(a) Driller registration:

1. (1)

   1. (A) Consolidated.
   2. (B) Includes water well construction techniques for all water wells, other than monitoring wells, completed in rock formation or in formations which will not cave, including the overburden and soils overlying consolidated formations;

2. (2)

   1. (A) Unconsolidated.
   2. (B) Includes water well construction techniques for all water wells, other than monitoring wells, completed in sand, clay, and gravel formations which are caving in nature;

3. (3)

   1. (A) Monitoring and piezometer.
   2. (B) Includes construction for the purpose of locating and sampling for engineering or geological data or sampling ground water;

4. (4)

   1. (A) Hydrofracturing.
   2. (B) Includes pumping or injecting fluids into a well and does not include the use of explosives; and

5. (5)

   1. (A) Geothermal.
   2. (B) Includes construction of wells built for the purpose of geothermal energy exchange including earth-coupled and direct exchange systems.

(b) Pump installer registration:

1. (1)

   1. (A) Turbine pumps.
   2. (B) Includes equipment consisting of, or used in conjunction with, line shaft turbine pumps;

2. (2)

   1. (A) Submersible pumps.
   2. (B) Includes equipment consisting of, or used in conjunction with, submersible pumps and motors;

3. (3)

   1. (A) Jet pumps.
   2. (B) Includes equipment used in conjunction with the jetting action of a venturi nozzle;

4. (4)

   1. (A) Monitoring/purging/sampling.
   2. (B) Includes pumps and other devices permanently installed to:

(i) Purge monitor wells;

1. (ii) Obtain samples from a monitoring well; or

   1. (iii) Recover foreign substances from ground water;

2. (5)

   1. (A) Positive displacement pumps and other devices.

   2. (B) Includes the installation of equipment and pumping devices not listed above, such as:

      1. (i) Hand pumps;
      2. (ii) Windmills;
      3. (iii) Stroke pumps; or
      4. (iv) Sucker rod pumps and equipment; and

3. (6)

   1. (A) Plugging.
   2. (B) Registered pump installers who have demonstrated knowledge of the applicable rules and possession of the required skills by passing a test on those subjects administered by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission are authorized to plug abandoned water wells.