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Department 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESDivision 144 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES - GENERALChapter 232 - WELL DRILLERS AND PUMP INSTALLERS RULES
Chapter 3 - CODE OF ETHICS
Section 144-232-3-300.0 - CONTENTS

10-144-232 Me. Code R. § 3-300.0

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Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 144-232-3-300.0 - CONTENTS
300.1General: All work shall be performed in accordance with State and local regulations, and shall be performed with the customer's best interest as a primary goal.
300.2Professionalism: The process of selecting the well site, getting to, constructing, developing, and completing the job will be done with as much concern for the customers wishes, neatness, speed, safety, and professionalism as possible. Striving to make the end results beneficial, acceptable and pleasing to all parties concerned.
300.3Ethical practices: The purpose of the Maine well and or pump contractor, is not only to make a living, but to show our concern for the environment and to help make Maine a cleaner and safer place for all who live here.
300.3.1 When drilling or installations are practiced as a profession, the privilege of practice requires professional, ethical conduct and professional responsibility.
300.3.2 Each driller or installer is to be guided by the highest standards of ethics, personal honor, and professional conduct.
300.3.3 A driller or installer shall not engage in false or deceptive advertising, or make false, misleading or deceptive representations or claims in regard to the profession, or in regard to others in the practice of the profession, which concern his or her own professional qualifications or abilities.
300.3.4 A driller or installer shall not issue a false statement or false information even though directed to do so by an employer or client.
300.3.5 A driller or installer shall protect, to the fullest possible extent, the interest of his or her employer or client so far as is consistent with the law and the well drillers and pump installers professional obligations and ethics.
300.3.6 A driller and installer shall endeavor to cooperate with others in the profession and encourage ethical and educational advancement.
300.3.7 It shall be the duty and professional responsibility of every driller and installer not only to uphold these standards of ethics by precept and example, but also, where necessary, to encourage by counsel and advise to other drillers and installers, their adherence to such standards.

10-144 C.M.R. ch. 232, § 3-300.0