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the ground, by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn; and for the purposes of this chapter, excepting § 46-13.2-3(c), attached as an appurtenance to a building or structure.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