Core-Applying pesticides correctly
Study Guide with Actual Answers
2025-2026
What federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? - Answer EPA
FIFRA - Answer Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Federal law that provides
the overall framework for the federal pesticide program.
What statement about FIFRA is false? - Answer State restrictions on pesticides can be more
liberal than those of FIFRA.
Which statements about FIFRA are true? - Answer Approve pesticide labels have the force of
law.
The EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market.
FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products.
Which applicator class would a person who is employed by a government agency and applies
restricted use pesticides to Fl state highway right-of-ways fall into? - Answer Public 1
Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for application of
pesticides to homes and private lawns? - Answer FDACS Bureau of Entomology and Pest
Control
Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Fl laws that govern
applicator licensing? - Answer FDACS
Which applicator class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to their own
property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? - Answer Private
Which applicator class would persons engage in public health or nuisance pest control work fall
into? - Answer Public 2
What 3 pesticide licensing categories are available to those seeking a Limited Certification
license? - Answer Limited Structural Pest Control
Limited Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control
, Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance
How can the public have assurance that pesticides continuously meet current scientific and
regulatory standards? - Answer Each pesticide goes through "pesticide re-registration" every
15 years
What pesticide is NOT specifically regulated by Fl rules? - Answer Gylphosate
Which pesticides are specifically regulated by Fl rules? - Answer Aldicarb
Bromacil
Methyl bromide
Organotin antifouling paints
Organo-auxin herbicides
List the 3 Fl Statues that govern pesticide applicator licensing in Fl - Answer Ch. 388 F.S.
Ch. 482 F.S.
Ch. 487 F.S.
Chapter 388 Florida Statute - Answer (aka Fl Mosquito Control Law) - this law and its rules
govern all applicators engaged in public health or nuisance pest control work except those who
use pesticide for such purposes but apply them only to their own property. All aspects of public
health pest control, including using aerial equipment for mosquito control or applying pesticides
to aquatic areas to control mosquito larvae, are regulated under this law.
Chapter 482 Florida Statute - Answer (aka Structural Pest Control Act) - this law and its rules
license and regulate several different kinds of pesticide applicators. Pest Control Business -->
Structural Fumigation Pest Control, Termites and Other Wood Destroying Organisms Pest
Control, Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control, and General Household Pest Control. Limited
Certification --> Structural Pest Control, Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control, and Commercial
Landscape Maintenance.
Chapter 487Florida Statute - Answer (aka Fl Pesticide Law) - govern the following: People
who must be licensed as Pesticide Dealers and people who must be licensed as Pesticide
Applicators.
What Fl Statute is a Florida specific rule? - Answer Chapter 252 Florida Statute
Chapter 252 Florida Statute - Answer (aka Fl Hazardous Materials Emergency Response and
Community Right-to-know Act) - requires a person to report the storage of active ingredients of
certain pesticides if they are stored in amounts greater than a given quantity.
Study Guide with Actual Answers
2025-2026
What federal agency is responsible for enforcing FIFRA? - Answer EPA
FIFRA - Answer Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. Federal law that provides
the overall framework for the federal pesticide program.
What statement about FIFRA is false? - Answer State restrictions on pesticides can be more
liberal than those of FIFRA.
Which statements about FIFRA are true? - Answer Approve pesticide labels have the force of
law.
The EPA has the authority to remove pesticide products from the market.
FIFRA regulates the registration and licensing of pesticide products.
Which applicator class would a person who is employed by a government agency and applies
restricted use pesticides to Fl state highway right-of-ways fall into? - Answer Public 1
Who would you contact for information regarding licensing of applicators for application of
pesticides to homes and private lawns? - Answer FDACS Bureau of Entomology and Pest
Control
Which regulatory agency is responsible for administering the three Fl laws that govern
applicator licensing? - Answer FDACS
Which applicator class would a person who applies restricted use pesticides to their own
property for production of agricultural commodities fall into? - Answer Private
Which applicator class would persons engage in public health or nuisance pest control work fall
into? - Answer Public 2
What 3 pesticide licensing categories are available to those seeking a Limited Certification
license? - Answer Limited Structural Pest Control
Limited Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control
, Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance
How can the public have assurance that pesticides continuously meet current scientific and
regulatory standards? - Answer Each pesticide goes through "pesticide re-registration" every
15 years
What pesticide is NOT specifically regulated by Fl rules? - Answer Gylphosate
Which pesticides are specifically regulated by Fl rules? - Answer Aldicarb
Bromacil
Methyl bromide
Organotin antifouling paints
Organo-auxin herbicides
List the 3 Fl Statues that govern pesticide applicator licensing in Fl - Answer Ch. 388 F.S.
Ch. 482 F.S.
Ch. 487 F.S.
Chapter 388 Florida Statute - Answer (aka Fl Mosquito Control Law) - this law and its rules
govern all applicators engaged in public health or nuisance pest control work except those who
use pesticide for such purposes but apply them only to their own property. All aspects of public
health pest control, including using aerial equipment for mosquito control or applying pesticides
to aquatic areas to control mosquito larvae, are regulated under this law.
Chapter 482 Florida Statute - Answer (aka Structural Pest Control Act) - this law and its rules
license and regulate several different kinds of pesticide applicators. Pest Control Business -->
Structural Fumigation Pest Control, Termites and Other Wood Destroying Organisms Pest
Control, Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control, and General Household Pest Control. Limited
Certification --> Structural Pest Control, Lawn and Ornamental Pest Control, and Commercial
Landscape Maintenance.
Chapter 487Florida Statute - Answer (aka Fl Pesticide Law) - govern the following: People
who must be licensed as Pesticide Dealers and people who must be licensed as Pesticide
Applicators.
What Fl Statute is a Florida specific rule? - Answer Chapter 252 Florida Statute
Chapter 252 Florida Statute - Answer (aka Fl Hazardous Materials Emergency Response and
Community Right-to-know Act) - requires a person to report the storage of active ingredients of
certain pesticides if they are stored in amounts greater than a given quantity.
