2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 15 - Water Resources › Title 15 - Water Supply › 15-1525 - Water Well Drillers in New York State to Obtain Certificates of Registration.

§ 15-1525. Water  well drillers in New York state to obtain certificates
of registration.
1. No person shall engage in the business of water  well  drilling  in
  the  state  of  New  York  without  first  obtaining  a  certificate  of
  registration from the department as hereinafter provided. All water well
  drilling shall be performed in accordance with the rules and regulations
  promulgated by  the  commissioner  of  health  pursuant  to  subdivision
  eighteen of section two hundred six of the public health law.
2.  Application for a certificate of registration shall be made upon a
  form  prescribed  and  furnished  by  the  department   providing   such
  information  as  the  department  deems  necessary  for  the purposes of
  issuance of a certificate of registration.
3. The certificate of registration  shall  require  that,  before  the
  commencement  of  drilling  of any well or wells, the water well driller
  shall file a preliminary notice  with  the  department;  it  shall  also
  provide  that  upon  the completion of the drilling of any water well or
  water wells, a completion report be filed with  the  department,  giving
  the  log  of  the  well, the size and depth thereof, the capacity of the
  pump or pumps attached  or  to  be  attached  thereto,  and  such  other
  information  pertaining to the withdrawal of water and operation of such
  water well or water wells as the department by its rules and regulations
  may require. The water  well  driller  shall  provide  a  copy  of  such
  completion report to the water well owner. The number of the certificate
  of  registration must be displayed on the well drilling machinery of the
  registrant. The certificate of registration shall also contain a  notice
  to  the  certificate  holder  that the business activities authorized by
  such certificate are subject to the provisions of  article  thirty-six-A
  of   the   general  business  law.  The  fee  for  such  certificate  of
  registration shall be  ten  dollars  annually.  The  commissioner  shall
  promulgate  a  water well completion report form which shall be utilized
  by all water well  drillers  in  satisfying  the  requirements  of  this
  section and any other provision of state or local law which requires the
  submission of a water well completion report or water well log.
4.  The  department  may  revoke  any  certificate of registration for
  violation of any of the provisions of  this  section,  or  violation  of
  rules  made  by  the  department  pertaining  thereto.  A certificate of
  registration may be revoked by the department regardless of the criminal
  provisions with regard to this section found in section 71-1115.
5. a. On and after January first, two thousand three,  any  individual
  who  is  responsible  for the on-site supervision of water well drilling
  activities must have passed, with at least a seventy  percent  score,  a
  two-part  certification exam by the national ground water association or
  an equivalent exam offered or approved by the commissioner. Evidence  of
  having  passed such exam shall be provided by the person responsible for
  the on-site supervision of water well drilling activities upon demand of
  any enforcement officer.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a of  this  subdivision
  any  individual,  who  is responsible for the on-site supervision of the
  repair or installation of water pumps, requiring the opening of the well
  casing, must have passed, with at  least  a  seventy  percent  score,  a
  certification exam developed by the national ground water association or
  the  water systems council, or an equivalent exam offered or approved by
  the commissioner. Evidence of having passed such exam shall be  provided
  by  the  person responsible for the on-site supervision of the repair or
  installation of water pumps, requiring the opening of the  well  casing,
  upon demand of any enforcement officer.
6.  Except as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this section shall
  be deemed to preempt any provision  of  local  law  which  requires  the

  license  or  registration  of  water  well  drillers  or which otherwise
  regulates the  practice  of  water  well  drilling,  provided  that  the
  provisions  of  such  local  law  are  at  least as comprehensive as the
  provisions of this section.