KRS 217B.180: Exemptions from licensing or registration.

(1) The provisions of KRS 217B.020 to 217B.180 relating to licenses or registration

and requirements for their issuance shall not apply to any farmer owner of ground

equipment applying nonrestricted use pesticides for himself or his farmer neighbors

if he appl ies the pesticides for his farmer neighbors without compensation other

than trading of personal services.

(2) The licensing or registration provisions of KRS 217B.020 to 217B.180 and KRS

217B.500 to 217B.585 shall not apply to any person:

(a) Using handpow ered equipment, devices, or contrivances to apply

nonrestricted use pesticides to lawns, or to ornamental shrubs and trees not in

excess of twelve (12) feet high, as an incidental part of his activity of taking

care of his household lawn and yard or those of his neighbors, on the

condition that the person shall not publicly hold himself out as being in the

business of applying pesticides, and shall not accept compensation other than

the trading of personal services for the activity; or

(b) Using nonrestrict ed use pesticides to prevent, control, repel, or eliminate

wood destroying organisms or general pests in, around, or outside his or her

household for the purpose of mitigating threats to the structural integrity, the

human occupancy, or the contents of such household, on the condition that the

person shall not publicly represent himself or herself as being in the business

of applying pesticides, and shall not accept compensation other than the

trading of personal services for the activity.

(3) KRS 217B.020 to 217B.180 shall not apply to operators presently licensed and

regulated under the provisions of KRS 249.250 to 249.340 on June 17, 1978, except

that if required by EPA regulations the persons may be issued, without additional

fees or examination, an appl icator's license to enable them to purchase and use

restricted use pesticides in accordance with the requirements of the Federal

Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972.

(4) The registration provisions of KRS 217B.105 shall not apply to any noncommerci al

applicator.

(5) The licensing provisions of KRS 217B.080 shall not apply to any trainee.