Title 47 — Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]

It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale by peddling, or to offer for sale from house to house, or to offer for sale by public outcry, or by vending in the street, any drug, medicine, chemical, or controlled substance as defined in the District of Columbia Un…

For the purposes of § 47-2885.17, the term “public place” means any street, sidewalk, bridge, alley, plaza, park, driveway, parking lot, transportation facility, or the doorways and entrance ways to any building which fronts on any of these locations, or a motor vehicle in or on …

(a) The Mayor shall: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this part; (2) Repealed; (3) Adopt and publish such regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this part, including, but not limited to, regulations concerning the following: (A)-(C)Repealed; (D) The…

(a) The initial fees shall be as follows: (1) Repealed; (2) pharmacy license, $85; (3) every person who sells over-the-counter preparations shall pay an annual license fee of $52. The fees referred to in this subsection shall be established in such amounts as will, in the judgmen…

(a) Any person who violates any provision of this part shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than the amount set forth in [§ 22-3571.01] or by imprisonment for not more than 6 months or both for each violation. (b) Prosecutions for violation…

Any person aggrieved by an adverse action of the Mayor may file a request for a hearing with the Office of Administrative Hearings. The Office of Administrative Hearings shall provide the aggrieved person with an opportunity for a hearing and shall sustain, modify, or vacate such…

If any provision of this part is for any reason held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the provision shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision, and its invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.

The provisions of this part supplement all other regulations and laws applicable in the District of Columbia. Regulations heretofore in effect in the District of Columbia which are inconsistent with the provisions of this part are hereby superseded with respect to matters covered…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Professional Engineers’ Registration Act.

As used in this part: (1) The term “practice of engineering” shall mean the performance of any professional service or creative work requiring engineering education, training, and experience, and the application of special knowledge of the mathematical, physical, and engineering …

In order to safeguard life, health, and property, and promote the public welfare, the practice of engineering in the District of Columbia is hereby declared to be subject to regulation in the public interest. It is further declared to be a matter of public interest and concern th…

Any person engaged in or offering to engage in the practice of engineering in the District of Columbia shall submit evidence that he is qualified to practice and shall be registered as hereinafter provided; and it shall be unlawful for any person to engage or offer to engage in t…

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The Board shall have power: (1) To investigate and to approve those institutions that provide and maintain satisfactory standards for the education of students desiring to engage in the practice of engineering; (2)(A) To register as a professional engineer any person of good char…

(a) The Board may upon its own motion, and shall upon the sworn complaint in writing of any person setting forth charges which would constitute grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of a certificate, as set forth in § 47-2886.08(16), investigate the acts of any person ho…

Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect or prevent the following: (1) The practice of engineering by any person who, within 1 year after September 19, 1950, has filed with the Board an application for registration under this part. This exemption shall continue only for …

(a) Each person registered under this part may obtain a seal of a design authorized by the Board which shall bear the registrant’s name and registration number, the legend “Registered Professional Engineer,” and such other words or figures as the Board may deem necessary. Such se…

Whoever engages in the practice of engineering shall keep displayed in a conspicuous place in his established place of business the certificate of registration granted him under this part, and evidence of current renewal.

(a) Each application for registration as a professional engineer shall be accompanied by the appropriate prescribed application fee and the registration fee. A person desiring certification as an engineer-in-training shall pay the prescribed application fee for such certification…

Whoever shall engage or offer to engage in the practice of engineering without being registered, or exempted, as provided in this part, or by verbal claim, sign, letterhead, card, or in any other way represent himself to be a professional engineer or through the use of any title …

(a) All violations of laws relating to the practice of engineering in the District of Columbia shall be prosecuted in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia. The Attorney General for the District of Columbia shall rende…

The Board shall submit an annual report to the Mayor, the Inspector General, and the Office of the Secretary to the Council of the District of Columbia on the 1st Monday in August, containing a statement of moneys received and disbursed and a summary of its official acts during t…

If any section or sections, clause or clauses, of this part, or any regulations promulgated thereunder, be declared unconstitutional or invalid, that shall not invalidate any other sections or clauses of this part, or any other regulations promulgated thereunder.

