ANNAPOLIS, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) recently launched the State
Chemist Product Registration portal that allows manufacturers to
electronically submit registration renewals and applications for
products that are required to be registered in the state of Maryland.

MDA State Chemist has been in continuous operation since 1833,
responsible for regulating the sale and distribution of pesticides,
animal feeds, pet foods, fertilizers, compost, soil conditioners and
agricultural liming materials. The mission is to enhance and promote
agricultural production; and protect consumers, animals and the
environment from unsafe products.

“We’ve put a lot of work into creating a system that makes product
registration and renewal simpler,” said MDA State Chemist Program
Manager Tom Phillips. “We hope that our customers will find the tools
offered effective and convenient.”

Prior to the launch of the online platform, new manufacturers registered
manually by downloading non-fillable forms. Registered manufacturers
were sent paper copies of renewals for specific products based on what
was registered the previous year.

Companies registered more than 2,767 products through the portal in the
first week of the service going live. The user-friendly design and time
saving portal offers manufacturers the ability to:

• Register and pay for multiple products at once
• Manage registered products on demand
• Print registration certificate upon registration or anytime thereafter
• Access to the portal 24/7
• Pay with credit card or eCheck/ACH

Currently, the State Chemist Product Registration portal accepts
registration and renewals for pesticide products with other regulated
products being added continuously. The service can be accessed by
visiting https://egov.maryland.gov/mda/chemist.

The State Chemist Product Registration portal was developed for the
state of Maryland at no cost by NIC Maryland, through a statewide
self-funded digital government master services agreement with the State
Department of Information Technology (DoIT).

About NIC Maryland

NIC
Maryland builds, operates, maintains, and markets the official
website of the state of Maryland, www.maryland.gov
and its digital government services. NIC Maryland is a collaborative
public/private partnership managed by the Department of Information
Technology (DoIT) and NIC Maryland. NIC Maryland helps Maryland state
and local government entities web-enable their services and operates
without tax funds through a self-funded digital government services
contract. NIC Maryland has developed dozens of digital government
products and services for the state of Maryland since the contract was
awarded in August 2011.

About NIC

Founded in 1992, NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) is celebrating 25 years as the
nation’s premier provider of innovative digital government solutions and
secure payment processing, which help make government interactions more
accessible for everyone through technology. The family of NIC companies
has developed a library of more than 12,000 digital government services
for more than 4,500 federal, state, and local government agencies. Among
these solutions is the ground-breaking digital government personal
assistant, Gov2Go, delivering citizens personalized reminders and a
single access point for government interactions. More information is
available at www.egov.com.

Contacts

NIC Maryland
Janet Grard, 443-924-7405
[email protected]