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MO Rev Stat § 256.471 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.471 - Exempt activities.

Effective - 28 Aug 1997   256.471. Exempt activities. — 1. Activities which are not regulated by sections 256.450 to 256.483 include work by employees or subordinates of a registered geologist, provided that such work does not include responsible charge of work, and such work is performed under the direct supervision of a registered geologist who shall be responsible for such work.  2. The practice of geology affecting public health, safety, and welfare by officers and employees of the United States, solely as such officers and employees, shall not be regulated by sections 256.450 to 256.483.  3. Work of engineering and other licensed professions including the acquisition of engineering data involving soil, rock, groundwater, and other earth materials and the use of these data for engineering analysis, design, and construction by professional engineers appropriately registered or licensed in Missouri is exempted from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483.  4. Work customarily performed by professionals such as chemists, archaeologists, geographers, speleologists, pedologists, and soil scientists is exempt from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483.  5. The practice of geology not affecting public health, safety, and welfare within Missouri as determined by the board is exempt from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 649, A.L. 1997 S.B. 320)
MO Rev Stat § 256.474 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.474 - Failure to abide by requirements, board may reprimand.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   256.474. Failure to abide by requirements, board may reprimand. — A registered person, firm or corporation practicing geology may be reprimanded by the board for failure to abide by the requirements of sections 256.450 to 256.483. The board may impose limitations, conditions or restrictions upon the practice of a geologist-registrant in-training or a registered geologist who is reprimanded under this section. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 649)
MO Rev Stat § 256.477 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.477 - Prohibited activities, penalties — board to revoke certificate, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories   256.477. Prohibited activities, penalties — board to revoke certificate, when. — 1. No person shall employ fraud or deceit in obtaining the certificate of registration. A violation of this subsection shall be a class B misdemeanor.  2. Any person found to have performed geologic work regulated under sections 256.450 to 256.483 in a negligent manner shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.  3. Any person who uses the seal of a registered geologist, other than the person to whom the seal was issued, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.  4. The board shall revoke the certification of registration for any person who has been finally adjudicated and found guilty, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of any state, of the United States, or of any country, for any offense directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation, as set forth in section 324.012, regardless of whether or not sentence is imposed. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 649, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)
MO Rev Stat § 256.483 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.483 - Alteration of document prohibited, when, penalty — false evidence or testimony, penalty — action under expired certificate of registration, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1994   256.483. Alteration of document prohibited, when, penalty — false evidence or testimony, penalty — action under expired certificate of registration, penalty. — 1. Any person, firm or corporation who alters or revises any document, map, or work signed or sealed by a registered geologist, unless such alteration or revision is countersigned and countersealed by a registered geologist, or changes or alters the name or seal of another registered geologist, on any document, map or work; or otherwise impersonates another registered geologist, or presents or attempts to use as his or her own or on his or her own work the certificate of registration or seal of another registered geologist shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.  2. Any person who gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any member thereof in testimony or in written communication, including, but not limited to, evidence provided to falsely obtain a certificate of registration shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.  3. Any person who uses a seal or signs any document under a certificate of registration which has expired or has been suspended or revoked shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1994 S.B. 649)
MO Rev Stat § 256.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.600 - Title of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   256.600. Title of law. — Sections 256.600 to 256.640 shall be known and may be cited as "The Water Well Drillers' Act". ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 256.605 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.605 - Well installation board established — membership — terms — qualifications.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.605. Well installation board established — membership — terms — qualifications. — 1. The "Well Installation Board" is hereby established which shall be composed of nine members. Appointment to the board shall be made without regard to race, creed, sex, religion, or national origin of the appointees. Each member shall be a resident of the state and be conversant in well drilling, completion, and plugging methods and techniques.  2. Four members of the board shall hold valid permits under sections 256.600 to 256.640. Two of these shall hold permits as well installation contractors, one shall hold a permit as a heat pump installation contractor and as a well installation contractor and one shall hold a permit as a monitoring well installation contractor and as a well installation contractor. Four shall be public members, one of these shall be a public water supply district user and one shall be a private well user. The director of the department or his designee shall serve as a member of the board. Board members shall serve four-year terms except that two of the first appointed public members and two of the first appointed members holding valid permits shall be appointed to two-year terms. Members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and each shall serve until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. Any member who fails to attend at least seventy-five percent of the regular board meetings in any one year, at the discretion of the board, shall be deemed to have resigned. Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties while in attendance at board meetings out of appropriations made for that purpose.  