Category 3b - Turf Management
Category 3b includes: commercial applicators (for hire, not for hire and government employees) and businesses using pesticides (weed killers, insecticides, fungicides, etc.) or fertilizers on turf (lawns, golf courses and athletic fields).
This category does not include pesticide or fertilizer applications to ornamental plantings such as trees, shrubs and flowers (Category 3a) or applications to turf areas around homes for household pests such as fleas and ticks (Category 7a).
This category does not include pesticide or fertilizer applications to ornamental plantings such as trees, shrubs and flowers (Category 3a) or applications to turf areas around homes for household pests such as fleas and ticks (Category 7a).
Certification, Applications, Licensing, Insurance, Testing Information:
- Obtaining a Business License
- Becoming a Certified and Licensed Applicator
- License Application Form (pdf, 257kb)
- Insurance Requirements
- Study Materials (Purdue Pesticide Programs)
- Exam Dates and Sign-up
- Exam Results
- CCH Requirements
- View a list of approved CCH programs
- Worker Protection Standard (pdf, 188kb)
- Child Care Facility Pest Control
Imprelis herbicide updates:
- In the Spring of 2012, OISC conducted a small study to examine the environmental fate of Imprelis Herbicide residues in treated soils and impacted plant tissues. View the report (pdf, 129kb)
- In the Spring of 2013, OISC did some limited follow-up environmental residue soil sampling on some of the properties that had been sampled in 2012. View the report (pdf, 37kb)
- Purdue Pest & Plant Diagnostic Lab (PPDL) "2013 Imprelis Update: Tree Maintenance, Replacement and Disposal" (pdf, 2,853kb)
- Purdue Pest & Plant Diagnostic Lab (PPDL) "Imprelis Update: 2012 Field Notes on Injury and Recovery" (pdf, 2.62mb)
- Landscape Species Confirmed for Imprelis Injury - 08-06-2012 (pdf, 65kb)
- Historical information and documents regarding Imprelis Herbicide
- Weed Science Society of America: "Potential Damage to Sensitive Landscape Plants from Wood Chips of Aminocyclopyrachlor Damaged Trees" (pdf, 775 kb)
Drift Rule Information:
- 357 IAC 1-12: Indiana Pesticide Drift Rule (pdf, 14kb)
Policy Statements:
- Interpretive Guidance 5-23-22: Licensing of Pesticide Business and RUP Dealer Locations (pdf, 169kb)