Conference report makes the following changes to the 4th edition:

Amends GS 87-98.12 to provide that to be a certified well contractor, two hours of approved continuing education must be completed each year for the first three years of the certification. Establishes that properly certified well contractors are not required to obtain continuing education credits for annual certification renewal after the contractor's third year of certification (previously, subsection stated that a properly licensed well contractors would not be required to obtain continuing education credits for annual certification).

Enacts new GS 87-98.12(b), which now includes the requirement that well contractors that have been the subject of disciplinary action must complete the number of hours of approved educational courses for remedial purposes to become properly certified again (previously found in GS 87-98.12 in the 4th edition),

Makes technical and conforming changes.

Changes the effective date so the act becomes effective when the bill becomes law (was, effective July 1, 2013).