§ 46-13.2-1. Definitions. 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in the ground, by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn; and for the purposes of this chapter, excepting § 46-13.2-3(c), attached as an appurtenance to a building or structure.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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