District of Columbia Administrative Code

1907 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWAL OR REINSTATEMENT OF A LICENSE 1907.1 This section shall apply to all applicants for the renewal or reinstatement of a license to practice landscape architecture, except those applicants seeking first renewal of a license granted …

1908 APPROVED CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS 1908.1 The Board, in its sole discretion, may approve continuing education programs that contribute to the growth of an applicant in professional competence in the practice of landscape architecture and which meet the other requirements…

1909 REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS 1909.1 A licensee shall notify the Board in writing within thirty (30) days of any name change, or any change of business, email, or residence address. 1909.2 A licensee shall inform the Board in writing within thirty (30) days of pleading guilty or no…

1910 RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT 1910.1 In engaging in the practice of landscape architecture, a licensee shall act with reasonable care and competence, and shall apply the technical knowledge and skill that are ordinarily applied by licensed landscape architects of good standi…

1911 SEALS 1911.1 Each licensed landscape architect shall procure a seal, which shall contain the following information: (a) District of Columbia; (b) Licensee's name; (c) License number; (d) The words “Landscape Architect”; and (e) Any other information requested by the Board. 1…

1912 CONTINUING EDUCATION: RECORDKEEPING AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS 1912.1 A licensee shall be responsible for documenting their completion of the continuing education requirements and shall bear the burden of providing satisfactory proof of completion and establishing that any progr…

1999 DEFINITIONS 1999.1 When used in this chapter, the words and phrases set forth in this section shall have the following meanings: Act - The Non-Health Related Occupations and Professions Licensure Act of 1998, effective April 20, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-261; D.C. Official Code §§ 4…

200 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT 200.1 The purpose of this chapter is to provide practical safeguards to protect the public and the District of Columbia from hazards involved in the installation, maintenance, or repair of work, apparatus, equipment, fixtures, and appliances wit…

201 EXAMINING BOARD 201.1 An Electrical Examining Board appointed by the Mayor shall examine each applicant for a license to determine his or her qualifications to engage in the electrical business or trade. 201.2 Each member of the examining board, except District employees, sha…

202 EXAMINING BOARD PROCEDURES 202.1 An examining board may examine an applicant on the full scope of the license applied for, or the examination may be limited to one (1) or more specific subjects or branches of the occupation for which an application is made. 202.2 Applicants p…

203 GENERAL LICENSING REQUIREMENTS 203.1 No individual shall perform any work that requires a license without first having obtained a license, or a temporary permit to work, except as specifically provided otherwise in §204. 203.2 No license issued under this chapter shall be con…

204 EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSING REQUIREMENTS 204.1 The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following: (a) Any public utility as defined in D.C. Code §43-203 (1981), which is under the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia, when that…

205 EXPIRATION OF LICENSES 205.1 All licenses shall expire and be void after the date of expiration specified on the license, except that when the day of expiration of a license falls upon a Sunday or a holiday, the license shall be valid until the next business day. 205.2 Busine…

206 APPRENTICES 206.1 An applicant for a license as an apprentice electrician shall be granted the license without an examination by the Director. 206.2 An apprentice electrician shall register with the Director and failure to do so shall be cause for termination of his or her li…

207 TEMPORARY LICENSES 207.1 The Director may register and issue a temporary work permit which shall be valid for not more than two (2) months pending a meeting of the examining board or the issue of a required license. 207.2 A temporary permit shall be issued to an applicant who…

208 BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIREMENTS 208.1 A business license shall be required of each contractor whose work includes the removal and reinstallation of electrical applicances, apparatus, fixtures, equipment, and devices or any installation coming within the scope of the D.C. Electr…

209 APPLICATION FOR LICENSURE 209.1 Application for a license to engage in a business or occupation covered by this chapter shall be filed with the Director in writing on the form provided and the license fee paid before any examination to engage in the business or occupation is …

210 BONDING OF LICENSEES 210.1 Each licensed master electrician or master electrician specialist designated by a contractor as that contractor's authorized master electrician or master electrician specialist shall file a bond as provided in this section, except contractors who co…

211 RENEWAL OF LICENSES 211.1 A renewal license may be issued before the date of expiration of the current license without reexamination if all of the following conditions are met: (a) All permit fees have been paid; (b) Work or services performed under the existing license have …

212 TERMINATION OF LICENSES 212.1 A business license issued under this chapter shall terminate if the licensee fails to file and maintain an approved bond as required under this chapter. 212.2 If the master electrician or master electrician specialist resigns or severs his or her…

213 SUSPENSION AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES 213.1 Any license issued under this chapter shall be revoked if the surety on the bond becomes unsatisfactory to the Mayor. 213.2 The Mayor shall revoke any license issued under this chapter when it is shown to his or her satisfaction tha…

214 DISPLAY OF LICENSES 214.1 Each contractor bonded and licensed to engage in a business under this chapter shall display the license in a frame under a glass in a conspicuous place accessible for inspection in the location specified on the license. 214.2 Occupational licenses i…

215 BADGES OR IDENTIFICATION FOR EMPLOYEES 215.1 Each person licensed to engage in a business shall issue a badge or identification card to each person or employee who is engaged in any work outside the place of business of the licensee. 215.2 Each badge or identification card sh…

216 MASTER ELECTRICIAN'S LICENSE 216.1 Each applicant for a license as master electrician shall furnish evidence of either of the following: (a) That he or she has worked as an electrician, as that term is defined in this chapter, for not less than four (4) years; or (b) Equivale…

