Ch. 294                                  LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Health Occupations
Section 21-101(f)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1986 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Natural Resources
Section 8-8A-01(a), (e), and (g)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1983 Replacement Volume and 1986 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Health - Environmental

9-1301.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings
indicated.

(f) "Well" means a hole made in the ground:

(1)  To explore for [ground water] GROUNDWATER;

(2)  To obtain or monitor [ground water] GROUNDWATER;
[or]

(3)  To inject water into any underground formation
from which [ground water] GROUNDWATER may be produced; OR

(4)  TO TRANSFER HEAT TO OR FROM THE GROUND OR
GROUNDWATER, IF THE HOLE:

(I) EXTENDS MORE THAN 20 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE
OF THE GROUND; AND

(II) IS NOT A WELL FOR OBTAINING GEOTHERMAL
RESOURCES UNDER § 8-8A-01 OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES ARTICLE.

Article -Health Occupations

21-101..

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings
indicated.

(f) "Well" means any hole made in the ground:

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