Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 440 - Contractors' Registration and Licensing Board
Chapter 10 - General Administration, Registration, Licensing, and Filing Claims
Subchapter 00 - N/A
Part 6 - Rules and Regulations for Well-Drillers, Pump Installers, and Water Filtration Contractors
Section 440-RICR-10-00-6.2 - Purpose
The purpose of this Part is to administer and enforce the provisions of the Rhode Island Well Drilling, Pump Installers, and Water Filtration Contractors Law, R. I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-65.2, to establish a licensing program and minimum standards for governing and enforcing the installation, construction, repair, development, and abandonment of wells, well pumps, water-supply systems, water-treatment systems, and water-filtration systems to ensure competency in the field and to safeguard the public health and to provide an adequate supply of clean and uncontaminated water for all persons in the state. Any person who fails to license as a well-driller, pump installer, or water filtration contractors, as stipulated, is subject to penalties for operating without a license.
