§ 46-13-2-1

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the ground, by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn; and for the purposes of this chapter, excepting § 46-13.2-3(c), attached as an appurtenance to a building or structure.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

ocedure 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.