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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="13-306" title_number="13" title_name="Well Drillers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board shall issue an appropriate license to any applicant who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Meets the requirements of this title;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays the required fee; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Provides evidence of any performance bond and contractor’s liability insurance that the Board may require.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In accordance with its rules and regulations, the Board shall issue well driller licenses and restricted licenses.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>There are 3 categories of well driller licenses:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Well driller general;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Well driller–geotechnical; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>Well driller–water supply.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A well driller license may be limited to the drilling of wells for particular purposes.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>There are 3 categories of restricted licenses:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Water conditioner installer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Water pump installer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Well rig operator.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>There is a master class license and a journeyman class license in each category of well driller license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>There is an apprentice class well driller license which shall serve as:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The apprentice license for all categories of well driller licenses; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The apprentice license for the well rig operator category of restricted license.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>There is an apprentice class license in the following restricted license categories:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Water conditioner installer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Water pump installer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Board shall designate on each license issued the category and, where applicable, the class of the license.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>Until July 1, 1993, this title does not prohibit any master well driller licensed by the Board on July 1, 1990 from practicing well drilling while obtaining the education and experience required to be licensed under any one of the 3 categories of well driller licenses in this title.</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board may waive the examination requirement of this title for any master well driller licensed by the Board on July 1, 1990 who provides to the Board satisfactory evidence that the licensee has:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Well driller–geotechnical – installed geotechnical wells during the past 7 years and obtained national certification as a monitoring well driller or completed a 40–hour training program dealing with hazardous waste or monitoring site operations required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Well driller–water supply – installed 20 water supply wells during the past 7 years and acquired 10 of the 20 hours of continuing education required by § 13–308 of this subtitle in water conditioning and water pump technology; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Well driller–general – fulfilled the requirements of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this paragraph.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Board shall adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
