280.15 Drilling and pump installing; registration; licensing; qualifications; fee.

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(1)Business registration.

(a)Registration requirement. No person may engage in the business of well drilling or heat exchange drilling in this state unless the person obtains registration under this paragraph as a drilling business, and no person may engage in the business of pump installing in this state unless the person obtains registration under this paragraph as a pump installing business, except as follows:

1. An individual who is a licensed driller or a licensed pump installer is not required to obtain registration.

2. An individual who is employed by a licensed driller or a licensed pump installer is not required to obtain registration.

3. An individual who is employed by a person who is registered under this paragraph is not required to obtain registration.

4. An individual to whom sub.

(4)or s. 280.19 applies is not required to obtain registration.

(am)Prerequisite. The department may not grant registration under par.

(a)to a person to engage in the business of well drilling or heat exchange drilling unless the person is a licensed driller, a licensed driller has an ownership interest in the business, or the person employs or contracts with a licensed driller. The department may not grant registration under par.

(a)to a person to engage in the business of pump installing unless the person is a licensed pump installer, a licensed pump installer has an ownership interest in the business, or the person employs or contracts with a licensed pump installer.

(b)Application. A person who seeks to register a drilling business or pump installing business shall apply to the department for registration of each place of business or retail outlet he or she operates as a drilling business or pump installing business, or both, upon forms prepared by the department for this purpose. The application shall be accompanied by a registration fee for each place of business or retail outlet included in the application.

(c)Renewal. In order to retain registration as a drilling business or pump installing business a person shall apply for registration renewal and pay the required registration fees annually on or before January 1.

(d)Registration fee. The fees required for registration application or annual renewal are as follows:

1. Drilling business, $50.

2. Pump installing business, $25.

3. Drilling business and pump installing business, $75.

(e)Late fees. A person who files an application for registration renewal or who fails to pay the required annual registration fees after January 1 shall pay a late penalty of $15.

(f)Expiration. All registrations issued under this subsection expire on December 31 of each year and are not transferable.

(2m)Driller and pump installer licensing.

(a)Application. An individual who seeks a driller or pump installer license shall apply to the department on a form prepared by the department. The individual shall include the fee specified in par.

(c)with the application, except that an individual who is eligible for the veterans fee waiver program under s. 45.44 is not required to pay the fee.

(am)Activities authorized under driller license. In issuing a driller license under this subsection, the department may specify that the license is limited to the authority to engage only in well drilling or to the authority to engage only in heat exchange drilling.

(b)Renewal. In order to retain his or her license as a driller or pump installer an individual shall do all of the following:

1. Comply with requirements for continuing education promulgated by the department by rule. The department shall require continuing education specific to well drilling for individuals seeking to retain a driller license that authorizes well drilling and shall require continuing education specific to heat exchange drilling for individuals seeking to retain a driller license that authorizes heat exchange drilling.

2. Apply for license renewal and pay the required license fees under par.

(c)annually on or before January 1.