La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXXXIX-501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section LXXXIX-501 - License Application

A. Every person, firm or corporation desiring to engage in the business of drilling or reworking water wells, drilling monitoring wells, heat pump wells or holes, geotechnical boreholes and/or plugging and abandoning wells or holes, excluding oil and gas wells, in the state of Louisiana, shall file an application (see §1111) with the department for a contractor's (driller's) license, using form provided by the department, setting out qualifications therefore and such other information as may be required by the department.

B. The application must be completed in its entirety, notarized and submitted to the department with the required license fee (see §503). Applications which are not properly completed, notarized, or accompanied with the required license fee or are illegible, will not be accepted by the department.

C. Applications received by the department will be reviewed by the advisory committee during their regular quarterly meetings (see §303). The committee will then recommend to the department, which applications should be accepted or rejected by the department.

D. If an application is approved, the department will notify the applicant of the date, time and place where he may appear for the licensing examination, as required by §505 If the application is rejected, the department will notify the applicant in writing and will return the license fee if requested by the applicant.

E. License Renewal. All licenses issued by the department shall expire on June 30 of each year and shall be renewable annually, without qualifying examination, upon submission of a completed license renewal application (see §1111), using form provided by the department, upon payment of the required license renewal fee (see §503), and upon certification by the department of qualified continuing education hours (see §509). Renewal applications, together with the required license renewal fees, must be received by the department no later than June 30 of each year. Such application shall have the effect of extending the validity of the current license until the renewal certificate or the new license is received, or the applicant is notified in writing by the department that the renewal of license has been refused.

F. Contractors (drillers) who fail or refuse to submit their license renewal applications, documentation of required continuing education hours, and the applicable annual renewal fees to the department by June 30 of each year or submit their applications with N.S.F. or account closed checks, will be considered delinquent and they will be dropped from the roster of licensed drillers. Thereafter, the license may be renewed only upon receipt of the completed renewal application, documentation of required continuing education hours, and payment of the applicable renewal fee, plus a penalty of $5 for each month that the contractor (driller) was delinquent.

G. Delinquency in excess of one year may, at the discretion of the advisory committee, be deemed as a waiver of the contractor's right for renewal, and if he should apply thereafter, the department may require that he be considered as a new applicant, including the requirement for examination. Any person whose license has been revoked may, upon application for a new license, be required, at the discretion of the advisory committee, to take the examination and in all other ways be considered as a new applicant.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXXXIX-501

Promulgated by the Department of Transportation and Development, Office of Public Works, Water Resources Section, LR 9:248 (April 1983), amended LR 11:967 (October 1985), Amended LR 49701 (4/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 38:3098.