Section 440-RICR-10-00-6.7 - Applications for LicensureA. Applications for the licensure of well-drillers, pump installers, water filtration contractors, and water filtration installers shall comply with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 5-65, 5-65.2, and the following sections of Part 1 of this Subchapter: 1. General Application: § 1.7.1 of this Subchapter.2. Examination: § 1.7.2 of this Subchapter.3. Effective Date / Term: § 1.7.3 of this Subchapter.4. Renewal and Reissuance of Registration: § 1.7.4 of this Subchapter.5. Lapsed Registration: § 1.7.5 of this Subchapter.6. Military Service Registration: § 1.7.6 of this Subchapter.B. Grandfather Clause 1. Prior to April 1, 2020, the Board shall, without examination, upon receipt of the fees required in this chapter, issue a residential water-filtration/treatment-system installer's license to any applicant who shall present satisfactory evidence that they have the qualifications for the type of license applied for. After April 1, 2020, in order to qualify for a residential water-filtration/treatment installer's license the eligible individual shall be required to pass a written examination and show proof as required by the contractors' registration and licensing board of their eligibility.a. Satisfactory evidence shall be any of the following that is applicable: (1) The applicant must have been employed by a contractor registered with the contractors' registration and licensing board to do business designating water-filtration/treatment-system installation and/or service as a service provided for the previous one year and been actively engaged in the installation and servicing of water-filtration/treatment systems during that time period; or(2) Notarized confirmation by three (3) water-filtration/treatment-system contractors that the applicant has the requisite training and experience to be licensed under this act.2. Prior to April 1, 2020, the Board shall, without examination, upon receipt of the fees required in this chapter, issue a residential water-filtration/treatment-system contractor's license to any applicant who shall present satisfactory evidence that they have the qualifications for the type of license applied for. After April 1, 2020, in order to qualify for a residential water-filtration/treatment contractor's license, the eligible contractor shall be required to pass a written examination and show proof, as required by the contractors' registration and licensing board, of their eligibility. a. Satisfactory evidence shall be any of the following that is applicable: (1) The owner or owners of an enterprise must have been active in water filtration for the previous two (2) years; or(2) The contractor has been previously registered with the contractors' registration and licensing board to do business designating water-filtration/treatment system installation and/or service as a provided service; or(3) Notarized confirmation by three (3) water-filtration/treatment-system contractors that the applicant has the requisite training and experience to be licensed under this act.3. Those well-drilling contractors who were previously registered with the department of environmental management, and remain in good standing as of December 31, 2019, and that were previously exempted from fulfilling the testing requirements required for registration by the department, shall also be exempt from the testing requirements set forth in this chapter.440 R.I. Code R. 440-RICR-10-00-6.7
Adopted effective 12/19/2019