District of Columbia Administrative Code

110 NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY 110.1 The owner of any premises or building in the District used for other than residential purposes shall provide and furnish the premises or building with adequate facilities for heating, ventilating, and lighting. 110.2 Adequate heating facilities …

111 SWIMMING POOLS AND BATHING PLACES 111.1 Any application for a permit to construct, remodel, or repair a swimming pool or other bathing place within the District shall be submitted to the Department for recommendation before the permit is issued by the Superintendent of Licens…

112 LAUNDRIES 112.1 Each person who commonly launders for pay, on the premises which he or she occupies, the clothing, or the sheets, pillow cases, table napkins, or other similar articles belonging to any other person, shall report that fact to the Director in writing within fiv…

115 RESERVED SOURCE: This Section has been moved to 25 DCMR H.

117 RESERVED SOURCE: This section has been moved to 25 DCMR H.

118 LEAD PAINT 118.1 It shall be unlawful for any person to apply to any toy, article of furniture, or interior or exterior surface of any habitation, paint or any other similar surface-coating material containing lead compounds of which the lead content (calculated as the metal)…

119 ILLEGAL USE OF GLUES CONTAINING A SOLVENT HAVING THE PROPERTY OF RELEASING TOXIC VAPORS OR FUMES 119.1 No person shall, for the purpose of causing a condition of intoxication, inebriation, excitement, stupefaction, or the dulling of his or her brain or nervous system, intenti…

124 ACUPUNCTURE 124.1 The practice of acupuncture shall be limited to physicians and dentists licensed to practice in the District of Columbia for the period of one (1) year. 124.2 The Director of the Department of Human Services shall develop an examination and other criteria fo…

125 REPORTING OF CANCER AND OTHER MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASES 125.1 The purpose of this section is to provide for the reporting of cases of cancer and other malignant neoplastic diseases to the Director. 125.2 This section shall be applicable to all cases of cancer, sarcoma, ly…

129 IMMUNIZATION: REPORTS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS 129.1 Each health care provider and health organization shall report the administration of each dose of any immunization to the Department within twenty-four (24) hours after the administration of the immunization. 129.2 For purpos…

130 REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS FOR STUDENTS UNDER SEVEN (7) YEARS OF AGE 130.1 Before a child under seven (7) years of age enters school or a child development center, the parent or guardian of the child shall have the child immunized according to the requirements in sections 131 thr…

131 DIPHTHERIA, TETANUS, WHOLE-CELL OR ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS 131.1 The first dose of diphtheria, tetanus, whole-cell pertussis (DTP) or diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (DTaP) shall be administered not earlier than six (6) weeks of age and not later than two (2) months of a…

132 ORAL OR INACTIVATED POLIO (OPV OR IPV) 132.1 Each student under seven (7) years of age who receives his or her primary immunization shall have either oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) or inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) administered according to §§ 132.2 to 132.6. 132.2 The first …

133 MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (MMR) 133.1 The first dose of measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine shall be administered no earlier than twelve (12) months of age and not later than sixteen (16) months of age. 133.2 The second dose of MMR shall be administered at four (4) years …

134 HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA TYPE B (HIB) 134.1 The first dose of Haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) shall be administered no earlier than six (6) weeks of age and not later than two (2) months of age. 134.2 The second dose of Hib shall be administered no earlier than one (1) month …

135 HEPATITIS B 135.1 The first dose of hepatitis B is recommended at birth, but shall be administered not later than at one (1) month of age. 135.2 The second dose shall be administered no earlier than one (1) month after the first dose and by three (3) months of age. 135.3 The …

136 VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX) 136.1 The first dose of varicella is recommended at twelve (12) months of age, but shall be administered not earlier than twelve (12) months of age and by sixteen (16) months of age. A dose of MMR, varicella, one of the single-antigen measles, mumps, ru…

137 PNEUMOCOCCAL CONJUGATE 7-VALENT VACCINE (PCV7) 137.1 Beginning with the 2008/2009 school year, pneumococcal conjugate 7-valent vaccine (PCV7) shall be required for all students under the age of five (5) years. 137.2 The first dose of PCV7 shall be administered no earlier than…

138 HEPATITIS A 138.1 Beginning with the 2009/2010 school year, two (2) doses of hepatitis A vaccine shall be administered to each student born on or after January 1, 2005. 138.2 The first dose of hepatitis A shall be administered no earlier than twelve (12) months of age and by …

140 REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS FOR STUDENTS BETWEEN SEVEN (7) YEARS OF AGE AND SEVENTEEN (17) YEARS OF AGE 140.1 A student seven (7) years of age or older and not yet eighteen (18) years of age shall receive immunizations before entry into a school, child care facility, or post high …

141 TETANUS, DIPHTHERIA (TD); TETANUS, DIPHTHERIA, ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS (TDAP) 141.1 A student who has not received primary immunization for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis by seven (7) years of age shall receive tetanus, diphtheria (Td)-containing vaccine as follows: (a) Until …

