Section 146.05. License and registration conditions and emeritus.

 

(1)   Conditions. The department may condition a license, registration, or renewal issued under this chapter based on the experience, qualifications, equipment and compliance history of the applicant or of the licensed supervisory individual or of the licensed individual supervisory driller. Conditions which may be imposed by the department include restriction of water well drilling or heat exchange drilling to specific methods, equipment, or geologic formations, or advance notification to the department of drilling, pump installing, well filling and sealing or property transfer well inspection activities.

(2)   Emeritus status. A Wisconsin licensed individual water [well] driller or pump installer in good standing may request to be listed with the department as an emeritus if the water well driller or pump installer is no longer engaged in the business or businesses for which a Wisconsin license was obtained. An emeritus individual is not required to earn the continuing education credits described in s. NR 146.07 and shall continue to receive codes, bulletins or other documents prepared and printed by the department. If an emeritus individual has not earned the annual continuing education requirements during the years for which the license was in emeritus status but wishes to reactivate his or her license to engage in water well drilling, pump installing, well filling and sealing, or property transfer well inspections, the individual must pass the appropriate exam. An individual in emeritus status is not eligible to be a supervisory water well driller or pump installer.

History: Cr. Register, December, 1988, No. 396 , eff. 1-1-89; CR 13-096 : am. (title), (1), (2), CR 13-099 : am. (title), (1), (2) Register September 2014 No. 705 , eff. 10-1-14; 2015 Wis. Act 197 s. 37 Register April 2016 No. 724 .

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A notification condition may be fulfilled by a water well driller or pump installer by telephoning, e-mailing, or faxing the notification to the office of the designated department employee. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 "Well" in brackets was removed by CR 13-096 , but is necessary to give effect to the treatment by CR 13-099 . Future rulemaking will address any wording inconsistencies. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1