Title 3, District of Columbia Boards and Commissions.

(a) Funds may be appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (b) Repealed.

(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Board” means the District of Columbia Board of Nursing. (2) “Committee” means the Committee on Impaired Nurses. (3) “Contract” means a written agreement between the impaired nurse and the Committee providing the terms and condi…

(a) A Committee on Impaired Nurses is established to supervise operation of the Program. The Committee shall be composed of 5 nurses licensed in the District of Columbia who shall be appointed by the Board. The Board may establish additional committees as may be necessary to perf…

(a) The Committee shall determine where meetings are held and the frequency of meetings. (b) Minutes of Committee meetings shall be confidential. Only Committee members shall have access to these documents. (c) Records of the Committee shall be privileged and confidential, and sh…

The Committee may employee staff or engage the services of a consultant to carry out its functions in accordance with the approved budget of the District of Columbia and as approved by the Board.

In addition to the powers and duties set forth elsewhere in this chapter, the Committee shall: (1) Evaluate a nurse who requests participation in the Program according to the guidelines prescribed by the Committee and consider recommendations for a nurse’s admission into the Prog…

Each nurse who requests to participate in the Program shall be informed in writing of the Program’s procedures, including the rights and responsibilities of the nurse, and the consequences of noncompliance with the procedures, including suspension and termination of the nursing l…

(a) The Committee may disclose records relating to an impaired nurse only: (1) When disclosure of the information is essential to the intervention, treatment, or rehabilitation needs of the impaired nurse; (2) When release of the information has been authorized in writing by the …

The members of the Committee shall be immune from liability in the exercise of their duties.

(a) Admission to the Program is voluntary. (b) A colleague, employer, or the Board may refer impaired nurses to the Program through a self-report, formal complaint. (c) A nurse requesting admission to the Program may not have: (1) Caused an injury to an individual while practicin…

(a) To qualify as a designated treatment facility to which a nurse in the Program may be referred, the treatment facility shall meet the following criteria: (1) The treatment facility shall have a specific, identified contact person to whom the nurse can be referred for assistanc…

(a) Records shall be confidential and maintained in a locked file in the office of the Board. (b) A nurse’s records shall be destroyed 2 years after the nurse’s satisfactory discharge from the Program.

(a) A nurse participating in the Program who moves to a jurisdiction where a rehabilitation program is in place and applies for licensure in that jurisdiction shall be transferred to that jurisdiction’s rehabilitation program. (b) A nurse participating in the Program who moves to…

The Committee shall publish an informational booklet describing the Program for the public. The booklet shall be updated as may be necessary.

The Board shall require reports from the Committee annually and at such other times as it believes may be necessary and appropriate. The reports shall include: (1) Information concerning the number of cases accepted, denied, and terminated, with compliance or noncompliance; and (…

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.

In order to strengthen access to health care, and in recognition of the advances in the delivery of health care, the member states of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ("Compact") have allied in common purpose to develop a comprehensive process that complements the existin…

In this Compact: (a)(1) "Bylaws" means those bylaws established by the interstate commission pursuant to § 3-1271.11 for its governance, or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct. (2) "Commissioner" means the voting representative appointed by each member board pur…

(a) A physician must meet the eligibility requirements as defined in § 3-1271.02(11) to receive an expedited license under the terms and provisions of the Compact. (b) A physician who does not meet the requirements of § 3-1271.02(11) may obtain a license to practice medicine in a…

(a) A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the Compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and the state is: (1) The state…

(a) A physician seeking licensure through the Compact shall file an application for an expedited license with the member board of the state selected by the physician as the state of principal license. (b)(1) Upon receipt of an application for an expedited license, the member boar…

(a) A member state issuing an expedited license authorizing the practice of medicine in that state may impose a fee for a license issued or renewed through the Compact. (b) The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules regarding fees for expedited licenses.

