Indiana § 15-16-5-55 - Exemptions from licenses
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§ 15-16-5-55. Exemptions from licenses
Sec. 55. Section 48 of this chapter relating to pesticide business licenses and requirements for their issuance does not apply to the following:
(1) A farmer who applies pesticides for the farmer's own use or with ground equipment or manually for the farmer's neighbors if:
(A) the farmer operates farm property and operates and maintains pesticide application equipment primarily for the farmer's own use;
(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.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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