2013 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 5 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 5-65.2 - Rhode Island Well Drilling Contractors Licensing Law
Section 5-65.2-2 - Definitions.
§ 5-65.2-2 Definitions. – When used in this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the contractors' registration and licensing board.
(2) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization, or any combination thereof.
(3) "Well" means an artificial sanitary excavation or opening in the ground, by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn; and for the purposes of this chapter attached as an appurtenance to a building or structure.
(4) "Well drilling contractor" means a person who engages in well drilling; including the installation of pumps as provided herein.
(5) "Well drilling" means and includes the industry, procedure and all operations engaged in by any person, full-time or part-time, for compensation or otherwise, to obtain water from a well or wells by drilling, or other methods, for any purpose or use.
History of Section.
(P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 6.)
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