1. A. Experience Required for Initial Licenses. Before an applicant may be examined in a particular class and category of license, the applicant shall have acquired the experience in Column A of this regulation. If the applicant has practiced well drilling in accordance with all laws and regulations in a state that does not have comparable license classes or categories, the applicant shall have acquired the experience listed in Column B of this regulation as established to the satisfaction of the Board.

   Class and Category	A	B
   Master Well Driller General Geotechnical Water Supply	2 years as a journeyman well driller in the same category	7 years practicing well drilling; 2 of the last 3 of which shall have been spent operating the equipment used for the construction of wells of the category of license sought
   Journeyman Well Driller General Geotechnical Water Supply	3 years as an apprentice well driller	5 years practicing well drilling; 2 of the last 3 of which shall have been operating the equipment used for the construction of wells of the category of license sought
   Pump Installer	2 years as an apprentice pump installer	3 years installing pumps
   Water Conditioner Installer	2 years as an apprentice water conditioner installer	3 years installing water conditioning equipment
   Apprentice: Well Driller Water Conditioner Installer Pump Installer	1 year as a helper	1 year of related experience

2. B. In addition to satisfying the experience requirements of §A, of this regulation, an applicant for licensure in the general or geotechnical category of the journeyman or master class well driller license shall provide to the Board acceptable proof of valid individual certification for hazardous waste or monitoring site operations required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
3. C. At the discretion of the Board, specific education in hydrogeology, well technology, water pump technology, or water conditioning technology, as appropriate for the class or category, or both, of license applied for, may be substituted for up to 2 years experience.
4. D. Unlicensed experience in violation of the requirements of the laws or regulations, or both, of any state does not qualify as experience for an examination.

Authority: Environment Article, §13-101 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date:

Regulations .01—.12 effective March 19, 1975 (2:6 Md. R. 434)

Regulation .01B—D amended effective June 11, 1975 (2:13 Md. R. 929)

Regulation .08 adopted effective June 11, 1975 (2:13 Md. R. 929) (Original Regulations .08—.12 renumbered as .09—.13)

Regulation .10G adopted effective June 11, 1975 (2:13 Md. R. 929)

Annotation: This chapter was transferred from COMAR 08.12.01 pursuant to Executive Order 01.01.1980.04, effective July 1, 1980 (7:13 Md. R. 1277)

Chapter repealed effective December 20, 1982 (9:25 Md. R. 2485)

Regulations .01—.21 adopted effective December 20, 1982 (9:25 Md. R. 2485)

Regulations .01C-1 and .10-1 adopted, and .02A and .10B amended effective June 6, 1983 (10:11 Md. R. 975)

Regulation .01C-1—U recodified to .01D—V

Regulation .10A amended effective March 10, 1986 (13:5 Md. R. 546)

Regulations .10C-1—.21 recodified to .11—.22

Regulation .12 adopted effective March 10, 1986 (13:5 Md. R. 546)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 10.49.01 to COMAR 26.05.01

Regulations .01—.22 repealed effective December 24, 1990 (17:25 Md. R. 2910)

Regulations .01—.10 adopted effective December 24, 1990 (17:25 Md. R. 2910)