2017 Minnesota Statutes

103I.501 LICENSING AND REGULATION OF WELLS AND BORINGS.

(a) The commissioner shall regulate and license:

(1) drilling, constructing, and repair of wells;

(2) sealing of wells;

(3) installing of well pumps and pumping equipment;

(4) excavating, drilling, repairing, and sealing of elevator borings;

(5) construction, repair, and sealing of environmental wells; and

(6) construction, repair, and sealing of bored geothermal heat exchangers.

(b) The commissioner shall examine and license well contractors, limited well/boring contractors, elevator boring contractors, and environmental well contractors.

(c) The commissioner shall license explorers engaged in exploratory boring and shall examine persons who supervise or oversee exploratory boring.

History:

1989 c 326 art 3 s 26; 1999 c 153 s 11; 2005 c 106 s 30; 2013 c 108 art 12 s 108; 1Sp2017 c 6 art 10 s 27