Title 3, District of Columbia Boards and Commissions.

(a) There is established a Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, which shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Mayor. (b) The Board shall regulate the practice of audiology, the practice of speech pathology, the practice of audiology and speech-language pathology …

The Mayor shall appoint an executive director, who shall be a full-time employee of the District, to implement and administer the orders of the Boards of Allied Health in accordance with this chapter and rules and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.

The Mayor shall appoint an executive director, who shall be a full-time employee of the District, to implement and administer the orders of the Boards of Behavioral Health in accordance with this chapter and rules and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.

(a) There is established a Board of Veterinary Medicine to consist of 5 members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council. (b) The Board shall regulate the practices of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary euthanasia technicians in the Dis…

The Mayor shall appoint an executive director to implement and administer the orders of the Board of Veterinary Medicine in accordance with this chapter and the rules and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.

(a) There is established a Board of Rehabilitative Therapies to consist of 11 members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council. (b) The Board shall regulate the practices of audiology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, recreational therapy, and spee…

(a) There is established a Board of Acupuncture, Chiropractic, and Naturopathic Physicians to consist of 7 members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council. (b) The Board shall regulate the practices of acupuncture, chiropractic, and naturopathic medicine…

The boards established by this chapter shall be under the administrative control of the Mayor.

The Mayor shall be responsible for: (1) Planning, developing, and maintaining procedures to ensure that the boards receive administrative support, including staff and facilities, sufficient to enable them to perform their responsibilities; (2) Processing and providing licenses as…

(a)(1) The consumer members of each board shall be residents of the District at the time of their appointments and while they are members of the board. (2) At least 50% of professional members of each board shall be residents of the District at the time of their appointments and …

(a) The terms of members of a board or advisory committee, after the initial terms, shall expire on the 3rd anniversary of the date the 1st members constituting a quorum take the oath of office. (b) At the end of a term, a member shall continue to serve until a successor is appoi…

No member of a board or advisory committee shall be appointed to serve more than 3 full consecutive 3-year terms; provided, that the Mayor may appoint a member of a board to serve more than 3 full terms if considered necessary.

(a) The Mayor may remove a member of a board or advisory committee for incompetence, misconduct, or neglect of duty, after due notice and a hearing. (b) The failure of a member of a board or advisory committee to attend at least 1/2 of the regular, scheduled meetings of a board o…

(a) From among the members of each board and advisory committee, the Mayor shall designate a chairperson. (a-1) Each board and advisory committee may elect a vice chairperson from among its members. (b) Each board and advisory committee shall determine the times and places of its…

Members of each board and advisory committee shall be entitled to receive compensation in accordance with § 1-611.08, and in addition shall be reimbursed for reasonable travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

For each board, the Mayor may set the compensation of personnel he or she deems advisable, subject to available appropriations, in accordance with Chapter 6 of Title 1.

Each board shall: (1) Administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter, and rules and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter, related to the health occupation regulated by the board; (2) Evaluate the qualifications and supervise the examinations of applicants for a lice…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Mayor is authorized to establish a fee schedule for all services related to the regulation of all health occupations under this chapter, in accordance with the requirements of District law. (b)(1) The fee for the issua…

All fees, civil fines, and other funds collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited to the General Fund of the District.

Each board shall, before January 1 of each year, submit a report to the Mayor and the Council of its official acts during the preceding fiscal year.

In addition to the authority granted by this chapter to physicians and pharmacists to enter into collaborative practice agreements, the Mayor may authorize, in consultation with the relevant health occupation board, through rulemaking, additional licensed health practitioners to …

A person who is a member of a board, a staff member supporting a board, or a legally authorized agent of a board acting without malice and in the furtherance of their duties shall have immunity from civil liability for investigating, prosecuting, participating in a hearing, or ot…

(a)(1) A license issued pursuant to this chapter is required to practice acupuncture, advanced practice registered nursing, assisted living administration, audiology, cardiovascular-interventionist technology, chiropractic, certified midwifery, certified professional midwifery, c…

(a) The Mayor shall authorize expedited review of an application for licensure, certification, or registration by a health professional whose certification, license, or registration has been suspended or revoked in another state solely because the health professional provided, fa…

(a) The provisions of this chapter prohibiting the practice of a health occupation without a District of Columbia license, registration, or certification shall not apply: (1) To an individual who administers treatment or provides advice in any case of emergency; (2) To an individ…

(a) An individual applying for a license, registration, or certification under this chapter shall establish to the satisfaction of the board regulating the health occupation that the individual: (1) Has not been convicted of an offense that is related to the occupation for which …

(a) An individual applying for a license to practice acupuncture under this chapter shall establish to the satisfaction of the Board of Acupuncture, Chiropractic, and Naturopathic Physicians that the individual: (1) If he or she is a licensed physician or chiropractor, has succes…

(a) An applicant for a license, registration, or certification shall: (1) Submit an application to the board regulating the health occupation on the form required by the board; and (2) Pay the applicable fees established by the Mayor. (b) The social security number of each applic…

(a) An applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license, registration, or certification is entitled to be examined as provided by this chapter. (b)(1) Each board that administers examinations shall give examinations to applicants at least twice a year at times and places to be det…

(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Endorsement” means the process of issuing a license, registration, or certification to an applicant who is licensed, registered, certified, or accredited by an accrediting association or a state board and recognized by the Boar…

Each board shall issue a license, registration, or certification to an applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter and rules and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter to practice the health occupation regulated by the board.

(a) A board may, in situations established by the Mayor through rulemaking, issue a temporary license, registration, or certification for a health care profession to an applicant if the applicant is licensed, registered, or certified and in good standing in another jurisdiction t…

(a) A dentist is eligible for a teacher’s license if the dentist, in addition to meeting the requirements of this subchapter, meets the following criteria: (1) Is professionally competent; (2) Is at least 21 years of age; (3) Holds a Degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery, Doctor of …

(a)(1) A person licensed, registered, or certified under this chapter to practice a health occupation is authorized to practice that occupation in the District while the license, registration, or certification is effective. (2) Repealed. (b) An individual who fails to renew a lic…

(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…