An Act to amend the District of Columbia Practical Nurses Licensing Act, and for other purposes
PL 89-518 (H.R.8337), enacted 07/25/1966

326 
July 25, 1966 
[H. R. 833 7] 
D.C. 
Practical 
Nurses' Licensing 
Act, amendment. 
"Washington 
metropolitan 
area." 
License without 
examination. 
Application for 
reconsideration. 
Effective date. 
PUBLIC LAW 89-518-JULY 25, 1966 
[80 STAT. 
Public Law 89-518 
AN ACT 
To amend the District of Columbia Practical Nurses' Licensing Act, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of the 
District of Columbia Practical Nurses' Licensing Act (74 Stat. 803; 
sec. 2-421, D.C. Code) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new paragraph: 
"(e) The term 'Washington metropolitan area' means that area 
comprising the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges 
Counties, Maryland, the counties of Arlington and Fairfax, Virginia, 
and the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, and Fairfax, Virginia, and 
shall include those areas adjacent to the District of Columbia within 
a radius of thirty miles from the United States Capitol Building." 
SEC. 2. Section 10 of the District of Columbia Practical Nurses' 
Licensing Act (sec. 2-429, D.C. Code) is amended— 
(1) by inserting " ( a ) " immediately after "SEC, 10."; and 
(2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
"(b)(1) Upon receipt of an application, accompanied by the 
required fee for an original license, the Commissioners shall issue a 
license to practice as a licensed practical nurse, without written exami-
nation, to any person who shall make application therefor prior to the 
expiration of the ninetieth day immediately following the effective 
date of this subsection if (A) the Commissioners find that such person 
(i) is at least twenty-one years of age; (ii) is of good moral character; 
(iii) is in good physical and mental health as certified by a physician 
licensed to practice in the District of Columbia; (iv) has resided in 
the District of Columbia and been actively engaged in caring for the 
sick in the Washington metropolitan area for the year immediately 
preceding the effective date of this Act; (v) has had three or more 
years of experience in the care of the sick prior to the effective date 
of this Act; and (vi) has submitted evidence satisfactory to the Com-
missioners that she is competent to practice as a licensed practical 
nurse, and (B) either the application is endorsed by two physicians 
licensed to practice in the District of Columbia who have personal 
knowledge of the applicant's nursing qualifications and by two per-
sons who have employed the applicant in the capacity of practical 
nurse, or the applicant is listed on a nurses' registry licensed in the 
District of Columbia. 
"(2) Any person whose application under subsection (a) was not 
approved because such person did not meet the requirement of clause 
(4) of such subsection may have such application reconsidered in 
accordance with the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection 
if, no later than the ninetieth day following the effective date of this 
subsection, such person makes a written request to the Commissioners 
for such reconsideration. 
Such application shall be reconsidered 
without additional charge to such person other than the repayment to 
the District of Columbia of any fee or portion thereof, paid in con-
nection with the submission of such application under subsection (a), 
which may have been refunded to such person, and such person may 
submit, without charge, sucn additional information m support of 
such application as she may desire." 
SEC. 3. The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
thirtieth day following the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 25, 1966.