Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 634 > Registration, Labeling and Use

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Antidote: means a practical immediate treatment in case of poisoning and includes first-aid treatment. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• 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

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Defoliant: which means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves or foliage to drop from a plant with or without causing abscission;

  (b) 'Desiccant' which means any substance or mixture of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissue;

  (c) 'Fungicide' which means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any fungus;

  (d) 'Herbicide' which means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any weed;

  (e) 'Insecticide' which means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any insects which may be present in any environment whatsoever;

  (f) 'Nematicide' which means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating nematodes;

  (g) 'Plant regulator' which means any substance or mixture of substances intended, through physiological action, to accelerate or retard the rate of growth or rate of maturation or to otherwise alter the behavior of ornamental or crop plants or the produce thereof, but does not include substances to the extent that they are intended as plant nutrients, trace elements, nutritional chemicals, plant inoculants or soil amendments; or

  (h) Any substance, or mixture of substances intended to be used for defoliating plants or for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating all insects, plant fungi, weeds, rodents, predatory animals or any other form of plant or animal life which is, or which the department declares to be a pest, which may infest or be detrimental to vegetation, humans, animals, or be present in any environment thereof. 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
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Professed standard of quality: means a plain and true statement of the name and percentage of each active ingredient and the total percentage of all inert ingredients contained in any pesticide. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• Registrant: means a person registering any pesticide pursuant to this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 634.006
• trademark: means any word, name, symbol or any combination thereof adopted or used by a person to identify pesticides manufactured, compounded, delivered, distributed, sold or offered for sale in this state and to distinguish them from pesticides manufactured, compounded, delivered, distributed, sold or offered for sale by others. See Oregon Statutes 634.006