throughout the state
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