New Mexico Statutes Chapter 76. Agriculture § 76-4-19. Application of act to governmental entities; public applicator's license required

A. A public applicator shall be subject to the provisions of the Pesticide Control Act and rules adopted pursuant to that act.

B. Public applicators shall be subject to examinations or other licensing provisions as provided in the Pesticide Control Act or by rule promulgated by the board. The department shall issue a limited license without fee to the public applicator who has qualified for the license. The public applicator license shall be valid only when the applicator is acting as an applicator applying pesticides used by federal, state, county or municipal agencies or municipal corporations. Government research personnel shall be exempt from this licensing requirement only when applying general use pesticides to experimental plots.