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Maryland Department of Agriculture
  1. Agricultural 
    1. Plant (e.g., field crops, small grains, forage, fruit and vegetables and non-crop agricultural lands) 
    2. Animal (e.g., livestock, horses, poultry and areas where they confined or housed) 
    3. Grain Treatment (e.g., pest control on, in or around stored grain to prevent insect and rodent damage, including the use of fumigants) 
  2. Forest (e.g., site preparation, release work, insect control and reforestation projects) 
  3. Ornamental & Turf 
    1. Ornamental - Exterior(e.g., insect, disease, control on plants in the landscape, and weed control in plant beds and around ornamental plantings) 
    2. Ornamental - Interior (e.g., insect or disease control on plants in interior landscapes) 
    3. Turf (e.g., weed, insect or disease control to lawns)  
  4. Seed Treatment (e.g., seed protectants)
  5.  Aquatic (e.g., weed and fish control in water, includes tidal and wetland areas) 
  6. Right-Of-Way and Weed (e.g., treatment of roadsides, utilities, railroads, non-croplands, fence lines, structural perimeters, or similar areas)  
  7. Industrial, Institutional, Structural & Health Related 
    1. General Pest Control (e.g., cockroaches, fleas, crickets, and other household pests found within or adjacent to a structure) 
    2. Wood Destroying Insects (e.g., termites and other wood destroying insects) 
    3. Wildlife Control - (e.g., pest control involving birds, mammals, reptiles and other wildlife, not required if strictly performing trapping and removal. Note: all companies/agencies performing trapping and removal must have a Maryland Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Damage Control Operators Permit) 
    4. Rodent Control - (e.g., rodents found in and around a structure) E. Fumigation (e.g., fumigation of commodities and structures) 
  8. Public Health - (e.g., pest control involving mosquitoes)  
  9. Regulatory (NOTE: Only issued to employees of a public agency responsible for enforcement of government mandated programs e.g., noxious weeds, gypsy moth)  
  10. Demonstration & Research (e.g., demonstration of pesticide use or application, experimental plots, etc.)
  11. Miscellaneous (Unique or specialty areas of pest control not applicable to other categories) 
    1. Wood Treatment (e.g. treatment of telephone poles, building or construction materials) 
    2. Tributylin Antifoulant Paint (TBT) - (e.g. use of marine antifoulant paints containing tributyltin) 
    3. Sewer Root Control (e.g., treatment of tree roots in sewer lines)
  12. Consultant - (e.g., performing pest identification, providing technical advice on pest control or making pesticide recommendations. Note: Certification in this category is based on experience, or education, and passing the certification examinations in those categories of pest control that consulting services will be offered)
  13. Aerial - (e.g., pest control performed by fixed-wing or rotary aircraft to any crop or land)