ATCP 29.26(10)(a)(a) The department may certify an individual commercial applicator without examination if the individual is currently certified as a commercial applicator in another state and if all of the following apply: ATCP 29.26(10)(a)1.1. The department determines that the other state has equivalent certification standards. ATCP 29.26(10)(a)2.2. The other state has certified the individual, in the same or equivalent pesticide use categories, based on a written closed-book examination passed within the last 5 years. ATCP 29.26(10)(a)3.3. The other state has never suspended or revoked its certification of that individual. ATCP 29.26(10)(a)4.4. The individual provides proof of certification by the other state and pays a certification fee of $75. ATCP 29.26(10)(b)(b) Certification under par. (a) expires on December 31 of the year in which it is issued. ATCP 29.26 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, May, 1998, No. 509, eff. 6-1-98. ATCP 29.27ATCP 29.27 Private applicator certification. ATCP 29.27(1)(1) Certification required. No individual may use or direct the use of a restricted-use pesticide as an agricultural producer unless one of the following applies: ATCP 29.27(1)(a)(a) The individual is certified as a private applicator under this section. ATCP 29.27(1)(b)(b) The individual is certified as a commercial applicator under s. ATCP 29.26 in the appropriate certification category or categories, and is not engaged in any activity for which a commercial applicator license is required under s. ATCP 29.25. ATCP 29.27(1)(c)(c) The individual is licensed as a commercial applicator under s. ATCP 29.25 and certified under s. ATCP 29.26 in the appropriate certification category or categories. ATCP 29.27(1)(d)2.2. Engaged only in mixing and loading pesticides for application by others. ATCP 29.27(2)(2) Scope of private applicator certification. The department may certify an individual agricultural producer to use or direct the use of restricted-use pesticides as a private applicator. Private applicator certification does not authorize an agricultural producer to engage in activities for which a commercial applicator license is required under s. ATCP 29.25. ATCP 29.27(3)(3) Length of certification. A private applicator certification is valid for 5 years unless the department suspends or revokes the certification. The department may renew a private applicator certification for another 5 years if the private applicator again satisfies the requirements for certification. ATCP 29.27(4)(4) Special application methods; supplementary certification. No private applicator may use aircraft, chemigation, or fumigation to apply restricted-use pesticides unless that private applicator is also certified under s. ATCP 29.29 to apply pesticides by that method. ATCP 29.27 NoteNote: See certification requirements under s. ATCP 30.22 (2) for applicators using metam sodium. ATCP 29.27(5)(a)(a) Within 30 business days after an individual agricultural producer satisfies the requirements for certification as a private applicator, the department shall issue a private applicator certification card to that individual. The card shall include all of the following: ATCP 29.27(5)(a)2.2. A statement that the individual is certified as a private applicator. ATCP 29.27(5)(a)3.3. A statement indicating that the individual is certified under s. ATCP 29.29 to apply restricted-use pesticides as a private applicator by means of aerial application, chemigation, or fumigation, if that is the case. ATCP 29.27(5)(b)(b) A private applicator shall carry a current certification card when engaged in any activity for which certification is required under this section.