Nevada Code § 555.277

Exemption from certain provisions for farmer-owners and gardeners
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1. The provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460 , inclusive, relating to licenses
and requirements for their issuance, except those provisions relating to a
certificate or permit to use a restricted-use pesticide, do not apply to any
farmer-owner of ground equipment applying pesticides for himself, herself or
his or her neighbors, if:
(a) The farmer-owner operates farm property and
operates and maintains equipment for applying pesticides primarily for his or
her own use;
(b) The farmer-owner is not regularly engaged in
the business of applying pesticides or performing pest control as an operator,
primary principal or principal or as a regular occupation, and the farmer-owner
does not advertise or solicit pest control or publicly hold himself or herself
out as being in the business of pest control or as an applicator; and
(c) The farmer-owner operates his or her
equipment for applying pesticides only in the vicinity of the farmer-owners
own property and for the accommodation of the farmer-owners neighbors for
agricultural purposes only.
2. The provisions of NRS 555.2605 to 555.460 , inclusive, except those provisions
relating to a certificate or permit to use a restricted-use pesticide, do not
apply to a gardener using hand-powered equipment, devices or contrivances to
apply any pesticides of toxicity class III or IV, as classified by the United
States Environmental Protection Agency, to any lawn or garden as an incidental
part of his or her business of taking care of a lawn or garden for
remuneration, if he or she does not advertise or solicit pest control or
publicly hold himself or herself out as being in the business of pest control
or applying pesticides. As used in this subsection, gardener means a person
who owns, operates or is employed by a business that provides routine care of a
lawn or garden for a homeowner.

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