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Board Policy No. 2015-1 Page 2 is covered by workers' compensation and unemployment compensation. "Directly employed" does not refer to independent contractors or subcontractors. 37-91-102(12), C.R.S.: "Private driller" means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, political subdivision, or public agency that uses equipment owned by it to dig, drill, redrill, case, recase, deepen, or excavate a well entirely for its own use on property owned by it. 37-91-102(15.5), C.R.S.: "Supervision" means personal and continuous on -the -site direction by a licensed well construction contractor or licensed pump installation contractor, unless the licensed contractor has applied for and received from the board an exemption from continuous on - the -site direction for a specific task. DISCUSSION Upon review of the statutory provisions, including the narrowly -defined exceptions to the licensure requirement, the Board concluded that a Policy was necessary to clarify the legality of contractual business relationships as described above in the Introduction. Section 37-91-111 makes it unlawful for a person to construct water wells or install pumping equipment in Colorado without a Board -issued license, unless three exceptions apply: (1) The person is a "private driller", (2) the person is "directly employed by" a licensed contractor, or (3) the person is "under the supervision of a licensed contractor. §37-91-111(1)(c). A "private driller," defined in full above, is a land owner who may work on his/her/its own wells. Section 37-91-111(1)(c) & (d) makes it unlawful for unlicensed individuals to construct wells or install pumping equipment unless the individual is "directly employed by or under the supervision of a licensed contractor. Likewise, a license is not required of an individual performing labor on wells or pumps "if he is directly employed by, or under the supervision of, a licensed well construction contractor or pump installation contractor." Because the General Assembly provided narrow and specific definitions of "directly employed" and "supervision," those terms must be interpreted strictly according to the General Assembly's use throughout section 37-91-101 et seq., C.R.S. See, e.g., Farmers Ins. Exch. v. Bill Boom Inc., 961 P.2d 465, 470 (Colo. 1998). First, an individual who forma a contractual business relationship with a licensed water well contractor or pump installer is not "directly emploved" by that licensed individual. The licensed individual is not the employer of the unlicensed individual, and is not directly responsible for or and directly controlling the performance of the unlicensed individual. OCTAVE GEORGE BLOUIN; La Veta; THERESA JEHN-DELLAPORT, Golden; JAROD KUNTZ, Sterling; ANDREW M. ROSS, Denver