Section 20-2303. COMMERCIAL APPLICATORS: DETERMINATION OF COMPETENCY

 

2303.1To be certified as competent in the use and handling of pesticides, each applicant shall meet the requirements of this section.

 

2303.2An applicant for certification shall pass a written examination (and, where appropriate, a practical examination) administered by the District Department of the Environment (Department) in each category or subcategory for which the applicant seeks to be certified.

 

2303.3The required examinations and testing shall be based upon the standards set forth in § 2304.

 

2303.4The required examinations and testing shall include the general standards applicable to all categories and the additional standards specifically identified for each category or subcategory, if any, in which an applicator is to be certified.

 

2303.5Examinations shall be administered at least six (6) times a year at locations and times designated and announced by the Department.

 

2303.6To become certified in any category or subcategory, each applicant shall be required to pass the following separate written examinations:

 

(a) A general, core examination; and

 

(b) A category examination which shall be specific to the category(ies) or subcategory(ies) described in § 2301 of this chapter, and which, when applicable, may include a practical examination.

 

2303.7A passing score for any examination shall consist of a total correct score equal to or exceeding seventy percent (70%) of the total points on the examination as graded by the Department.

 

2303.8The Department shall notify in writing each applicant who takes an examination of the results of the examination on a pass-fail basis.

 

2303.9An applicant who fails the general core or category examination, or, when applicable, the practical examination, may not reapply to take that examination until thirty (30) days after the date of the last failed examination. 

 

2303.10An applicant who fails the general core or category examination, or, when applicable, the practical examination, three (3) consecutive times, shall wait one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of the last failed examination before re-applying to take the examination.

 

2303.11The Department shall notify in writing each applicant who has successfully completed the requirements for certification, stating the category(ies) or subcategory(ies) in which competency has been demonstrated.

 

2303.12A certified applicator who elects to add one (1) or more category(ies) or subcategory(ies) to an existing certification shall be required to take only the examination for the new category(ies) or subcategory(ies) for which certification is desired.

 

2303.13An applicator who has any part of his or her certification revoked shall retake the examination in the category(ies) or subcategory(ies) for which the applicator seeks to be recertified.

 

 

authority

Section 12(a) of the Pesticide Operations Act of 1977, effective April 18, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-70; D.C. Official Code § 8-411(a) (2013 Repl.)); Section 11(a) of the Pesticide Education and Control Amendment Act of 2012, effective October 23, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-191; D.C. Official Code § 8-440(a) (2013 Repl.)); Section 103(b)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of the District Department of the Environment Establishment Act of 2005, effective February 15, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-51; D.C. Official Code § 8-151.03(b)(1)(B)(ii)(II) (2013 Repl.)); the Brownfields Revitalization Amendment Act of 2010 (Brownfields Act), effective April 8, 2011 (D.C. Law 18-369; D.C. Official Code §§ 8-631.01 et seq. (2013 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-47, dated April 15, 1998, as amended by Mayor’s Order 2006-61, dated June 14, 2006.

source

The Pesticide Operations Act of 1977, effective April 18, 1978 (D.C. Law 2-70; 24 DCR 6867 (February 17, 1978)); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 3044 (October 6, 1978), incorporating the text of the Proposed Rulemaking published at 25 DCR 2118 (August 25, 1978); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 30 DCR 2204, 2205 (May 13, 1983); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 3340 (March 20, 2015).