Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 037 - Engineer, State › Sub-Agency 0002 - Water Well Drilling Contractors/Water Well Pump Contractors Board › Chapter 5 - RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT › Section 5-1 - Rules of Professional Conduct

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) All license
				holders shall comply with the following standards, requirements, or procedures:
(i) A license holder shall not submit any
				materially false statements or fail to disclose any material facts requested in
				connection with an application for licensure or in connection with a board
				investigation or inspection;
(ii) A
				license holder shall not engage in fraud, deceit, misrepresentation,
				concealment of material facts, or failure to disclose a material fact in
				advertising, soliciting or providing services to members of the
				public;
(iii) A license holder
				shall not engage in fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, concealment of material
				facts, or failure to disclose a material fact in providing information to the
				State Engineer's Office or the Board.
(iv) A license holder shall not misrepresent
				or provide false information on any form submitted to the State Engineer's
				Office or the Board.
(v) A license
				holder shall comply with all federal, state, and local building, fire, safety,
				and real estate and any other laws, codes, ordinances, or regulations
				pertaining to the license holder's professional practice. A license holder
				shall not provide any services in violation of any such laws, codes,
				ordinances, or regulations;
(vi) A
				license holder shall not knowingly commit bribery as prescribed in W.S. 6-5-
				102 or violate any federal statute concerning bribery;
(vii) A license holder shall not violate any
				state or federal criminal statute involving fraud, misrepresentation,
				embezzlement, theft, forgery or breach of fiduciary duty, where the violation
				is related to the license holder's professional practice;
(viii) A license holder shall apply the
				technical knowledge and skill which would be applied by other qualified license
				holders who practice the same profession;
(ix) A license holder shall not accept an
				assignment where the duty to a client or the public would conflict with the
				license holder's personal interest or the interest of another client without
				full disclosure of all material facts of the potential conflict to each person
				who might be related to or affected by the project or engagement in
				question;
(x) Except as otherwise
				provided by law, code, ordinance, or regulation, a license holder may act as
				the prime contractor for a given project and select collaborating contractors;
				however, the license holder shall perform only those services for which the
				license holder is qualified;
(xi) A
				license holder shall not provide services as a water well drilling contractor
				as defined in Chapter 1, Section
				3(k) or a water well pump
				installation contractor as defined in Chapter 1, Section
				3(m) if not covered under a
				three hundred thousand dollar ($300,000.00) or greater general liability
				policy;
(xii) A license holder
				shall report any change of employer or change of address to the Board Office no
				later than two weeks after the change occurs;
(xiii) A license holder overseeing the job
				and assuming liability for the water well drilling or water well pump
				installation shall have direct communication with the water well drilling or
				water well pump installation site during all drilling or pump installation
				operations, and;
(xiv) A license
				holder shall provide information requested by the Board regarding a complaint,
				investigation, or inspection in a timely manner and no later than as requested
				by the Board.
(xv) A license holder
				shall cooperate with any inspection deemed necessary by the board to enforce
				compliance with the water well minimum construction standards and related rules
				and regulations promulgated by the State Engineer's Office, or as part of a
				complaint or investigation.