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-10-00-6.7 - Applications for Licensure
Universal Citation: 440 RI Code of Rules 10 00 6.7
Current through September 18, 2024
A. Applications for the licensure of well-drillers, pump installers, water filtration contractors, and water filtration installers shall comply with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 5-65, 5-65.2, and the following sections of Part 1 of this Subchapter:
1. General Application: §
1.7.1 of this Subchapter.
2. Examination: § 1.7.2 of
this Subchapter.
3.
Effective Date / Term: § 1.7.3 of this Subchapter.
4. Renewal and Reissuance of
Registration: § 1.7.4 of this Subchapter.
5. Lapsed Registration: §
1.7.5 of this Subchapter.
6. Military Service Registration:
§ 1.7.6 of this Subchapter.
B. Grandfather Clause
1. Prior to April 1, 2020, the
Board shall, without examination, upon receipt of the fees required
in this chapter, issue a residential
water-filtration/treatment-system installer's license to any
applicant who shall present satisfactory evidence that they have the
qualifications for the type of license applied for. After April 1,
2020, in order to qualify for a residential
water-filtration/treatment installer's license the eligible
individual shall be required to pass a written examination and show
proof as required by the contractors' registration and licensing
board of their eligibility.
a.
Satisfactory evidence shall be any of the following that is
applicable:
(1) The applicant must
have been employed by a contractor registered with the contractors'
registration and licensing board to do business designating
water-filtration/treatment-system installation and/or service as a
service provided for the previous one year and been actively engaged
in the installation and servicing of water-filtration/treatment
systems during that time period; or
(2) Notarized confirmation by three
(3) water-filtration/treatment-system contractors that the applicant
has the requisite training and experience to be licensed under this
act.
2. Prior to April 1, 2020, the
Board shall, without examination, upon receipt of the fees required
in this chapter, issue a residential
water-filtration/treatment-system contractor's license to any
applicant who shall present satisfactory evidence that they have the
qualifications for the type of license applied for. After April 1,
2020, in order to qualify for a residential
water-filtration/treatment contractor's license, the eligible
contractor shall be required to pass a written examination and show
proof, as required by the contractors' registration and licensing
board, of their eligibility.
a.
Satisfactory evidence shall be any of the following that is
applicable:
(1) The owner or owners
of an enterprise must have been active in water filtration for the
previous two (2) years; or
(2) The contractor has been
previously registered with the contractors' registration and
licensing board to do business designating water-filtration/treatment
system installation and/or service as a provided service;
or
(3) Notarized
confirmation by three (3) water-filtration/treatment-system
contractors that the applicant has the requisite training and
experience to be licensed under this act.
3. Those well-drilling
contractors who were previously registered with the department of
environmental management, and remain in good standing as of December
31, 2019, and that were previously exempted from fulfilling the
testing requirements required for registration by the department,
shall also be exempt from the testing requirements set forth in this
chapter.
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