Title 3 — District of Columbia Boards and Commissions.

(a) The Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia may bring an action in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia in the name of the District of Columbia to enjoin the unlawful practice of any health occupation or any other action which is grounds for the …

(a) Upon written request from a patient or client, or person authorized to have access to the patient’s record under a health care power of attorney for the patient or client, the health care provider having custody and control of the patient’s or client’s record shall furnish, w…

(a) The personnel, records, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations and other funds which relate primarily to the functions of the Board of Dental Examiners are transferred to the Board of Dentistry established by this chapter. (b) The personnel, records, property, an…

Members of boards or commissions abolished by section 1104 shall serve as members of the successor boards to which their functions are transferred until the expiration of their terms or the appointment of their successors, whichever occurs first.

(a) No suit, action, or other judicial proceeding lawfully commenced by or against any board or commission specified in section 1104, or against any member, officer or employee of the board or commission in the official capacity of the officer or employee, shall abate by reason o…

For a period of 12 months following March 6, 2007, all references to a physical therapy assistant shall be deemed to refer to a person meeting the requirements for licensure in the District, regardless of whether that person is licensed in fact.

An individual who was engaged in practice as an assisted living administrator, athletic trainer, home health care administrator, personal fitness trainer, veterinary technician, veterinary euthanasia technician, audiology assistant, speech-language pathology assistant, or a speec…

(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 (b) Repealed.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.

Repealed Repealed.

(a) There is hereby created by the District of Columbia the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board. The 1st Board shall be appointed as hereinafter specified within 60 days of March 10, 1981. The Board shall consist o…

Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of office, each member of the Board shall take oath that he or she will faithfully execute the duties of office according to the laws of the District of Columbia. In addition thereto, each member of the Board shall take and subscri…

(a) The Board shall appoint an Executive Director and a Deputy Director in accordance with § 1-609.08, each of whom shall devote his or her full time and attention to the duties of their respective offices and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Executive Director shall…

The Board may, if it determines it necessary, require all or any of its employees to give bond in such amount as the Board may determine. Every such bond shall be filed in the Office of the District of Columbia Treasurer. The cost of any such bond so given shall be part of the ne…

No member of the Board, Chairperson of the Board, Executive Director, or employee of the Board during their tenure of appointment or employment shall: Hold any other elected or appointed position; or have, directly or indirectly, individually or as a member of a partnership, or a…

(a) The Board shall have the power to enforce provisions of this chapter and shall make all necessary rules and regulations for this purpose and for carrying out, enforcing, and preventing any violation of any provision of this chapter; for investigation of potential and existing…

The Board shall make an annual report in writing to the Mayor no later than December 31st of each year for the preceding fiscal year. This annual report shall include a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Board, a summary of its activities, and any additional infor…

The Board, or any subcommittee thereof authorized to conduct any inquiry, investigation, or hearing pursuant to this chapter, shall have the power to administer oaths and take testimony under oath relative to the matter of inquiry or investigation. At any hearing ordered by the B…

The Board shall provide books in which shall be kept a true, faithful, and correct record of all of its proceedings, which books shall be open and available to the public.

There shall be established within the Board a City Lottery and Numbers Game Division and a Charitable Games Division. Each Division shall have a Division Chief (hereinafter referred to as “Chief ”) who shall administer and coordinate operation of authorized activities in the resp…

The Board shall submit to the Mayor a consolidated budget covering all anticipated income, expenses (including all start-up costs), and capital outlays of the District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board, which budget shall show the net amount for which it requ…

(a) A District of Columbia Lottery and Charitable Games Fund (hereinafter referred to as the “Fund” ) shall be established and controlled by the Board to receive all funds and fees generated by the specific forms of gambling operated or licensed by the Board. All funds generated …

The Board shall operate and conduct a lottery and shall determine the number of times a lottery shall be held each year, the form and price of tickets, and the number and value of prizes to winning participants, determined in a manner and on a basis designated by the Board. The p…

The Board shall operate and conduct a daily numbers game. The proceeds of the sale of tickets shall be deposited in the Fund from which prizes shall be paid in the manner specified in § 3-1312. The Board shall authorize daily numbers games sales agents to distribute monies from t…

The Board may license, as agents to sell lottery and daily numbers games tickets, such persons and establishments as, in its judgment, possess the requisite qualifications, including, but not limited to: The financial responsibility of the person and his business or activity; the…

(a) The Board, in its discretion, may require lottery and daily numbers games sales agents to deposit in the Fund or a special escrow account, in the name of the Board, to the credit of the Board, which the Board is authorized to establish, in institutions designated by it which …

The Board may authorize compensation to such depositories in such manner and amounts and subject to such limitations as the Board may determine. The depositories referred to in § 3-1316 shall transfer the deposits made pursuant to § 3-1316 to the designated accounts of the Board,…

(a) An unclaimed prize for a winning ticket or share shall be retained by the Board for the person entitled to the prize for 180 days after the drawing in which the prize was won. If no claim is made for the prize within the 180-day period, the unclaimed prize funds shall be used…

The Auditor of the District of Columbia shall cause to be conducted a regular post audit of all accounts and transactions of the Board with respect to the operation of lottery and daily numbers games.

(a) No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to, any of the following persons: Any member or employee of the Board or any spouse, domestic partner, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of a…

The Board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct of lotteries and daily numbers games to insure the integrity of the conduct of lotteries and daily numbers games to protect the economic welfare and interests in fair and honest play of lotteries and daily numbers …

The Board may authorize the operation of bingo and raffles in the District of Columbia. Bingo means that form of gambling in which the winning chances are determined by a random drawing of a subset of numbered objects among a total set of 75 objects, consecutively numbered from 1…

(a) The Board may authorize the operation of Monte Carlo night parties in the District of Columbia. (b) A Monte Carlo night party means an event for raising funds for charitable purposes at which wagers are made, through the use of imitation money presented to a participant in ex…

(a) No person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation shall sponsor, conduct, or hold a bingo game, raffle, or Monte Carlo night party in the District of Columbia without a license issued by the Board. (b) The Board may issue a license under this section to …

The Board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the conduct of bingo and raffles to insure the integrity of the conduct of bingo and raffles, to protect the economic welfare and interests in fair and honest play of bingo and raffles participants. Such rules and regulations …

Each person, firm, partnership, association, organization, or corporation conducting bingo and raffles shall designate an individual as responsible for the proper utilization of gross receipts in a manner not in violation of or contrary to the rules and regulations of the Board a…