Title 7 — Human Health Care and Safety.
61 chapters · 896 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 7-1601 Definitions
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For the purpose of this subchapter, the term: (1) “AIDS” means acquired immune deficiency syndrome or any AIDS-related condition. (2) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia. (3) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Health, established by Reorganizat…
D.C. Code § 7-1602 Comprehensive AIDS Health-Care Response Plan
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(a) Within 6 months of December 30, 1985, the Mayor shall develop and present to the Council for its review and comment a comprehensive AIDS Health-Care Response Plan for the District of Columbia. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, the development of short-term and lo…
D.C. Code § 7-1603 Residential health-care facility
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(a) In preparing the comprehensive plan mandated in § 7-1602, the Mayor shall investigate the need for a residential health-care facility or facilities which shall provide a program of medical, nursing, counseling, palliative, social, recreational, and supportive services to AIDS…
D.C. Code § 7-1604 AIDS Program Coordination Office
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(a) The Mayor shall establish, within the Department of Health, an AIDS Program Coordination Office. (b) The AIDS Program Coordination Office shall be supervised by the AIDS Program Coordination Officer who shall, at the direction of the Director of the Department of Health, be r…
D.C. Code § 7-1605 Confidentiality of medical records and information
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Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this section, the Director shall use the records incident to a case of HIV infection or AIDS reported under this subchapter for statistical and public-health purposes only. Identifying information contained in these records shall be disclose…
D.C. Code § 7-1606 Rules
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The Mayor may issue rules necessary to implement this subchapter pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2.
D.C. Code § 7-1611 Findings
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The Council finds that: (1) Effi Slaughter Barry, a former First Lady of the District of Columbia, was among the first public figures in the District to focus attention on the growing health problem of HIV/AIDS; (2) Effi Slaughter Barry, a trained and experienced health professio…
D.C. Code § 7-1612 Designation of the Effi Slaughter Barry HIV/AIDS Initiative
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The East of the River HIV/AIDS Capacity Building Initiative administered by the Department of Health shall be known as the Effi Slaughter Barry HIV/AIDS Initiative (“initiative”).
D.C. Code § 7-1613 Purpose
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(a) The initiative shall provide technical and financial assistance to selected community HIV/AIDS service providers located east of the Anacostia river to support the: (1) Implementation or expansion of HIV/AIDS prevention and support programs; (2) Development of accurate perfor…
D.C. Code § 7-1614 Designation of an initiative coordinator
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The Director of the Department of Health shall designate an initiative coordinator, who shall be an employee of the Department of Health and qualified by experience and training to administer the initiative.
D.C. Code § 7-1615 Participant selection and grant award criteria
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(a) The Department of Health shall establish criteria for: (1) The selection of community HIV/AIDS service providers to participate in the initiative; and (2) Awarding grants to initiative participants, including a requirement that the fiduciary agent of any collaborative represe…
D.C. Code § 7-1616 Allocation of funding
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The Department of Health shall distribute capacity building grants to initiative participants in an amount not to exceed the funds available in the Effi Slaughter Barry Initiative Fund, as established by § 7-1617.
D.C. Code § 7-1617 Effi Slaughter Barry Initiative Fund; establishment, purpose
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(a) There is established as a nonlapsing fund the Effi Slaughter Barry Initiative Fund (“Fund”), which shall be a segregated account within the General Fund of the District of Columbia and shall be used solely for the purpose of supporting the initiative. (b) The Fund shall be ad…
D.C. Code § 7-1631 Definitions
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For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1) “AIDS” means acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (2) “Department” means the Department of Health. (3) “HIV” means the human immunodeficiency virus. (4) “Program” means the Senior HIV/AIDS Education and Outreach Program establish…
D.C. Code § 7-1632 Senior HIV/AIDS Education and Outreach Program establishment
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There is established within the Department the Senior HIV/AIDS Education and Outreach Program, which shall train seniors to provide information to other seniors on how to prevent the transmission of HIV and to engage in education and outreach on issues related to HIV and AIDS wit…
D.C. Code § 7-1633 Program administration
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(a) The Department shall: (1) Administer the Program; (2) Recruit seniors to participate in the Program; (3) Determine the training curriculum; and (4) Schedule no fewer than 8 education or community-outreach events annually, which shall be led by seniors who have successfully co…