Title 3, District of Columbia Boards and Commissions.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the Board of Medicine shall grant a limited license to practice specialized medicine with a university, hospital or medical center in the District of Columbia to an applicant licensed as a physician in a foreign country …

(a) The term of a license, registration, or certification shall not exceed 2 years; except, that the Mayor may by rule provide for a period of licensure, registration, or certification of not more than 3 years. An expiring license, registration, or certification may be renewed in…

(a) Upon application by a licensee, registrant, or person certified and payment of the inactive status fee established by the Mayor, each board shall place a licensee, registrant, or person certified on inactive status; except, that, the license, registration, or certification of…

(a) The Mayor may issue rules permitting emeritus status for a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder who meets the following requirements: (1) The person has at least 10 years of relevant licensed, registered, or certified practice in the District; (2) The person provides a…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, if a health professional fails for any reason to renew the license, registration, or certification issued under this subchapter prior to the expiration date or during the period of late renewal, th…

(a) Each licensee, registrant, or person certified shall: (1) Display the board-issued license, registration, or certification conspicuously in each place of business or employment of the licensee, registrant, or person certified; (2) Wear a tag at all times, if practical, while …

(a) Each board, subject to the right of a hearing as provided by this subchapter, on an affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum of its appointed members may take one or more of the disciplinary actions provided in subsection (c) of this section against any applicant for a lice…

(a) A board may, in its discretion, enter into a non-disciplinary settlement agreement with a person in lieu of disciplinary action; provided, that the conduct underlying the agreement meets the following requirements: (1) The board is satisfied that there is little or no harm or…

(a) The Board of Nursing, subject to the right to a hearing provided by § 3-1205.19, may deny or withdraw approval of a nursing education program or a nursing assistive personnel training program, if: (1) The program fails to meet the standards established by the Mayor through ru…

(a)(1) The Mayor may summarily suspend or restrict, without a hearing. the license, registration, or certification of a person: (A) Who has had his or her license, registration, or certification to practice the same profession or occupation revoked or suspended in another jurisdi…

(a) When a board or the Mayor, after investigation but prior to a hearing, has cause to believe that any person is violating any provision of this chapter and the violation has caused or may cause immediate and irreparable harm to the public, the board or the Mayor may issue an o…

(a) Any health professional who is the subject of an investigation into, or a pending proceeding involving, allegations involving misconduct may voluntarily surrender his or her license, registration, certification, or privilege to practice in the District, but only by delivering…

(a)(1) Any license, registration, or certification issued under this chapter may be voluntarily limited by the licensee, registrant, or person certified either: (A) Permanently; (B) For an indefinite period of time to be restored at the discretion of the board regulating the heal…

(a) Before a board denies an applicant a license, registration, or certification, revokes or suspends a license, registration, or certification or privilege to practice, reprimands a licensee, registrant, or person certified imposes a civil fine, requires a course of remediation …

Any person aggrieved by a final decision of a board or the Mayor may appeal the decision to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals pursuant to § 2-510.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a board may reinstate the license, registration, or certification or privilege of an individual whose license, registration, or certification or privilege has been suspended or revoked by the board only in accordance with:…

(a) No initial, reactivated, or reinstated license, registration, or certification shall be issued to a health professional before a criminal background check has been conducted for that person. The applicant for a license, registration, or certification shall pay the fee establi…

A board may suspend the license, registration, or certification of a person during any time that the person is incarcerated after conviction of an offense that is related to the occupation for which the license, registration, or certification is held, regardless of whether the co…

There shall be no regulation of massage therapy that is directed at regulating a licensed therapist facility without affirmative approval by the Council of the District of Columbia.

(a) Consent Orders, Final Orders, and Notices of Summary Suspensions issued pursuant to this chapter shall be considered public documents and posted on the Department of Health's website; provided that these documents may be redacted for purposes of protecting private or otherwis…

(a) The advanced practice registered nurse may perform actions of medical diagnosis, treatment, prescription, recommendation, and other functions authorized by this subchapter and any rules promulgated pursuant to this subchapter, or by Chapter 16B of Title 7. (b) Repealed.