All laws or parts of laws and regulations promulgated thereunder in conflict with the provisions of this part shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

For the purposes of this part, the term: (1) “Agency contract” means an agreement in which a student-athlete authorizes a person to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the student-athlete a professional-sports-services contract or an endorsement contract. (2) “Athlete agent” means …

(a) By acting as an athlete agent in the District of Columbia, a nonresident individual appoints the Mayor as the individual’s agent for service of process in any civil action in the District of Columbia related to the individual’s acting as an athlete agent in the District of Co…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, an individual may not act as an athlete agent in the District of Columbia without holding a certificate of registration under § 47-2887.05 or § 47-2887.07. (b) Before being issued a certificate of registration, a…

(a) An applicant for registration shall submit an application for registration to the Mayor in a form prescribed by the Mayor. An application filed under this section is a public record. The application must be in the name of an individual and, except as otherwise provided in sub…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Mayor shall issue a certificate of registration to an individual who complies with § 47-2887.04(a) or whose application has been accepted under § 47-2887.04(b). (b) The Mayor may refuse to issue a certificate…

(a) The Mayor may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a registration for conduct that would have justified denial of registration under § 47-2887.05(b). (b) The Mayor may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration or licensure only after proper notice…

The Mayor may issue a temporary certificate of registration while an application for registration or renewal of registration is pending.

(a) An application for registration or renewal of registration must be accompanied by a fee established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. (b) The Mayor shall, by rule, establish reasonable fees for: (1) An initial application for registration; (2) An application for reg…

(a) An agency contract must be in a record, signed or otherwise authenticated by the parties. (b) An agency contract must state or contain: (1) The amount and method of calculating the consideration to be paid by the student-athlete for services to be provided by the athlete agen…

(a) Within 72 hours after entering into an agency contract or before the next scheduled athletic event in which the student-athlete may participate, whichever occurs first, the athlete agent shall give notice in a record of the existence of the contract to the athletic director o…

(a) A student-athlete may cancel an agency contract by giving notice of the cancellation to the athlete agent in a record within 14 days after the contract is signed. (b) A student-athlete may not waive the right to cancel an agency contract. (c) If a student-athlete cancels an a…

(a) An athlete agent shall retain the following records for a period of 5 years: (1) The name and address of each individual represented by the athlete agent; (2) Any agency contract entered into by the athlete agent; and (3) Any direct costs incurred by the athlete agent in the …

(a) An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not: (1) Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation; (2) Furnish anything of value to a student-athlete before the…

An athlete agent who violates § 47-2887.13 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by not more than the amount set forth in [§ 22-3571.01] or imprisonment of 6 months, or both. Violations shall be prosecuted by the Attorney General for the District of Colum…

(a) An educational institution has a right of action against an athlete agent or a former student-athlete for damages caused by a violation of this part. In an action under this section, the court may award to the prevailing party costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. (b) Damages…

The Mayor may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed $25,000 for a violation of this part.

In applying and construing this uniform part, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.

The provisions of this part governing the legal effect, validity, or enforceability of electronic records or signatures, and of contracts formed or performed with the use of such records or signatures conform to the requirements of section 102 of the Electronic Signatures in Glob…

For the purposes of this part the term: (1) “Animal shelter” means a private or government-owned facility established for the impoundment of stray, diseased, dangerous, sick, injured, abused, neglected, unwanted, abandoned, orphaned, lost, or otherwise displaced animals, with the…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to own, operate, maintain, open, or establish a veterinary facility within the District without first having obtained a license from the Mayor. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person other than a veterinarian licensed in the District to ho…

(a) The application for a veterinary facility license shall be made on a form to be prescribed by the Mayor and shall be accompanied by the required fee. Each application shall list each certificate of approval, authority, occupancy, and any other prerequisite required as a preco…

(a) The Mayor may deny issuance or renewal of or suspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to this part for any one of a combination of the following reasons: (1) Conviction of any person named on an application of any felony or any crime of moral turpitude, as defined in 3-120…

(a) A person designated by the Mayor is authorized, after presenting proper identification, to enter at reasonable times any veterinary facility for the purpose of making inspections to determine compliance with this part or other laws or regulations regarding the practice of vet…

A licensed veterinarian may issue animal licenses. The veterinarian shall collect the required fees and may collect an additional $2 for each license issued as reimbursement for administrative costs.