3. A member shall not be employed by or own an interest in a company, firm, or business association which employs another member of the board or in which another member owns an interest, if the company, firm, or business association is engaged in any phase of the well drilling, pump installation, heat pump or monitoring well business.  4. Except for industry members, no member shall receive, or shall have received during the previous two years, income derived directly or indirectly from any permittee or applicant under sections 256.600 to 256.640.  5. The board shall meet on a quarterly basis, and special meetings may be called when deemed necessary by the division. A majority of the board is a quorum for conducting business. The board shall elect a chairman by a majority vote at the first meeting each year. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.606 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.606 - Rules and regulations — applicants' qualifications.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.606. Rules and regulations — applicants' qualifications. — 1. The board shall adopt and amend rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 536 which may be reasonably necessary to govern the regulation of the well, the heat pump, monitoring well, and pump installation industry in the state of Missouri.  2. The division with the approval of the board shall prepare examinations and pass upon qualifications of the applicants for permits. The division with the approval of the board may recognize, prepare, or carry out continuing education programs for permittees. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.607 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.607 - Well installation contractor, permit — heat pump installation contractor, permit.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.607. Well installation contractor, permit — heat pump installation contractor, permit. — 1. No person may engage in business in this state as a well installation contractor unless he has obtained from the division a permit to conduct such business or businesses.  2. Nothing in sections 256.600 to 256.640 shall prevent a person who has not obtained a permit pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640 from constructing a well on his own or leased property intended for use only in a single-family house which is his permanent residence, or intended for use only for farming purposes on his farm, and where the waters to be produced are not intended for use by the public or in any residence other than his own. Such person shall comply with all rules and regulations as to construction of wells adopted under sections 256.600 to 256.640.  3. Any well installation contractor or pump installation contractor acting as the primary contractor in the construction, alteration, major repair or abandonment of any well shall be required to obtain a permit from the division and comply with all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640.  4. Any heat pump installation contractor or monitoring well installation contractor shall obtain a permit from the division and comply with all rules and regulations pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 3, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.611 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.611 - Application, qualifications.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.611. Application, qualifications. — The division shall issue a permit as a well installation contractor, heat pump installation contractor, monitoring well contractor or pump installation contractor to any person properly making application therefor, who is not less than eighteen years of age, has a knowledge of rules and regulations adopted under sections 256.600 to 256.640, and has passed the appropriate examination and has supplied proof of adequate experience as specified by rule and regulation. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 4, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.613 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.613 - Written examinations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.613. Written examinations. — Written examinations shall be designed to test the applicants' knowledge of the principles of well drilling and plugging, the methods of installation of pumping equipment and the rules and regulations promulgated under sections 256.600 to 256.640. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.614 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.614 - Notice to division, when — forms — registration and certification, fee — encountering gas or oil.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.614. Notice to division, when — forms — registration and certification, fee — encountering gas or oil. — 1. The division shall be notified, on certification or registration forms to be provided by the division, of the activities specified in this section within sixty days:  (1) Certification forms shall be used to report:  (a) New well construction;  (b) New pump installations;  (c) Drilling of monitoring wells;  (d) Drilling of heat pump wells;  (2) Registration forms shall be used to report:  (a) Plugging of wells;  (b) Raising of casing;  (c) Lining of wells;  (d) Deepening of wells;  (e) Major repairs and alteration to wells;  (f) Jetted well construction;  (3) The certification form shall be accompanied by the certification fee and the registration form shall be accompanied by the registration fee, however, on new well construction and new pump installation, only one fee shall be required.  2. Any well driller who encounters oil or gas during drilling operations or a well owner who converts a well from a water well to an oil or gas well shall notify the division and file for a permit from the Missouri oil and gas council, and the well shall be completed in accordance with the regulations of the council. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 5, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.615 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.615 - Abandoned wells, plugging required — test holes, plugging — confidentiality of information — penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.615. Abandoned wells, plugging required — test holes, plugging — confidentiality of information — penalty. — 1. Wells abandoned by the landowner after August 28, 1991, shall be plugged or caused to be plugged by the landowner according to the regulations developed pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640. If the department makes a finding that certain unusual conditions exist at a well, the department may require that the same be plugged by a permitted well driller.  2. Any test hole which is drilled for underground exploration shall be plugged in accordance with rules and regulations developed pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640.  