1. The department of natural resources shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A requiring that groundwater professionals register with the department of natural resources. The rules shall include provisions for suspension or revocation of registration for good cause.
2. A groundwater professional is a person who provides subsurface soil contamination and groundwater consulting services or who contracts to perform remediation or corrective action services and is one or more of the following:
a. A person certified by the American institute of hydrology, the national water well association, the American board of industrial hygiene, or the association of groundwater scientists and engineers.
b. A professional engineer registered in Iowa.
c. A professional geologist certified by a national organization.
d. Any person who has five years of direct and related experience and training as a groundwater professional or in the field of earth sciences as of June 10, 1991.
e. Any other person with a license, certification, or registration to practice hydrogeology or groundwater hydrology issued by any state in the United States or by any national organization, provided that the license, certification, or registration process requires, at a minimum, all of the following:
(1) Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college.
(2) Five years of related professional experience.
3. The department of natural resources may provide for a civil penalty of no more than fifty dollars for the failure to register. An interested person may obtain a list of registrants from the department of natural resources. The department of natural resources may impose a fee for the registration of persons under this section.
4. The registration of groundwater professionals shall not impose liability on the board, the department, or the fund for any claim or cause of action of any nature, based on the action or inaction of groundwater professionals registered pursuant to this section.
91 Acts, ch 252, §40; 93 Acts, ch 155, §10
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