Indiana Code 15-16-5-55. Exemptions from licenses
(1) A farmer who applies pesticides for the farmer’s own use or with ground equipment or manually for the farmer’s neighbors if:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 15-16-5-55
- equipment: means any type of ground, water, or aerial apparatus or contrivance using motorized, mechanical, or pressurized power to apply any pesticide. See Indiana Code 15-16-5-13
- person: means any individual, partnership, association, fiduciary, corporation, or any organized group of persons whether incorporated or not. See Indiana Code 15-16-5-23
- pesticide: means :
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- private applicator: means a certified and permitted applicator who uses or supervises the use of restricted use pesticides for purposes of producing any agricultural commodity on property owned, rented, or managed by the employer or the applicator, if applied without compensation on the property of another person. See Indiana Code 15-16-5-30
- property: means all:
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- use: means an act of handling, releasing, or exposing individuals or the environment to a pesticide. See Indiana Code 15-16-5-36
(B) the farmer is not engaged in the business of applying pesticides for hire and the farmer does not publicly profess to be a pesticide business;
(C) the farmer operates the farmer’s pesticide application equipment only in the vicinity of the farmer’s own property and for the accommodation of the farmer’s neighbors without any compensation; and
(D) the farmer is certified as a private applicator if the farmer uses restricted use pesticides.
(2) A veterinarian who uses pesticides as an incidental part of the veterinarian’s practice, if the veterinarian is not regularly engaged in or does not profess to be engaged in the business of using pesticides for hire.
(3) Research personnel applying general use pesticides only to bona fide experimental plots.
(4) A person who uses general use pesticides for purposes of disinfecting or sanitizing.
[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3.6-10.]
As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.91-2020, SEC.23; P.L.29-2024, SEC.46.