District of Columbia Administrative Code

210 PREVENTING CONTAMINATION – FOOD CONTACT SURFACES 210.1 The food-contact surfaces of all utensils and equipment shall be clean to the sight and touch before beginning to process microenterprise home kitchen business food products and cleaned often while in use to limit the pot…

211 PREVENTING CONTAMINATION – STORAGE 211.1 The microenterprise home kitchen business shall store food as follows: (a) Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food that is prepared and held for more than twenty-four (24) hours shall be clearly marked to i…

212 PREVENTING CONTAMINATION – FOOD TRANSPORT 212.1 When transporting food to a vending location, a microenterprise home kitchen business shall use equipment that can maintain temperatures as specified in §§ 207 and 208. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 011556 (Octobe…

213 PREVENTING CONTAMINATION – SAFE FOOD PRACTICES 213.1 The operator of a microenterprise home kitchen business shall apply the safe food practices in this section to limit the potential for foodborne illnesses. 213.2 Only operators of a microenterprise home kitchen business or …

214 PREVENTING CONTAMINATION – PROHIBITING FOOD HANDLING WHEN SICK 214.1 Operators of a microenterprise home kitchen business or persons under the operator’s direct supervision shall not prepare, package, or handle microenterprise home kitchen business food products if they have …

215 PREVENTING CONTAMINATION – PROHIBITING ANIMALS AND PESTS 215.1 Animals shall be prohibited in the home kitchen during the preparation, packaging, or handling of microenterprise home kitchen business food products. 215.2 The home kitchen shall be free from pests and shall be k…

216 PREVENTING CONTAMINATION – FOOD VENDING CARTS, STORAGE AND SERVICING REQUIREMENTS 216.1 Food vending carts used by a microenterprise home kitchen business may be serviced and stored in the following locations: (a) A vending depot that meets the requirements of 24 DCMR § 574; …

217 APPROVED FOODS, SOURCES, PROCESSES, AND ACTIVITIES 217.1 A microenterprise home kitchen business may engage in the following food processes and activities: (a) Fully cooking food, including meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables; (b) Offering for sale whole or chopped raw fruit an…

218 UNAUTHORIZED FOODS 218.1 A microenterprise home kitchen business shall not sell the following time/temperature control for safety foods: (a) Fresh, dried, or dehydrated meat or meat products, including jerkies; (b) Fresh, dried, or dehydrated poultry or poultry products; (c) …

219 UNAUTHORIZED FOOD PROCESSES AND ACTIVITIES 219.1 A microenterprise home kitchen business shall not: (a) Manufacture food; (b) Process acidified and low-acid canned food; (c) Process food using reduced oxygen packaging; (d) Smoke or cure food; (e) Press juices or vegetables; (…

300 DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO OPERATE 300.1 No person shall operate, prepare, handle, package, store, or sell microenterprise home kitchen food products in the District without a valid Microenterprise Home Kitchen Business Registry Health Permit issued by the Department. 300.2 No per…

301 MAINTAINING AND RENEWING PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES 301.1 The operator of a microenterprise home kitchen business shall apply for and obtain the renewal of all required approvals and permits as provided in §§ 301.2 through 301.5 to lawfully conduct business. Failing to maintain…

302 MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN BUSINESS HEALTH PERMITS NOT TRANSFERABLE 302.1 A Microenterprise Home Kitchen Business Registry Health Permit or Microenterprise Home Kitchen Vending Operation Health Permit shall not be transferred from one person to another person, from one busi…

303 RECORDS RETENTION AND PUBLIC INFORMATION 303.1 The Department shall maintain a copy of all inspection reports, complaints, applications, DLCP and DOB permits, Food Protection Manager Certifications, suspensions, and other documents relating to a microenterprise home kitchen b…

304 REQUIRED MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN BUSINESS RECORDKEEPING 304.1 A microenterprise home kitchen business shall maintain copies of all permits, inspection reports, permits of occupancy and make them available for inspection by the Department at both the Microenterprise Home …

400 ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT – SUMMARY SUSPENSIONS AND OTHER DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES 400.1 The Department may immediately suspend a Microenterprise Home Kitchen Business Registry Health Permit and Microenterprise Home Kitchen Vending Operation Health Permit by issuing a summary s…

