Rhode Island General Laws 46-13-2.1. Approval required

(a) No person shall operate or maintain a public water supply system unless the system is approved by the director of health. Applications for approval shall be made to the director on forms provided for this purpose.

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person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6

(b) Upon receipt of an application, the director shall review the application, supporting documents, and conduct an inspection of the public water supply system to determine if it meets the requirements for approval set forth in this chapter and the regulations adopted hereunder. If, after review, the director determines that the public water supply system complies with the requirements of this chapter and the regulations adopted hereunder, approval of the application to operate or maintain a public water supply system shall be granted.

(c) An approval, unless sooner suspended or revoked, shall expire on the 30th day of June following its issuance and may be reviewed from year to year. Each approval shall be issued only for the public water supply system and persons named on the application, and shall not be transferable or assignable.

(d) The initial fee for any approval and the approval renewal fee shall be established by the director by regulation. The fees, as established by the director, shall be related to the costs incurred in operating the program and may include administrative, personnel, equipment, laboratory services and such other related costs necessary to carry out the provisions of this section of the law. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited as general revenues.

History of Section.
P.L. 1990, ch. 220, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 36, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 158; P.L. 2007, ch. 340, § 46.

For the purpose of this chapter:

(1) “Building official” means the local building official authorized in accordance with § 23-27.3-107 or the state building code commissioner authorized in accordance with § 23-27.3-108.2, as applicable;

(2) “Board” means the Rhode Island contractors’ registration and licensing board;

(3) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization, or any combination thereof;

(4) “Well” means an artificial sanitary excavation or opening in the ground, by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn; and for the purposes of this chapter, excepting § 46-13.2-3(c), attached as an appurtenance to a building or structure.

(5) “Well drilling contractor” means a person who engages in well drilling, including the installation pumps as provided herein;

(6) “Well drilling” means and includes the industry, procedure and all operations engaged in by any person, full-time or part-time, for compensation or otherwise, to obtain water from a well or wells by drilling, or other methods, for any purpose or use.

(7) “Appurtenance” means and includes the installation, alteration or repair of wells connected to a structure.

History of Section.
P.L. 1987, ch. 257, § 2; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 17, § 2.

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