Florida Statutes Title XXIX. Public Health § 403.9339. Golf course best management practices certification

(1) To provide a means of documenting and ensuring compliance with best management practices for fertilizer application to golf courses, the turfgrass science program at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, in coordination with the department, shall administer a certification for golf course best management practices.

(2) The turfgrass science program, in cooperation with the department, shall:

(3) To obtain a golf course best management practices certification, an applicant must submit to the turfgrass science program a copy of the training certificate issued under subsection (2).

(4) A golf course best management practices certification issued under this section expires 4 years after the date of issuance. Upon expiration of the certification, or after a grace period of not more than 30 days after the expiration date, a recertification may be issued.

(5) To obtain a golf course best management practices recertification, an applicant must submit to the turfgrass science program proof of having completed 8 classroom hours of continuing education, of which at least 2 hours must address fertilizer best management practices.

(6) A person certified under this section is exempt from:

(7) This section does not exempt a person certified under this section from complying with the rules and requirements for basin management action plans set forth in s. 403.067(7) if the golf course is located in an area within a basin management action plan.