§ 96.3 - Application for license as cottonseed chemist; form.

(a) Application for a license to analyze and grade cottonseed shall be made to the Director on a form furnished for the purpose by the Science and Technology Division.

(b) Each application shall be in English, shall be signed by the applicant, and shall contain or be accompanied by satisfactory evidence:

(1) That the applicant is at least 25 years of age and that the applicant is an actual resident of the continental United States;

(2) That the applicant holds a degree in chemistry or chemical engineering from a recognized college or university, and has had not less than 3 years practical experience in laboratory work, in which the applicant shall have analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively samples of cottonseed; or in the absence of a degree from a recognized college or university, that the applicant has had at least 5 years practical laboratory experience, 3 years of which shall have been devoted chiefly to the analysis of samples of cottonseed;

(3) That the applicant has no financial interest, or is in the employ of anyone having a financial interest in any cottonseed oil mill or cotton ginning establishment;

(4) That the applicant agrees to comply with and abide by the terms of the Act and these regulations so far as they may relate to him or her;

(5) That the applicant is an independent analytical chemist or an employee of a commercial analytical laboratory; and

(6) That the applicant owns or will have the use of all of the apparatus specified in the regulations, established hereunder for the analysis and grading of cottonseed.

(c) Every chemist licensed hereunder to analyze cottonseed and to certify the grade thereof shall comply with the Society's official analytical test methods and other methods of analysis approved by the Director.

(d) The applicant shall furnish such additional information, as the Director shall at any time find to be necessary, to the consideration of the submitted application.

(e) Upon receipt of an incomplete or improperly executed application, the applicant will be notified of the deficiency in the application. If the application is not corrected and returned within 30 days following the date of notification, the application will be considered as having been abandoned.