South Carolina Code 40-23-320. Well drilling licenses; categories; classes
(B) To be licensed as a Class "D" environmental, coastal, or rock well driller, an applicant must:
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-23-320
- Board: means the South Carolina Environmental Certification Board. See South Carolina Code 40-23-20
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- License: means a serially numbered document issued by the board, containing the name of the person registered, certified, or licensed and the date of registration, certification, or licensing and certifying that the person named is authorized to practice a profession regulated by the board as specified on said document. See South Carolina Code 40-23-20
- Licensee: means a person currently or previously authorized to practice a licensed activity pursuant to this chapter and includes a person holding a license, permit, certification, or registration granted pursuant to this chapter. See South Carolina Code 40-23-20
- Person: means an individual, partnership, copartnership, cooperative, firm, company, public or private corporation, political subdivision, government agency, trust, estate, joint structure company, or any other legal entity or its legal representative, agent, or assigns. See South Carolina Code 40-23-20
- Rock well: means an opening into the ground, which qualifies as a "well" of Type I construction as defined in this section, that is made by boring, drilling, jetting, driving, direct push technology, or any other method into consolidated materials, and that does not qualify as an environmental well. See South Carolina Code 40-23-20
- Well: means a manmade horizontal, vertical, or angled opening in the ground made by digging, boring, drilling, jetting, driving, direct push technology, or any other method through which water is injected or withdrawn from beneath the surface of the earth for the purpose of human consumption, irrigation, industrial or commercial processes, or construction of closed loop systems. See South Carolina Code 40-23-20
- Well drilling category: means the taxonomy of well drilling licenses according to the type of well a licensee is authorized to construct including, but not limited to, environmental wells, coastal wells, rock wells, and bored wells. See South Carolina Code 40-23-20
(1) be at least eighteen years of age;
(2) pass a written examination approved by the board; and
(3) submit an application on forms approved by the board, and pay the prescribed fee.
(C) To be licensed as a Class "C" environmental, coastal, or rock well driller, an applicant must:
(1) pass a written examination approved by the board;
(2) submit an application on forms approved by the board, and pay the prescribed fee;
(3) complete at least one year of experience as a Class "D" well driller, primarily spent in installing wells of the well drilling category for which Class "C" status is sought;
(4) possess the necessary drilling equipment or present to the board sufficient evidence to show the applicant has access to the use of this equipment at any time the applicant needs it; and
(5) furnish proof of a surety bond in accordance with § 40-23-280 in an amount of at least twenty-five thousand dollars or in an amount as specified by the board in regulation. The board, by regulation, may establish bonding requirements in amounts greater or less than twenty-five thousand dollars if the board finds these amounts are in the public interest.
(D) To be licensed as a Class "B" environmental, coastal, or rock well driller, an applicant must:
(1) pass a written examination approved by the board;
(2) submit an application on forms approved by the board, and pay the prescribed fee;
(3) complete at least one year of experience as a Class "C" employee of a Class "B" or Class "A" well driller, primarily spent in installing wells of the well drilling category for which Class "B" status is sought;
(4) possess the necessary drilling equipment or present to the board sufficient evidence to show the applicant has access to the use of this equipment at any time the applicant needs it; and
(5) furnish proof of a surety bond in accordance with § 40-23-280 in an amount of a least twenty-five thousand dollars or in an amount as specified by the board in regulation. The board, by regulation, may establish bonding requirements in amounts greater or less than twenty-five thousand dollars if the board finds these amounts are in the public interest.
(E) To be licensed as a Class "A" well driller, an applicant must:
(1) pass a written examination approved by the board;
(2) submit an application on forms approved by the board, and pay the prescribed fee;
(3) complete at least two years in practice as a Class "C" or Class "B" well driller in each of the three well drilling categories;
(4) possess the necessary drilling equipment or present to the board sufficient evidence to show the applicant has access to the use of this equipment at any time the applicant needs it; and
(5) furnish proof of a surety bond in accordance with § 40-23-280 in an amount of at least twenty-five thousand dollars or in an amount as specified by the board in regulation. The board, by regulation, may establish bonding requirements in amounts greater or less than twenty-five thousand dollars if the board finds these amounts are in the public interest.