Title 33, Title 33 — Professions And Occupations

Organization of board; meetings; quorum; disposition of funds. (a) The state engineer or his representative shall be secretary of the board and shall have charge of the records and be responsible for budget preparation and general administrative duties. (b) The members of the boa…

Powers of the board in general; enjoining unlawful acts. (a) The board is entitled to the services of the attorney general in the conduct of its affairs and shall reimburse the attorney general for actual cost of legal services provided. (b) Whenever any person has engaged or is …

Duties of the board. (a) The board shall: (i) Supervise the general administration of this act; (ii) Enforce the provisions of this act and any rules and regulations promulgated under it and take all action necessary to carry out the provisions of this act; (iii) Examine the qual…

Licensure in general; qualifications of applicant; operator's license. (a) The board shall issue a license to an applicant who: (i) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older; (ii) Has demonstrated professional competence by passing an examination prescribed by the board; (iii) Has p…

Fees; renewal; renewal of lapsed licenses; suspension or revocation. (a) The board shall establish reasonable and necessary fees pursuant to W.S. 33-1-201 for: (i) Application fees; (ii) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 89, § 2; (iii) Examination and reexamination of license applicants…

Examination; notification; reexamination. (a) An applicant for a license shall demonstrate professional competence by passing a written or oral examination prescribed by the board. (b) An examination shall be given at least twice annually. The examination shall be given at a loca…

Denial, revocation or suspension of license; hearing. (a) The board may withhold, deny, revoke or suspend any certificate or license issued or applied for in accordance with the provisions of this act upon proof that the certificate or license holder or applicant: (i) Has used fr…

Exemptions. (a) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 89, § 1. (b) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 89, § 1. (c) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 89, § 1. (d) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 89, § 1. (e) The licensure requirements of this chapter shall not apply to any person drilling an oil or gas well or …

License renewal. (a) In order to be eligible to renew a license, a licensed water well drilling contractor or water well pump installation contractor shall: (i) Complete eighteen (18) professional competence hours in three (3) years, as established by the board; (ii) Submit payme…

Reciprocity. If a person holding a license entitling him to drill water wells or install pumping equipment in another state applies for a Wyoming water well drilling contractor's or water well pump installation contractor's license, if the other state offers reciprocity, and if t…

Complaints and investigations. If any information concerning a possible violation of this act or rules and regulations applicable to water well drilling or pump installation is received or obtained by a board member or the state engineer's office, the board may, on its own motion…

Account; expenditures. The water well contractors account is created. Funds provided under W.S. 9-1-904(b), 33-42-105(d) and 33-42-109(d) shall be deposited into the account. Income earned on amounts within the account shall be credited to the account. Funds in the account are co…

Penalties. A violation of any provision of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, or both.