3. Any information obtained by the department which identifies a test hole or a monitoring well which was drilled in the exploration for minerals shall remain confidential and shall not be released by the division for a period of ten years following the receipt of the information which initially identified the test hole or monitoring well. The person submitting the report or the person for whom the well was drilled may request that such information remain confidential for an additional five years and the division shall grant such request. Any employee of the division who discloses confidential information shall be subject to disciplinary action by the division and is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.617 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.617 - Drilling rigs, how marked — rig permits.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   256.617. Drilling rigs, how marked — rig permits. — All permitted water well drillers shall see that all rigs used by them or their employees in the water well drilling are marked with legible identification numbers at all times. The identification number to be used on the rigs shall be the permit license number which appears on the driller's permit. The rules and regulations adopted by the division shall set out in detail the specific method and manner for marking the rigs. A separate permit shall be obtained for each rig operated by a permitted water well driller during permit year. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 256.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.620 - Certain wells exempted from regulation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.620. Certain wells exempted from regulation. — Except as provided in section 256.615, operational wells in existence on September 28, 1985, shall not be required to conform to the provisions of sections 256.600 to 256.640, or any rules or regulations adopted pursuant thereto unless such wells or pump installations for such wells are determined to present a threat to groundwater. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 7, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.621 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.621 - Surface water tracing, registration required — renewal — documentation required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.621. Surface water tracing, registration required — renewal — documentation required. — All persons engaged in groundwater or surface water tracing, for any purpose, shall register with the division. This registration shall be renewed annually. The registrant shall report in writing all proposed injections of tracers to the division prior to actual injection. Written and graphical documentation of traces shall be provided to the division within thirty days of completion of each trace. The division shall maintain records of all injections and traces reported and will provide this information to interested parties upon request at the cost of reproduction. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.623 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.623 - Fees — appeals process for disciplinary action.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.623. Fees — appeals process for disciplinary action. — 1. The board shall by rules and regulations establish reasonable and necessary fees for:  (1) Permits;  (2) Renewal of permits;  (3) Duplicate permits;  (4) Rig permits;  (5) Certification reports;  (6) Registration reports;  (7) Division publications (not to exceed the cost of publication and handling);  (8) Logging of wells;  (9) Examinations; and  (10) Late document submittals.  2. The fees shall be set at a level necessary to produce revenue which shall not substantially exceed the cost and expense of administering sections 256.600 to 256.640. The board shall also by rules and regulations set forth appeal processes for contractors subject to disciplinary action and shall set forth procedures by which any aggrieved party may bring a complaint to the division. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 8, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.626 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.626 - Promulgation of rules and regulations — heat pump coolants, preference.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.626. Promulgation of rules and regulations — heat pump coolants, preference. — 1. The board shall adopt, amend, and promulgate in the manner provided by law, and enforce rules and regulations pertaining to the construction and abandonment of wells, and the permitting of operators and contractors under sections 256.600 to 256.640.  2. The board shall specify by rule and regulation the types of materials which may be used as a coolant in a heat pump well. Preference shall be given to those coolants which would present the least threat to groundwater if released into the environment. The board shall also specify by rule and regulation those coolants which shall not be used in heat pump wells due to their potentially harmful effects if released into the environment. ­­-------- (L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 9, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
MO Rev Stat § 256.628 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey|Section 256.628 - Obligation to plug abandoned well, notification — information to be filed, form — inspection, injunction, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1991   256.628. Obligation to plug abandoned well, notification — information to be filed, form — inspection, injunction, penalty. — 1. A public water supplier subject to the provisions of chapter 640 which connects to any structure or location previously served by any well which is not that of another public water supplier shall notify the well owner of his obligation to plug any abandoned well pursuant to the requirements of sections 256.600 to 256.640. The public water supplier shall not connect any person to the public water system until the person submits information which identifies the location of wells and attests that:  (1) Known abandoned wells on the property have been plugged; or  (2) There are no known abandoned wells on the property; or  (3) Existing wells will remain in use and will be properly plugged when no longer used; or  (4) Any abandoned wells will be plugged within ninety days.  2. The public water supplier shall submit a copy of information so received to the division on forms provided by the division, along with sufficient information to enable the division to locate existing and abandoned wells. The division shall, within a reasonable time, inspect any well identified in subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of this section. If the division determines that an abandoned well has not been plugged, it shall order the owner to have it plugged by a permitted water well installation contractor within thirty days. The division shall immediately seek injunctive relief through the office of the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein the alleged violation occurred to enforce its order and shall notify the appropriate public water supplier who shall terminate water service to the property thirty days after receipt of notice if the well has not been plugged. Any person who fails to plug an abandoned well pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties specified in section 256.637. ­­-------- (L. 1991 S.B. 221)