{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-125","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 12-5-125","heading":"License requirement; drilling under direction of professional geologist or engineer.","body":"Except as provided in subsection (f) of Code Section 12-5-127, no person shall drill a water well or geothermal borehole without first having a water well contractor’s license issued by the council. No person, including licensed water well contractors, shall drill any kind of well, borehole, or corehole, other than a water well or geothermal borehole, unless such person is acting under the direction of a professional geologist or a professional engineer.","path":["TITLE 12 Conservation And Natural Resources","CHAPTER 5 Water Resources","Article 3 Wells and Drinking Water","PART 3 Water Well Standards"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.12.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"d71e3aafc31ee96532ba907f1a624a9b04ac8ec7cb8bded71054cdb188047420","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-124","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-12-5-126"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}