Except as provided in subsection (f) of Code Section 12-5-127, no person shall drill a water well or geothermal borehole without first having a water well contractor's license issued by the council. No person, including licensed water well contractors, shall drill any kind of well, borehole, or corehole, other than a water well or geothermal borehole, unless such person is acting under the direction of a professional geologist or a professional engineer.
(Code 1981, §12-5-125, enacted by Ga. L. 1985, p. 1192, § 1; Ga. L. 1992, p. 6, § 12; Ga. L. 2010, p. 254, § 2/HB 1206.)
The 2010 amendment, effective July 1, 2010, inserted "or geothermal borehole" near the beginning of the first sentence; and, in the second sentence, deleted "other" preceding "kind of well", and inserted ", other than a water well or geothermal borehole," near the end.
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 1985, p. 1192, § 1 repealed former Code Section12-5-125 and enacted the present Code section. The former Code section pertained to the council's duty to study the need for standards and rules and regulations as to water wells and to make recommendations to the General Assembly and was based on Ga. L. 1976, p. 974, § 5, and Ga. L. 1977, p. 1506, § 3. For present provisions regarding such standards and rules and regulations, see §§ 12-5-124 (paragraphs (5) and (6)) and12-5-134.
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- 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, §§ 161, 166 et seq.