Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 634 > General Provisions

• applicator: means an individual who:

  (a)(A) Is using, spraying or applying restricted-use or highly toxic pesticides; or

  (B) Is spraying or applying pesticides for others;

  (b) Is authorized to work for and is employed by a pesticide operator; and

  (c) Is in direct charge of or supervises the spraying or other use of pesticides or operates, uses, drives or physically directs propulsion of equipment, apparatus or machinery during the spraying or other application of pesticides, either on the ground or, if certified under ORS § 634. See Oregon Statutes 634.006

• Department: means the State Department of Agriculture. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Device: means any instrument or contrivance containing pesticides or other chemicals intended for trapping, destroying, repelling or mitigating insects or rodents or destroying, repelling or mitigating fungi, nematodes or such other pests as may be designated by the department, but does not include equipment used for the application of pesticides or other chemicals when sold separately from such pesticides or chemicals. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Highly toxic: means a pesticide or device determined by the department to be capable of causing severe injury, disease or death to human beings. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Indian tribe: means a federally recognized Indian tribe in Oregon, provided that the tribe engages in applicable pesticide use on lands other than Indian country, as defined in 18 U. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Noncommercial pesticide trainee: means an individual who is working and engaged in a training program under a special certificate to qualify as a noncommercial pesticide applicator and who performs or carries out the work, duties or responsibilities of a pesticide trainee. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Pesticide dealer: means a person who sells, offers for sale, handles, displays or distributes any pesticide classified by the department as a restricted-use or highly toxic pesticide. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Pesticide operator: means a person who owns or operates a business engaged in the application of pesticides upon the land or property of another. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Pesticide trainee: means an individual who:

  (a) Is employed by a pesticide operator; and

  (b) Is working and engaged in a training program under special certificate to qualify as a pesticide applicator. See Oregon Statutes 634.006

• Private applicator: means an individual who uses or supervises the use of any pesticide, classified by the department as a restricted-use or highly toxic pesticide, for the purpose of producing agricultural commodities or forest crops on land owned or leased by the individual or the employer of the individual. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Protected area: means an area established under the provisions of this chapter to prohibit or restrict the application of pesticides. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Public applicator: means an individual who is an employee of the State of Oregon or its agencies, counties, cities, municipal corporations, other governmental bodies or subdivisions thereof, irrigation districts, drainage districts and public utilities and telecommunications utilities, or of an Indian tribe, and who performs or carries out the work, duties or responsibilities of a pesticide applicator. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
• Public trainee: means an individual who is an employee of the State of Oregon or its agencies, counties, cities, municipal corporations, other governmental bodies or subdivisions thereof, irrigation districts, drainage districts and public utilities and telecommunications utilities, or of an Indian tribe, and who performs or carries out the work, duties or responsibilities of a pesticide trainee. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Restricted-use pesticide: means any pesticide or device that the department has found and determined to be so injurious or detrimental to humans, pollinating insects, bees, animals, crops, wildlife, land or environment, other than the pests it is intended to prevent, destroy, control or mitigate, that additional restrictions are required. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Trainee: means a pesticide trainee, public trainee or noncommercial pesticide trainee. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Weed: means any plant that grows where not wanted. See Oregon Statutes 634.006