217 MASTER ELECTRICIAN SPECIALIST'S LICENSE 217.1 When an applicant seeks a license as a Master Electrician Specialist for the purpose of supervising the performance of work in special contracting or electrical fixture contracting, experience and qualifications limited to those s…

218 ELECTRICIAN'S LICENSE 218.1 To be eligible to take the examination for an electrician's license a person shall have done at least one (1) of the following: (a) Learned the trade by having been engaged in that work or occupation for at least four (4) years comprising a minimum…

219 SPECIAL LICENSE IN ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK 219.1 An individual who has been licensed in the District as a steam and operating engineer for a period of four (4) years and who performs work within the purview of the D.C. Electrical Code is eligible to take an exa…

220 DUPLICATE LICENSES AND REFUNDS 220.1 If a license is lost, destroyed, or defaced, the licensee shall present to the Director a properly notarized statement to that effect. 220.2 A duplicate license shall be issued upon payment of a fee of three dollars ($3), except that where…

221 LICENSE FEES 221.1 The license fees specified in §3500 shall be separate from, or in addition to, another contractor's or business license tax which may be fixed for this and similar occupations by law or by the Mayor. 221.2 All fees shall be paid to the D.C. Treasurer before…

299 DEFINITIONS 299.1 When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed: Apprentice electrician - an individual at least sixteen (16) years of age who assists in the performance of manual work under the direction of a master electrician, …

2000 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2000.1 For purposes of this chapter, the term "private detective" means any person (whether self-employed or employed by others), firm, or corporation which is engaged in the business of, or advertises or represents himself, herself, or itself as being eng…

2001 APPLICATION FOR LICENSE 2001.1 Application for a license to engage in business as a private detective shall be made to the Mayor on a form prescribed by the Mayor, and shall be accompanied by the license fee required by law. 2001.2 Each person applying for a license shall su…

2002 PHOTOGRAPHS AND FINGERPRINTS 2002.1 Each individual applicant for a license as a private detective shall submit four (4) identical, full-faced photographs of himself or herself, one inch by one and one-half inches in size (1" x 1 1/2"), which were taken not more than three (…

2003 BONDS 2003.1 Each person licensed as a private detective shall file in the Office of the Mayor, and shall keep in force throughout the duration of the license, a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), running to the District of Columbia and extending to thi…

2004 INVESTIGATION OF APPLICANTS AND LICENSEES 2004.1 The Mayor is authorized, in connection with consideration of license applications, and from time to time during the license year, to require an applicant for a license or a licensee to make available to the Mayor, during the r…

2005 IDENTIFICATION CARDS 2005.1 Each person licensed as a private detective ("licensee") shall, while engaged in dealings with any person while doing business as a private detective, carry on his or her person the identification card bearing his or her photograph and issued by t…

2006 PLACE OF BUSINESS 2006.1 A private detective license shall only be issued to a person who is not a resident of the District if the nonresident, as a condition of the license, appoints or employs an attorney-in-fact or general agent who is a resident of the District or who ma…

2010 DENIAL, SUSPENSION, AND REVOCATION OF LICENSES 2010.1 The license of each private detective shall be subject to denial, suspension, or revocation for violation of any section of this chapter that is applicable to that license or business or for violation of any of the terms …

2011 SERVICE OF NOTICES 2011.1 Notices required under §2011 shall be served upon the applicant or licensee in accordance with this section. 2011.2 A notice shall be deemed to be properly served upon the person to whom it is directed when it or a copy of it is served in one of the…

2012 APPEALS 2012.1 Any person on whom a notice has been served pursuant to § 2010 and § 2011 may file a written appeal with the Board of Appeals and Review. 2012.2 The appeal must be filed within twenty (20) calendar days from the date the notice was served personally, or within…

2100 GENERAL PROVISIONS 2100.1 For purposes of this chapter, the term "security officer" means any person privately employed to do any of the following: (a) Prevent the theft, misappropriation, or concealment of goods, wares, merchandise, money, bonds, stock certificates, or othe…

2101 DUTY OF SECURITY AGENCY OR EMPLOYER 2101.1 No investigation or certification under this chapter shall relieve any security agency or other employer of the duty to investigate and make its own determination of an applicant's suitability for employment as a security officer. 2…

2102 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - GENERAL 2102.1 Application for certification as a security officer shall be made to the Mayor on a form prescribed by the Mayor. 2102.2 Each person applying for certification shall submit to the Mayor, under oath, the information required by this c…

2103 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - HEALTH 2103.1 Each applicant for certification shall be required to submit a physician's certificate stating, to the best of the physician's knowledge after examining the applicant, the following: (a) The applicant is not presently addicted to drug…

2104 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS 2104.1 (a) A person who is in either of the following categories shall not be eligible for certification as a security officer unless he or she meets the burden of proving to the Office of Administrative Hearings that he or she…

2105 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS - CRIMINAL HISTORY 2105.1 No person shall be certified or employed as a security officer, nor shall an existing security officer have his or her certification renewed, until the Mayor has conducted a criminal history check of the applicant through th…

2106 PHOTOGRAPHS AND FINGERPRINTS 2106.1 Each applicant for certification shall submit with his or her application four (4) recent, identical, full-face photographs of the applicant, one inch by one and one-half inches (1" x 1 1/2") in size, taken not more than three (3) months p…