An advanced practice registered nurse may: (1) Initiate, monitor, and alter drug therapies; (2) Initiate appropriate therapies or treatments; (3) Make referrals for appropriate therapies or treatments; (4) Perform additional functions within his or her specialty determined in acc…

In addition to the functions authorized in § 3-1206.04, a certified registered nurse anesthetist may plan and deliver anesthesia, pain management, and related care to patients or clients of all health complexities across the lifespan. This practice incorporates the use of indepen…

In addition to the functions authorized § 3-1206.04, a certified nurse-midwife may provide primary care, gynecologic and family planning services, preconception care, care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the post-partum period, care of the healthy newborn during the first 28 da…

(a) In addition to the functions authorized under § 3-1206.04, a certified nurse practitioner may provide a full range of primary, acute, and specialty healthcare services, including: (1) Ordering, performing and interpreting diagnostic tests such as lab work and x-rays; (2) Diag…

(a) In addition to the functions authorized under § 3-1206.04, a certified clinical nurse specialist may provide the services described in subsection (b) of this section related to specific specialties, including: (1) Populations, such as pediatrics, geriatrics, or women's health…

(a) In addition to the general qualifications for licensure set forth in subchapter V of this chapter, and any requirements the Mayor may establish by rule, a certified registered nurse anesthetist shall: (1) Be a registered nurse holding a current, valid license pursuant to this…

(a) In connection with the system of health care defined in § 3-1201.02(7A), an individual licensed to practice naturopathic medicine under this subchapter may: (1) Administer or provide for preventive and therapeutic purposes natural medicines by their appropriate route of admin…

Unless also licensed by the Board of Medicine to practice medicine in the District, practitioners of naturopathic medicine shall: (1) Provide to the client or patient, before providing services, a written notice in a language the client or patient understands that the practitione…

(a) An anesthesiologist assistant shall be licensed by the Board of Medicine before administering anesthesia within the District of Columbia. (b) An individual licensed to practice as an anesthesiologist assistant, as that practice is defined in § 3-1201.02(2A), shall have the au…

The Board of Medicine shall renew the license of an anesthesiologist assistant who, in addition to meeting the requirements of § 3-1205.10, has submitted to the Board, along with the application for renewal, documentation of current certification as an Anesthesiologist Assistant …

For a period of 2 years following March 16, 2005, all references in this chapter to anesthesiologist assistants shall be deemed to refer to persons meeting the requirements for licensure in the District, regardless of whether they are licensed in fact.

Three years from March 16, 2005, the Council committee having jurisdiction over the Department of Health shall hold a public hearing on the appropriateness of the requirements for anesthesiologist assistants imposed by the Act [D.C. Law 15-237].

(a) A surgical assistant shall be licensed by the Board of Medicine before practicing as a surgical assistant within the District of Columbia. (b) An individual licensed to practice as a surgical assistant, as that practice is defined in § 3-1201.02(20) shall have the authority t…

The Board of Medicine shall renew the license of a surgical assistant who, in addition to meeting the requirements of § 3-1205.04(q), has submitted to the Board, along with the application for renewal, documentation of current certification as a surgical assistant by: (1) The Nat…

For a period of 2 years following March 6, 2007, all references in this chapter to surgical assistants shall be deemed to refer to persons meeting the requirements for licensure in the District, regardless of whether they are licensed in fact.

(a) An individual shall be licensed by the Board of Medicine before practicing as a trauma technologist in the District of Columbia. (b) An individual licensed to practice as a trauma technologist shall have the authority to: (1) Identify respiratory emergencies and perform criti…

The Board of Medicine shall renew the license of a trauma technologist who, in addition to meeting the requirements of § 3-1205.04(r), has submitted to the Board, along with an application for renewal, documentation of successful completion of 50 hours of Board-approved continuin…

For a period of 12 months following January 25, 2014, all references in this chapter to “trauma technologists” shall be deemed to refer to persons meeting the requirements for licensure in the District, regardless of whether they are licensed in fact.

(a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) "Applicant" means an organization petitioning the Director of the Department of Health to become a certified maternity center. (2) "Maternity center" means a facility or other place, other than a hospital or the mother's home…

(a) Upon receipt of satisfactory proof from the applicant, the Mayor shall certify that the following services will be provided at a maternity center by or under the supervision of a certified nurse-midwife, certified midwife, or a certified professional midwife that has a licens…

(a)(1) Each maternity center, regardless of size, shall have written practice guidelines establishing procedures for both normal and emergency care. The practice guidelines shall be consistent with the Practice Guidelines of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, Standards of Pr…

(a) The practice guidelines governing drugs and medications shall provide for legal authorization, storage, administration, and record keeping, including requiring that: (1) Medications be ordered by a certified-nurse midwife, CPM, certified midwife, physician, or other member of…

(a) A health benefit plan or health insurance provided through Medicaid shall provide coverage for services rendered by a certified professional midwife or a certified midwife for services within the scope of the practice of certified professional midwifery or the practice of cer…

(a) By October 1, 2022, health insurance coverage through Medicaid or the DC HealthCare Alliance and the Immigrant Children's Program shall cover and reimburse eligible services provided by doulas; except, that no Medicaid payment shall be made until such time that the Centers fo…

(a) In addition to the general qualifications for licensure set forth in subchapter V of this chapter, and any requirements which the Mayor may establish by rule, a person may qualify for a dietitian license under this section by: (1) Being credentialed in good standing by the Co…