Section 29.64. Training handlers.

 

(1)   Training required. Every person who employs a handler shall ensure that the handler is trained as required by 40 CFR 170.230 before the handler engages in any handler activity.

(2)   Trainer qualifications. An individual who trains handlers under sub. (1) shall be at least one of the following:

(a) Currently certified as a pesticide applicator by the department.

(b) Currently certified as a pesticide applicator in another state, pursuant to an applicator certification program approved by the federal environmental protection agency.

(c) Employed by the University of Wisconsin-Extension to train pesticide applicators.

(d) A graduate of a worker protection train-the-handler program approved by the department or the federal environmental protection agency.

Cr. Register, May, 1998, No. 509 , eff. 6-1-98.