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<section article="gen" article_name="Environment" number="13-308" title_number="13" title_name="Well Drillers" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Licensing">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A license expires on the date set by the Board, unless the license is renewed for an additional term as provided in this section. A license may not be renewed for a term longer than 2 years.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>At least 1 month before the license expires, the Board shall send to the licensee, by first–class mail to the last known address of the licensee, a renewal notice that states:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The date on which the current license expires;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The date by which the renewal application must be received by the Board for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the license expires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The amount of the renewal fee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Before the license expires, the licensee periodically may renew it for an additional 2–year term if the licensee:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Otherwise is entitled to be licensed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Pays to the Board a renewal fee set by the Board; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Submits to the Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>A renewal application on the form that the Board requires;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of compliance with the performance bond and contractor’s liability insurance requirements of the Board; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Satisfactory evidence of compliance with any continuing education requirement established under this subtitle for license renewal.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Beginning July 1, 1985, within the license renewal period, each licensee shall comply with the continuing education requirements of this section as a precondition for the renewal of that license.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A licensee shall complete 20 hours of approved continuing education instruction covering well drilling subject matter approved by the Board.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <level label="i">
        <text>The Board shall approve the substance and form of each continuing education course, if the course is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>Offered by qualified instructors experienced in the well drilling industry and approved by the Board; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>Conducted by educational institutions approved by the Board.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The licensee is responsible for the cost of any continuing education course.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Board may waive the requirements of this subsection if a person can show just cause why that person is not able to meet the requirements.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>The Board may not require a licensee who applies for a renewal of the license to take an examination.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Board shall renew the license of each licensee who meets the requirements of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
