In cases other than those relating to failure to meet the requirements for an initial license, the Director of Environment and Energy may deny, refuse renewal of, suspend, or revoke licenses or may take other disciplinary action following notice and an opportunity for a hearing for any of the following acts or offenses:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 46-1235

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Water well: shall mean any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed for the purpose of exploring for ground water, monitoring ground water, utilizing the geothermal properties of the ground, obtaining hydrogeologic information, or extracting water from or injecting fluid as defined in section 81-1502 into the underground water reservoir. See Nebraska Statutes 46-1212

(1) Violation of the Water Well Standards and Contractors’ Practice Act or any standards, rules, or regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to such act;

(2) Fraud or deception by the applicant or licensee;

(3) Failure to exercise reasonable care in the practice of the trade;

(4) Inability to properly perform the practice of the trade;

(5) Failure to comply with continuing education requirements for licensure under the act;

(6) Conduct or practices detrimental to the health or safety of persons hiring the services of the licensee or of members of the general public;

(7) Practice of the trade while the license to do so is suspended or practice of the trade in contravention of any limitation placed upon the license;

(8) Failing to file a water well registration required by subsection (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 46-602 or failing to file a notice required by subsection (7) of such section; or

(9) Failing to file a properly completed notice of abandonment of a water well required by subsection (8) of section 46-602.