N.J. Admin. Code § 7:30-7.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 7:30-7.5 - Assignment of work

(a) No person shall require any individual to make a pesticide application in any category or subcategory in which the individual is not currently certified and licensed as a commercial pesticide applicator or trained and licensed as a pesticide operator pursuant to this chapter, unless the individual so assigned is applying pesticides by equipment other than aerial and is working under the supervision of a responsible pesticide applicator, certified and licensed pursuant to this chapter, who is employed by the same pesticide applicator business and is physically present at the time, site and place of application.

1. For the purposes of this subchapter, a person is under direct supervision only if the person supervised and the person supervising are employed by the same business at the same physical location.

2. "Employed at the same physical location" means that the person supervising and the person supervised shall both have physical work spaces at the same physical location. In addition, all records of pesticide application performed by the person supervised shall be kept at the same physical location as the person supervising and shall be immediately available upon request by the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:30-7.3.

(b) No person shall require any individual to perform any task that falls within the definition of handler, unless the individual has been trained as a handler and complies with all handler requirements pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:30-12, Agricultural Worker Protection.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:30-7.5

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 756(a), effective 4/6/2020