2021 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 223 - Sanitarians, water plant operators, and water well construction practices 223.400 Definitions for KRS 223.405 to 223.460.
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223.400 Definitions for KRS 223.405 to 223.460.
As used in KRS 223.405 to 223.460, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Alteration or repair of a water well" means any maintenance, addition, or change of
well or pitless adapter, but does not include replacement or repair of a water pump
or associated piping;
(2) "Board" means the Kentucky Water Well Certification Board;
(3) "Cabinet" means the Energy and Environment Cabinet;
(4) "Certificate" means a certificate of competency issued by the secretary stating that
the water well driller has met all the requirements for the appropriate classification
set forth in KRS 223.405 to 223.460 or by regulation;
(5) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, municipality,
state and federal government, or other public body or other legal entity, or any
officer, employee, or agent of any of the foregoing;
(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Energy and Environment Cabinet;
(7) "Water well" or "well" means any excavation or opening in the surface of the earth
that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, jetted, or otherwise constructed when
the actual or intended use in whole or part of an excavation is the removal of water
for any purpose, including but not limited to culinary and household purposes,
animal consumption, food manufacture, use of geothermal resources for domestic
heating purposes and industrial, irrigation, and dewatering purposes, but not
including wells to be used for watering stock or for general farmstead use if the
wells do not provide water for human consumption;
(8) "Water well driller" means a person who is qualified to engage in the drilling,
alteration, or repair of a water well as defined in this chapter; and
(9) "Water well driller's assistant" means a person who is qualified to engage in the
drilling, alteration, or repair of a water well under the supervision of a certified
water well driller who provided the affidavit of supervision required under KRS
223.425(5)(g).
Effective: June 27, 2019
History: Amended 2019 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 1, effective June 27, 2019. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 343, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts
ch. 212, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 215, sec. 1,
effective July 13, 1984.
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