(a) A physician seeking to renew an expedited license granted in a member state shall complete a renewal process with the interstate commission if the physician: (1) Maintains a full and unrestricted license in a state of principal license; (2) Has not been convicted, received ad…

(a) The interstate commission shall establish a database of all physicians licensed, or who have applied for licensure, under § 3-1271.05. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, member boards shall report to the interstate commission any public action or complaints again…

(a) Licensure and disciplinary records of physicians are deemed investigative. (b) In addition to the authority granted to a member board by its respective medical practice act or other applicable state law, a member board may participate with other member boards in joint investi…

(a) Any disciplinary action taken by any member board against a physician licensed through the Compact shall be deemed unprofessional conduct which may be subject to discipline by other member boards, in addition to any violation of the medical practice act or regulations in that…

(a) The member states hereby create the 'Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission.' (b) The purpose of the interstate commission is the administration of the Compact, which is a discretionary state function. (c) The interstate commission shall be a body corporate and joint…

The interstate commission shall have the duty and power to: (a)(1) Oversee and maintain the administration of the Compact; (2) Promulgate rules which shall be binding to the extent and in the manner provided for in the Compact; (3) Issue, upon the request of a member state or mem…

(a) The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the interstate commission and its staff. The total assessment must be sufficient to cover the annual budget approved each year f…

(a) The interstate commission shall, by a majority of commissioners present and voting, adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the Compact within 12 months of the first interstate commission meeting. (b) The interstate c…

(a) The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the Compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the sco…

(a) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce the Compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the Compact's purposes and intent. The provisions of the Compact and the rules promulgated h…

(a) The interstate commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of the Compact. (b) The interstate commission may, by majority vote of the commissioners, initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District…

(a) The grounds for default include, but are not limited to, failure of a member state to perform such obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it by the Compact, or the rules and bylaws of the interstate commission promulgated under the Compact. (b) If the interstate commiss…

(a) The interstate commission shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes which are subject to the Compact and which may arise among member states or member boards. (b) The interstate commission shall promulgate rules providing for both mediation and bi…

(a) Any state is eligible to become a member state of the Compact. (b) The Compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the Compact into law by no less than 7 states. Thereafter, it shall become effective and binding on a state upon enactment of the Co…

(a) Once effective, the Compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw from the Compact by specifically repealing the statute which enacted the Compact into law. (b) Withdrawal from the Compact shall …

(a) The Compact shall dissolve effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state which reduces the membership in the Compact to one member state. (b) Upon the dissolution of the Compact, the Compact becomes null and void and shall be of no further force or …

(a) The provisions of the Compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the Compact shall be enforceable. (b) The provisions of the Compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes…

(a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the Compact. (b) All laws in a member state in conflict with the Compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. (c) All lawful actions of the interstate commission,…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Council pursuant to § 1-523.01(f), 2 commissioners to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, pursuant to § 3-1271.11(d), enacted and entered into pursuant to subchapter I of this chapter, and…

Pursuant to the requirements of 31 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1342, 1349 to 1351, and 1511 to 1519, and §§ 47-105 and 47-355.01 to 47-355.08, nothing in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact ("Compact") creates an obligation of the District in anticipation of an appropriation for such pu…

(a) The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Licensed Professional Counselors with the goal of improving public access to professional counseling services. The practice of professional counseling occurs in the state where the client is located at the ti…

(a) For purposes of this Compact, the term: (1) "Active duty military" means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. §§ 1209 and 1211. (2) "Adverse…

(a) To participate in the Compact, a state must currently: (1) License and regulate licensed professional counselors; (2) Require licensees to pass a nationally recognized exam approved by the Commission; (3) Require licensees to have a 60 semester-hour (or 90 quarter-hour) maste…

(a) To exercise the privilege to practice under the terms and provisions of the Compact, the Licensee shall: (1) Hold a license in the home state; (2) Have a valid United States Social Security number or National Practitioner Identifier; (3) Be eligible for a privilege to practic…