New Continuing Education Requirements Delayed

On April 10, 2024, the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation (TDLR) released a notice on the continuing education requirements for renewing a water well drillers or pump installers license. Here is the notice from TDLR:

The one-year Water Well Driller and Pump Installer licenses will switch to a two-year license starting on March 1, 2025. Starting on March 1, 2025, licensees will be required to complete 8 hours of continuing education – including 1 hour of instruction covering the Water Well Driller/Pump Installer statutes and rules – during that two-year license term.

Licensees who currently hold a one-year license and will renew that license before February 28, 2025, must complete 4 hours of continuing education and will be issued a two-year license. The next time they renew their license, they will have to complete the 8 hours of continuing education.
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Interim Executive Director Brian E. Francis signed an executive memo allowing TDLR to continue to accept the four hours of continuing education for one-year licensees instead of requiring them to complete the 8 hours.