Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 5605

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. See
  • Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
  • Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
  • Well: means any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored into the earth to locate, monitor, extract, or recharge groundwater or any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored for the primary purpose of transferring heat to or from the earth's subsurface. See

§ 5605. Duties of the Director

The Director shall:

(1) provide general information to applicants for licensure as well drillers;

(2) receive applications for licensure; grant and renew licenses in accordance with this chapter; and deny, revoke, suspend, reinstate, or condition licenses as directed by an administrative law officer;

(3) after consultation with the Department, administer or approve examinations and training programs;

(4) explain appeal procedures to well-driller licensees and applicants and complaint procedures to the public;

(5) administer fees collected in accordance with this chapter and 3 V.S.A. § 125;

(6) refer all disciplinary matters to an administrative law officer established under 3 V.S.A. § 129(j); and

(7) with advice of the advisor appointees and in collaboration with the Department, adopt or amend rules necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter. (Added 2021, No. 69, § 10, eff. June 8, 2021.)