Code of Maine Rules › 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERAL › Chapter 232 - WELL DRILLERS AND PUMP INSTALLERS RULES › Chapter 2 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS › Section 144-232-2-200.0 - APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
200.1
General:
Effective January 1, 1994 for water wells and May 25,
				  2011 for geothermal heat exchange wells, a person may not engage in the
				  business of constructing, altering or repairing water or geothermal heat
				  exchange wells including installing seals, liners and grout within the State or
				  engage in the installation, alteration, repair or replacement of a pump or pump
				  system in a water or geothermal exchange well unless licensed with the
				  Commission. All provisions herein related to geothermal heat exchange well
				  construction, geothermal heat exchange well pump installation and licensing
				  requirements for geothermal heat exchange well drillers and geothermal heat
				  exchange well pump installers shall apply on the effective date of these rules.
				  A minimum of an apprentice license is required for any person participating in
				  the drilling, construction, alteration or repair of a water well or geothermal
				  heat exchange well, including the setup and/or taking down of a drill rig, and
				  the installation, replacement, alteration or repair of all materials used to
				  construct water or geothermal heat exchange wells including pumps or pump
				  systems and all other materials used specifically in water and geothermal heat
				  exchange wells. A master or journeyman licensee must be present to supervise
				  apprentice licensees at all times when activities covered by these regulations
				  are in progress. All individual licensees must be in the responsible charge of
				  a licensed company. A company license is valid only while the company employs
				  at least one licensed or endorsed master appropriate for each type of company
				  license. License application requests shall be on application forms furnished
				  by the Department and require the information set forth in the
				  Section.
200.2
References:
Three (3) references shall be submitted by persons who
				  have a professional knowledge of the applicant's work. At least one reference
				  must be from a master licensee or for out of state applicants the
				  equivalent.
200.3
Work
				  experience:
Documentation showing that the minimum work experience
				  criteria set forth in Section
				  202.0 has been met. Failure to
				  provide appropriate evidence of work experience will result in the denial of an
				  application.
200.4
Time
				  frame:
The applicant's request for examination/license, along with the
				  completed application and reference forms, must be received by the Department
				  no later than thirty (30) days prior to the examination date.
200.5
Application review / examination
				  fee:
Twenty-five (25) dollars shall be submitted with each application
				  and is non-refundable. This fee covers the initial application review and one
				  examination. Checks shall be made payable to Treasurer of State.
200.6
Exemptions:
This
				  subsection does not prevent a person from making water well, geothermal heat
				  exchange well or pump system installations, alterations, repairs or
				  replacements in a single-family residence owned and occupied by that person and
				  to be occupied by that person as a bona fide personal abode, providing the
				  installation, alteration, repair or replacement conforms to the standards set
				  forth in this chapter and any rules adopted by the Maine Water Well Commission
				  or the department. This subsection does not prevent a person from removing and
				  replacing an existing pump for the purpose of well inspection or to test
				  pumping if the pump and electrical system are not being modified.
200.7
Applicability:
These rules
				  are applicable when determining the appropriate setbacks for new water supply
				  and geothermal heat exchange wells from existing disposal system components.
				  The Maine Subsurface Waste Water Disposal Rules, 144A CMR 241, are the
				  applicable rules for determining the appropriate setbacks for new or
				  replacement disposal system components from existing water supply wells. When
				  both a new water supply well and a new or replacement disposal system are being
				  designed simultaneously homeowners are advised to verify that the proposed well
				  location does not conflict with requirements of the Maine Subsurface Waste
				  Water Disposal Rules.
200.8
Updating information:
Licensees must notify the Commission in
				  writing of any changes of name, address, phone number, or in the case of a
				  company license, a change of ownership or the loss or change of the master
				  licensee responsible for that license within 30 days of the effective date of
				  the change or loss.