Sec. 52. (a) A person applying for a license described under section 49, 50, or 51 of this chapter must:

(1) submit an application to the state chemist on a form provided by the state chemist;

(2) pass the appropriate examination provided under section 45 of this chapter;

(3) except for a person who is:

(A) applying for a licensed public applicator's license; or

(B) an employee of a nonprofit organization;

submit a fee of forty-five dollars ($45) to the state chemist; and

(4) if the person will engage in the aerial application of pesticides, submit proof to the state chemist that the person has satisfied aerial application requirements under applicable state and federal laws.

(b) Subject to section 65 of this chapter, if a person meets the requirements under subsection (a), the state chemist shall issue the appropriate license to the person.

(c) If the state chemist does not issue a license to a person who applied for a license described under subsection (a), the state chemist shall inform the person in writing of the reason the license was not issued.

(d) A person who has been issued a license under subsection (b):

(1) shall notify the state chemist in writing within ten (10) days after a change in or termination of the person's employment as a licensed applicator for hire, a licensed applicator not for hire, or a licensed public applicator; and

(2) may apply to the state chemist to transfer or amend the person's license by submitting an updated application form described under subsection (a)(1).

(e) A license issued under subsection (b):

(1) expires January 1 of each year; and

(2) subject to section 65 of this chapter, may be renewed by the person holding the license if the person:

(A) submits a renewal application on a form provided by the state chemist; and

(B) except for a person renewing a licensed public applicator's license or an employee of a nonprofit organization, pays a forty-five dollar ($45) renewal fee;

before January 1.

[Pre-2008 Recodification Citation: 15-3-3.6-8.1.]

As added by P.L.2-2008, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.120-2008, SEC.76; P.L.99-2012, SEC.15.