North Dakota Administrative Code

The department shall administer an examination to persons desiring to become licensed as licenseholders or geothermal system drillers. The department shall give no less than ten days' written notice to each applicant of the time and place of such examination. The department shall…

The examination to become a licenseholder must be given four times each year, during February, May, August, and November. The exact date must be announced at least thirty days before the examination. History: Amended effective May 1, 2002; October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General …

The examination must be given in the office of the department or in Bismarck, North Dakota. History: Amended effective May 1, 2002; October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-03-01.3

An applicant may spend up to four hours writing the examination. No books, charts, tables, notes, or other guidance may be used. A minimum score of seventy percent is required to pass the examination. History: Amended effective October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: N…

A person that fails to pass the examination may not take the examination for a period of one year immediately following the failure. History: Amended effective October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-03-01.3 2…

The department shall furnish licenses and decals to qualified applicants who have passed the examination upon receipt of a department-approved application and submission of the proper fee and bond. History: Amended effective October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC…

Repealed effective October 1, 2024.

1. A person that takes the examination to become a licensed water well contractor first shall complete a minimum of one-year apprenticeship or experience in water well drilling and construction under the direct supervision of a licensed water well contractor or have completed a c…

Before receiving a license under North Dakota Century Code chapter 61-03, a qualified applicant shall execute and deposit with the department a surety bond conditioned for the faithful performance of all water well, monitoring well, pump and pitless unit, or geothermal system ins…

The department shall approve a party's licensure application if an applicant has complied with sections 90-02-02-01.2 and 90-02-02-01.3. Upon department approval, the applicant must be regarded as qualified and must be issued the proper license and decals. History: Amended effect…

The one-year apprenticeship or experience required by section 90-02-02-01.2 must have occurred during the three years immediately preceding the application date. Suitable vocational training may substitute for the one-year apprenticeship or experience requirement with department …

An applicant who passes the examination shall complete the other licensure requirements within six months of examination result notification or the examination score must be nullified and the applicant shall be required to initiate a new application and be reexamined to obtain a …

Conviction of an offense does not disqualify a person from licensure under this chapter unless the department determines the offense has a direct bearing upon a person's ability to serve the public as a licenseholder, or following the conviction of any offense, the person is not …

1. A license issued under North Dakota Century Code chapter 61-03 is valid for up to one year and expires on the thirty-first day of December in the year of issuance. To renew a license, a licenseholder shall submit to the department a completed renewal application. The completed…

A licenseholder must be issued a renewal upon the receipt of a department-approved renewal application and submission of the proper fee and bond. History: Amended effective October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 3 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-03-01.3…

If a renewal application has not been received before April first following expiration of the license, the previous license is no longer eligible for renewal. History: Amended effective October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-03-0…

Repealed effective October 1, 2024.

Repealed effective October 1, 2024.

Repealed effective October 1, 2024. 4

The department shall develop and supply well completion reporting forms as required by North Dakota Century Code section 61-03-27. History: Amended effective October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-03-27

The department shall maintain a systematic file of well completion reporting forms. History: Amended effective October 1, 2024; April 1, 2026. General Authority: NDCC 61-03-13 Law Implemented: NDCC 61-03-27

Repealed effective October 1, 2024.

Any water well equipment, pump and pitless unit equipment, geothermal equipment, or monitoring well equipment operating in North Dakota must prominently display a decal on the primary equipment that is under the charge of a licenseholder. Before beginning any water well equipment…

1. History. The 1959 legislative assembly established the state wheat commission by legislation codified as North Dakota Century Code chapter 4-28. The state wheat commission was established for the purpose and with the objective of stabilizing and improving the agriculture econo…

The commission shall have two officers. The commission shall elect from its membership a chairman and vice chairman who shall hold office for one year and may be reelected. They shall hold office until their successors are elected and have qualified. The election shall be at the …

The commission shall meet at least once every calendar quarter at such times and places as shall be determined by the commission and may meet in special meetings upon such call and notice as may be prescribed by rules adopted by the commission. General Authority: NDCC 4-28-06 Law…

Members of the commission shall be reimbursed for actual expenses necessarily incurred in attending meetings and performing other official duties on the same basis as other state officers. In addition, they are entitled to receive the same per diem compensation as provided in sec…

The attorney general shall act as legal adviser to the commission or designate an assistant for that purpose. The commission may employ other counsel to advise and represent the commission in its affairs and proceedings. General Authority: NDCC 4-28-06 Law Implemented: NDCC 4-28-…

The commission shall receive a biennial appropriation from the legislative assembly. This appropriation shall be based on what the commission deems necessary to conduct the affairs of the commission. No funds shall revert at the expiration of any biennium. General Authority: NDCC…

The commission may make expenditures of its funds or appropriation through vouchers approved by the commission to carry out its intent. The commission follows state government procedure for vouchering costs incurred. General Authority: NDCC 4-28-06 Law Implemented: NDCC 4-28-08 2…

The terms used throughout this article are defined as follows: 1. "Commercial channels" means the sale of wheat for any use when sold by a producer to a buyer or processor or a firm, person, or association who resells or further process the wheat. 2. "Final settlement" means the …

There shall be a levy of five mills per bushel [35.24 liters] by weight upon all wheat grown in the state and sold through commercial channels by a producer to a first purchaser. The tax will be levied at the time of sale and deducted from the price paid. In the case of a lien, p…

At time of sale, the purchaser shall issue to the producer a record of the transaction (check stub, loan paper, deferred payment contract, or other form as the commission may prescribe). General Authority: NDCC 4-28-06 Law Implemented: NDCC 4-28-07

A producer subject to the deduction may, within sixty days following such deduction or final settlement, apply to the wheat commission for refund of these moneys. The producer shall make a personal request for a refund application blank. Upon return of the signed application acco…

The commission shall disseminate information about the commission relating to the purpose of the wheat tax and how it is devoted to market development efforts. The commission shall also inform producers how refunds may be claimed. General Authority: NDCC 4-28-06 Law Implemented: …

A first purchaser shall make quarterly wheat tax (collection) reports and remittance to the commission before the twentieth of the month of the next quarter on such forms as the commission may prescribe. The commission shall make daily deposits of remittance in the Bank of North …

Those funds so deposited according to section 91-02-01-06 shall be transferred monthly according to North Dakota Century Code section 54-06-08 into the state treasury and deposited in the state wheat commission fund. Refunds granted according to section 91-02-01-04 shall be issue…

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. General Authority: NDCC 4-28-06 Law Implemented: NDCC 4-28-09 2

1. History. The Workmen's Compensation Act was passed in 1919 and is codified as North Dakota Century Code title 65. The workers' compensation fund is an exclusive state fund which contracts with employers in this state to provide "no fault" insurance for workers injured in the c…

Repealed effective January 1, 2026.

Repealed effective July 1, 2006. 2

If, after a compensable injury, an injured employee cannot return to full-time employment, or returns to work at a wage less than that earned at the time of the injured employee's first or recurrent disability, the injured employee is eligible for a temporary partial disability b…

Repealed effective January 1, 1996.

Repealed effective January 1, 2026.

Repealed effective January 1, 2026.

Repealed effective January 1, 2026.

If an injured employee's disability benefits are discontinued under subsection 6 of North Dakota Century Code section 65-05-08.1, and verification of disability is not received within one hundred twenty days from the date disability benefits are discontinued, the organization may…