401 ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT – NOTICES OF INFRACTIONS, CIVIL FINES AND PENALTIES 401.1 The Department may impose civil infraction fines and penalties, as alternative sanctions against a microenterprise home kitchen business operator for violations of these regulations pursuant …

402 SERVICE OF PROCESS – DEPARTMENT ISSUED NOTICES OF SUMMARY SUSPENSION, NOTICES OF INFRACTION AND OTHER DEPARTMENT DIRECTIVES 402.1 A notice issued in accordance with these regulations may be served by one (1) of the following methods: (a) A Department representative, serving t…

403 JUDICIAL REVIEWS ─ APPEALS 403.1 Any person aggrieved by a final order or decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings may seek judicial review in accordance with section 110 of the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 12…

9900 GENERAL PROVISIONS 9900.1 The terms and phrases used in this subtitle shall have the meanings set forth in § 9901 unless the text or context of a particular chapter, section, or paragraph provides otherwise. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 72 DCR 011556 (October 17, 20…

9901 DEFINITIONS 9901.1 As used in this subtitle, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed: Adulterated or misbranded food – food that: (a) Contains poisonous or unsanitary ingredients; (b) Contains unsafe color additives; (c) Bears or contains alcohol in …

100 GENERAL PROVISIONS 100.1 No person shall act as, or hold himself out as, an insurance producer unless the person has been issued a license in accordance with this chapter. 100.2 An applicant for a license as a producer may receive qualification in one or more of the following…

102 TERM OF LICENSES; RENEWAL OF LICENSES 102.1 The terms of licenses and renewal of licenses shall be as follows: (a) An initial license issued to an individual after the effective date of the Producer Licensing Amendment Act of 2008 (and the first renewal after the effective da…

103 REINSTATEMENT OF AN EXPIRED LICENSE 103.1 This section shall apply to an applicant for reinstatement of an expired license issued under this chapter. 103.2 An applicant for reinstatement under this section shall file an application with the Department on the prescribed form a…

104 REINSTATEMENT AFTER SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION 104 REINSTATEMENT AFTER SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION 104.1 A person whose license to do business as a producer has been revoked, or whose application for reinstatement has been denied shall be ineligible to apply for reinstatement for …

105 PRODUCER LICENSING FEES 105.1 The following fees shall apply to producer initial applications, renewal applications, and reinstatement applications: (a) One hundred dollars ($ 100) for qualifications in one or more of the following lines of insurance (the "life and health gro…

106 CONTINUING EDUCATION 106.1 Except if a producer is licensed only as a limited lines producer and except as otherwise provided in this section, a producer seeking to renew a license shall certify to the Commissioner that he or she has successfully completed at least twenty-fou…

107 APPROVAL OF INSURANCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND PROVIDERS 107.1 Professional or proprietary schools, insurance companies and other organizations that establish programs for the teaching of insurance courses to satisfy the continuing education requirements under this chapter shal…

108 REVOCATION OR SUSPENSION OF APPROVAL OF AN INSURANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM 108.1 Any insurance education program or sponsor of a program may be denied approval for failure to meet the requirements in this section or section 107. 108.2 Any denial of program approval, or any propos…

199 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed: Birth month - The month of the calendar year in which an individual insurance producer, or an applicant for licensure as an individual insurance producer, was born.…

1000 CALCULATION OF ADMITTED ASSETS 1000.1 The Department shall allow, as an admitted asset, the cost of electronic data processing equipment purchased by each domestic life insurance company; Provided, that any amount so allowed shall not at any time exceed the lesser of the fol…

1001 FOREIGN AND ALIEN INSURANCE COMPANIES 1001.1 The Commissioner may satisfy himself or herself by investigation that a foreign life insurance company is qualified to transact business in the District. This investigation may include consideration of a company's condition, recor…

1002 INDUSTRIAL LIFE INSURANCE 1002.1 No agent of an industrial insurance company shall accept partial payments on account of revival of lapsed policies. All arrears shall be collected at one time. 1002.2 Every premium payment paid by the policyholder to an agent shall be recorde…

