Please clarify who is licensed to design and permit construction of water wells.

Although VDH regulations require acceptance of well site design applications endorsed by PE, OSE or certified well driller the proposed regulations are silent on the vital issue of site plan, certification of meeting horizontal standoffs to easements, boundaries, and existing or proposed improvements. 

12VAC5-630-80. Relationship to the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.

Persons engaged in the construction, repair, or alteration of a private well shall be licensed and certified In in accordance with § 54.1-1100 §§54.1-1103 and 54.1-1129.1 of the Code of Virginia., any contractor constructing a water well to reach ground water shall possess, as a minimum, a valid Class B contractors license.