142 ORAL OR INACTIVATED POLIO (OPV OR IPV) 142.1 A student who has not received a primary immunization with an all IPV or all OPV series shall receive a total of three (3) vaccine doses. Each dose shall be administered not less than four (4) weeks apart. 142.2 OPV or IPV doses ad…

143 MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (MMR) 143.1 For a student who has not received a primary immunization, two (2) doses shall be administered. The second dose shall be administered not earlier than twenty-eight (28) days and not later than eight (8) weeks after the first dose. 143.2 MMR…

144 HEPATITIS B 144.1 A student who has not received a primary immunization shall receive a total of three (3) doses. The second dose shall be administered not earlier than four (4) weeks and not later than eight (8) weeks after the first dose. The third dose shall be administere…

145 VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX) 145.1 A student under thirteen (13) years of age who has not received primary immunization shall receive one (1) dose of varicella vaccine. Beginning with the 2008/2009 school year, a student under thirteen (13) years of age shall receive a second dose …

146 HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS (HPV) 146.1 Beginning with the 2014/2015 school year, a student enrolling in grade six (6) shall receive the first dose of HPV vaccine at age eleven (11). Students enrolling in grades seven (7) through twelve (12) who have not previously been immunized fo…

147 MENINGOCOCCAL 147.1 Beginning with the 2009/2010 school year, one dose of quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine shall be administered at eleven (11) years of age and by twelve (12) years of age. 147.2 Previous doses of quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine may satisfy § 147.1 unles…

148 REQUIRED IMMUNIZATIONS FOR STUDENTS EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER 148.1 The required immunizations for each student eighteen (18) years of age and older, and prior to entry into a school or post high school program shall be as set forth in sections 148 through 152. Dos…

149 TETANUS, DIPHTHERIA (TD), ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS (TDAP) 149.1 A student who has not received primary immunization shall receive three (3) doses of diphtheria-tetanus-containing vaccine. Beginning with the 2008/2009 school year, Tdap shall be used for one of the three (3) diphthe…

150 MEASLES, MUMPS, RUBELLA (MMR) 150.1 A student born in 1957 or later who has not received primary immunization shall receive two (2) doses of MMR. The second dose shall be administered not sooner than twenty-eight (28) days and not later than two (2) months after the first dos…

151 HEPATITIS B 151.1 A student who has not received a primary immunization shall receive a total of three (3) doses of hepatitis B vaccine. The second dose shall be administered not earlier than four (4) weeks after the first dose and not later than eight (8) weeks after the fir…

152 VARICELLA (CHICKENPOX) 152.1 A student thirteen (13) years of age or older who has not previously received a varicella vaccine shall receive two (2) doses administered not less than twenty-eight (28) days and not more than two (2) months apart. Varicella shall not be administ…

153 MENINGOCOCCAL 153.1 Except as provided in § 153.3, beginning with the 2008/2009 school year, each first-year student enrolled in a school of post-secondary education in the District of Columbia and living, or who may live, in on-campus student housing shall receive one (1) do…

154 ALTERNATIVE EVIDENCE OF IMMUNITY 154.1 Laboratory evidence of immunity for each vaccine-preventable disease may be accepted in lieu of the required immunizations for each disease described in sections 130 through 153 and may be required in particular circumstances. SOURCE: Fi…

199 DEFINITIONS Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) - the advisory body that makes recommendations on the use of vaccines in the United States including age appropriate immunizations and the proper interval between vaccinations. Combination vaccine - a vaccine tha…

1000 COVERAGE 1000.1 The rules in this chapter contain the procedures governing the registration and regulation of manufacturers, distributors, and dispensers of controlled substances pursuant to Title III of the District of Columbia Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1981 (D.C…

1001 SCHEDULES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES 1001.1 The Department shall propose annually, the schedules of controlled substances consistent with the criteria for each schedule as specified under the Act. 1001.2 In proposing the schedules of controlled substances, the Department shall…

1002 PERSONS REQUIRED TO REGISTER 1002.1 Every person who manufactures, distributes, dispenses, or conducts research with any controlled substance, or who proposes to engage in the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, or conducting of research with any controlled substance with…

1003 REGISTRATION 1003.1 Unless otherwise exempted by federal law or this chapter, a person shall register with the Department and obtain and maintain a registration certificate before the person: (a) Manufactures, distributes, or dispenses controlled substances in the District; …

1005 PERSONS EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION FEE 1005.1 The Director shall exempt from payment of a fee for registration or re-registration, any official employee or agency of the District of Columbia who is authorized to do the following: (a) To purchase controlled substances; (b) To o…

1006 SEPARATE REGISTRATION FOR INDEPENDENT ACTIVITIES 1006.1 The following groups of activities shall be deemed to be independent of each other: (a) Manufacturing controlled substances; (b) Distributing controlled substances; (c) Dispensing controlled substances listed in Schedul…