AUTHORIZATION & REQUIREMENTS





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DEP 2003
WATER WELL CONTRACTORS
LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
62-531

CHAPTER 62-531 REVISED JULY: 2003
WATER WELL CONTRACTOR LICENSING REQUIREMENTS

62-531.330 Water Well Contractor License Renewal.

  1. Licenses issued pursuant to this Chapter shall not be transferable and shall expire on July 3l of each odd numbered year. A license may be renewed without examination for an ensuing two years by making application to the licensing District not later than the expiration date of the license and paying the biennial renewal fee. Such application shall extend the validity of the current license until a new license is received or the applicant is notified by the District that formal administrative action has been taken to suspend, revoke, or deny renewal of the license.

  2. Twelve CEUs shall be required for renewal of a license beginning July 31, 2005. Water well contractor licenses shall be renewed only after the license holder has completed twelve CEUs of approved coursework earned in the two-year period directly preceding the request for license renewal for each renewal cycle.

  3. A minimum of six of CEUs must be related to water well construction practices and applicable water well construction rules. No more than six CEUs may be related to safety and business practices.

  4. Each application of license renewal shall include copies of certificates of completion of CEUs. Confirmation of approved coursework completion will be accepted from the Department or the Administrator, if available, in lieu of certificates of completion.

  5. A Florida licensed water well contractor who teaches approved coursework shall receive one CEU for each coursework hour of instruction.

  6. If a license is not renewed pursuant to subsection (1) before July 31 of each odd numbered year, the current license shall automatically revert to inactive status and may be renewed only in accordance with the requirements in Rule 62-531.360, F.A.C.

  7. Pursuant to Rule 62-531.450, F.A.C. no application for a renewal shall be granted if the applicant’s license is suspended or revoked until the period for such suspension or revocation has expired.


    Specific Authority 373.043, 373.309, FS. Law Implemented 373.323, 373.324, 373.326, 373.329, FS. History — New 5-25-89, Formerly 17-531.330, Amended 7-17-03.

62-531.340 Water Well Contractor Fees.

  1. The following fees are required for water well contractor license applications, biennial renewals, and late renewals:
    (a) New License: A fee of $150 shall accompany each new application for a license.
    (b) Biennial License Renewal: A fee of $50 shall accompany each application for a renewal of license.
    (c) Late License Renewal: After July 31 of each odd numbered year, in addition to the normal license renewal fee, a late fee of $75 shall accompany each application for renewal of a license which has been inactive for one year or less.

  2. Regular employees of a political subdivision or governmental entity engaged in water well drilling shall be licensed in accordance with this Chapter, but shall be exempt from paying the fees required in this Chapter, for the drilling done for the political subdivision or governmental entity.


    Specific Authority 373.043, 373.309, FS. Law Implemented 373.323, 373.326, 373.329, FS. History — New 5-25-89, Formerly 17-531.340.

62-531.360 Inactive Status of Water Well Contractor License.

  1. A license not renewed before July 3l of each odd numbered year shall automatically revert to inactive status. Such license may be reactivated only if the licensee meets the requirements for reactivation in subsection (3) below.

  2. At least sixty days before the automatic reversion of a license to inactive status, the District which issued the license shall mail a notice of reversion to the last known address of the licensee as it appears on the District records. If the notice is mailed less than sixty days before the automatic reversion, the licensee shall still have sixty days in which to reactivate the license.

  3. A license which has become inactive pursuant to subsection (1) above, may be renewed or reactivated upon applications to the District as follows:
    (a) A license which has been inactive for one year or less after July 3l of each odd numbered year may be renewed pursuant to Rule 62-531.330, F.A.C., upon application to the District and upon payment of the renewal and late fees established in Rule 62-531.340, F.A.C. Such renewed license shall expire on July 3l of the next odd numbered year.
    (b) A license which as been inactive for more than one year after July 31 of each odd numbered year may be reactivated upon application to the District for licensure pursuant to Rule 62-531.300, F.A.C.
    Specific Authority 373.043, 373.309, FS. Law Implemented 373.325, FS. History — New 5-25-89, Formerly 17-531.360.