- (a) Terms used in this section have the meanings assigned by Chapter 59 of this title, unless the context indicates otherwise.
(b) To renew a license as a driller or pump installer, a licensee must complete four (4) hours of continuing education in courses approved by the department. The continuing education hours must include the following:
- (1) one (1) hour of instruction dedicated to the Water Well Driller/Pump Installer statutes and rules; and
- (2) three (3) hours of instruction in topics directly related to the water well industry, including but not limited to well and water well pump standards, geologic characteristics of the state, state groundwater laws and related regulations, well construction and pump installation practices and techniques, health and safety, environmental protection, technological advances, or business management.
- (c) The continuing education hours must have been completed within the term of the current license, in the case of a timely renewal. For a late renewal, the continuing education hours must have been completed within the one year period immediately prior to the date of renewal.
- (d) A licensee may not receive continuing education credit for attending the same course more than once.
- (e) Licensees shall retain a copy of the certificate of completion for a course for one year after the date of completion. In conducting any inspection or investigation of the licensee, the department may examine the licensee's records to determine compliance with this subsection.
- (f) To be approved under Chapter 59 of this title, a provider's course must be dedicated to instruction in one or more of the topics listed in subsection (b), and the provider must be registered under Chapter 59 of this title.
- (g) A licensee whose license has been placed on "inactive" status pursuant to Texas Occupations Code, §51.4011 is not required to complete continuing education as required by this section until the licensee seeks to change to "active" status.
Source Note:The provisions of this §76.25 adopted to be effective March 1, 2013, 38 TexReg 1142.