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License Renewal
Approximately 60 days before a license expires, a renewal notice is sent to the applicator. To update
your contact information, please visit our licensing website or use our Change of Address/Informa-
tion form.
To renew a pesticide applicator license, applicators must first become recertified by:
• Retaking the certification exams or
• Accumulating Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
If desired, you may renew some categories by reexamination and other categories with CEUs. The
licensee should select the method of renewal and return the renewal form along with the required
license fee and copies of the CEU attendance forms if renewing by CEUs. If renewing by reexam-
ination, the applicator should take the exams before returning the renewal notice.
Applicator licenses may be renewed for up to one year after the expiration date. For renewal by
reexamination, the exams must be passed within 12 months of the license expiration date (from 12
months before license expiration until 12 months after license expiration), giving a two-year period
to pass the exams. All renewal paperwork and the license renewal fee must be received by FDACS
and the license must be reissued no later than one year after the license expiration date.
Learn more about CEU requirements.

Expired Licenses
If a license is not renewed before it expires, no restricted use pesticides may be purchased or applied
until the license is renewed.
If a license is renewed after the expiration date, the applicator must submit a signed and notarized
affidavit stating that they have not purchased or applied any restricted use pesticides since the li-
cense has expired.
If a license is renewed more than 60 days after it expired, a $50 late fee is required in addition to the
affidavit. Affidavit forms are mailed out with the renewal notices.
Licenses that have been expired for more than one year cannot be renewed. However, a new license
can be obtained at any time by taking the certification exams again.

Out-of-State Requirements
Applicators who are not Florida residents must file a Designation of Registered Agent form with the
Florida Department of State before a Florida pesticide applicator license will be issued.

Reciprocal Certification
Florida has developed reciprocal agreements with six other states to allow applicators licensed or
certified in those states to obtain a Florida license without being retested. Reciprocal agreements
waive the requirement for applicators certified in reciprocal states, agencies and tribes to take the
Florida certification exams. However, the license requirement is not waived. All individuals who ap-
ply restricted use pesticides in Florida or who apply any pesticide in Florida by aerial delivery must
have a Florida license issued by FDACS.
Reciprocal certification may be possible with states, agencies and tribes without a reciprocal agree-
ment in place, on a case-by-case basis.
Florida licenses can be issued for a term of no more than four years, so the expiration date on the
Florida license may not be the same as the expiration date on the reciprocal license.

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