1003 GROUP LIFE INSURANCE 1003.1 For the purposes of this section, survivor insurance benefits also known as survivorship annuity, consist of benefits similar to a reversionary annuity, modified by a cutoff of benefits in case of remarriage. These benefits are seldom offered, if …

1004 VARIABLE ANNUITIES 1004.1 No company shall be authorized by the Commissioner to issue or deliver variable contracts in or from the District until that company has satisfied the Commissioner that its condition and methods of operation in connection with the issuance of those …

1005 DEVIATED OR REDUCED INITIAL PREMIUMS 1005.1 The Department has determined that the submission of actuarial justification for reduced or deviated initial premiums for the first policy month or months shall no longer be required as a condition precedent to engaging in the use …

1006 POLICIES CONTAINING LIMITED DEATH BENEFITS 1006.1 The Department of Insurance shall not disapprove of certain policies solely for the reason that the policies provide limited death benefits during the first few policy years. 1006.2 In order for policies providing limited dea…

1100 INDIVIDUAL ANNUITY OR PURE ENDOWMENT CONTRACTS 1100.1 Except as provided in Subsections 1100.2, 1100.2a, and 1100.3 of this section, the 1983 Table "a" and the Annuity 2000 Mortality Table shall be the individual annuity mortality tables for valuation and, at the option of t…

1101 GROUP ANNUITY OR PURE ENDOWMENT CONTRACTS 1101.1 Except as provided in subsections 1101.2 of this section, the 1983 GAM Table, the 1983 Table "a" and the 1994 GAR Table are recognized and approved as group annuity mortality tables for valuation and, at the option of the comp…

1102 APPLICATION OF THE 1994 GAR TABLE 1102.1 In using the 1994 GAR Table, the mortality rate for a person age x in year (1994 + n) is calculated as follows: q[x]<1994 + n> = q[x]<1994> (1 - AA[x])<n> where the q[x]<1994> and AA[x]s are as specified in the 1994 GAR Table. SOURCE:…

1103 APPLICATION OF THE 2012 IAR MORTALITY TABLE 1103.1 In using the 2012 IAR Mortality Table, the mortality rate for a person age x in year (2012 + n) is calculated as follows: qx2012+n = qx2012 (1-G2x)n The resulting qx2012+n shall be rounded to three decimal places per 1,000, …

1199 DEFINITIONS 1199.1 "1983 Table 'a'" means the mortality table developed by the Society of Actuaries Committee to Recommend a New Mortality Basis for Individual Annuity Valuation and adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a recognized mortality tabl…

1300 GENERAL PROVISIONS 1300.1 It is the purpose of this chapter to establish a constitution and provide for the administration of an industry placement facility pursuant to the provisions of D.C. Official Code § 31-5004(b) (2001) ("Statute"). 1300.2 The Commissioner and his or h…

1301 NAME AND STYLE OF ORGANIZATION The name of this organization shall be District of Columbia Property Insurance Facility ("Facility"). The Facility shall be an unincorporated association. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 11573 (December 24, 2004).

1302 OBJECTIVE The objective of the Facility shall be the formulation and administration of a program seeking the equitable apportionment of insurance among its Members in accordance with the provisions of the Statute and pursuant to the District of Columbia Property Insurance Fa…

1303 MEMBERSHIP 1303.1 Every insurer licensed to write and engaged in writing in the District of Columbia, on a direct basis, Basic Property Insurance, as defined in the Plan of Operation, or components of such insurance in multi-peril policies, shall be a Member of the District …

1304 OFFICE The principal office of the Facility shall be in the District of Columbia or at a location approved by the Commissioner. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 11573 (December 24, 2004).

1305 BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE FACILITY 1305.1 The Facility shall be governed by a Board of Directors ("Board") composed of eleven (11) directors elected annually by cumulative vote of the Members of the Facility whose votes in such election shall be weighted in accordance with …

1306 ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS OF MEMBERS OF THE FACILITY 1306.1 There shall be an annual meeting of Members, on a date fixed by the Board, for the election of directors and for such other business as may be necessary. 1306.2 Special meetings of the Members may be called by the…

1307 INDEMNIFICATION 1307.1 The Facility shall indemnify: (a) each director of the Board (or other board empowered to act in the capacity of a board of directors) and the representatives of any insurer Member of the Board, each Member of any other committee or any subcommittee of…