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DC Code § 7-771.09 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 7D - Department of Health Care Finance|§ 7-771.09. Transition process

(a) No later than March 1, 2008, the Mayor shall submit a proposed transition plan, which has been approved by the Chief Financial Officer and which is accompanied by a proposed resolution, to the Council for a 45-day period of review, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, legal holidays, and days of Council recess, that identifies: (1) All the powers, duties, functions, operations, real and personal property, positions, assets, records, and obligations, and all unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available, or to be made available, including those from the MAA and the Health Care Safety Net Administration, that are used to accomplish the purposes of the Department as set forth in § 7-771.03; (2) The powers, duties, functions, operations, real and personal property, positions, assets, records, and obligations, and all unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available, or to be made available, that will be transferred to the Department; (3) The impact of the proposed transfers on the budget of DOH and on the budgets of each affected District agency; (4) The personnel who shall form the transition team and who shall be accountable for the monitoring and allocation of functions and assets to be transferred to the Department; and (5) The procedure by which other District government agencies shall pre-approve claims and allow providers to submit bills directly to the Department, enabling the Department to satisfy valid claims from all available funding sources. (b) If the Council does not approve or disapprove the proposed transition plan, in whole or in part, by resolution within the 45-day review period, the proposed transition plan shall be deemed approved; (c) Nothing in this section shall affect any requirements imposed upon the Mayor by subchapter I of Unit A of Chapter 3 of Title 2, [§ 2-301.01 et seq.].  (Feb. 27, 2008, D.C. Law 17-109, § 10, 55 DCR 216.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 7-771.10.
DC Code § 7-771.10 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 7D - Department of Health Care Finance|§ 7-771.10. Date of transfer of assets and authority

No later than October 1, 2008, the transition plan required by § 7-771.09, as approved, shall be implemented.  (Feb. 27, 2008, D.C. Law 17-109, § 11, 55 DCR 216.)
DC Code § 7-771.10a (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 7D - Department of Health Care Finance|§ 7-771.10a. Unspent local funds. [Repealed]

 *NOTE: This section has been amended by emergency legislation with identical permanent legislation that will become effective in January, 2022.*  Repealed.  (Feb. 27, 2008, D.C. Law 17-109, § 11a; as added Mar. 16, 2021, D.C. Law 23-251, § 202(b), 68 DCR 001234; Aug. 23, 2021, D.C. Act 24-159, § 5022(b), 68 DCR 008602.)  Emergency Legislation  For temporary (90 days) repeal of this section, see § 5022(b) of Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-159, Aug. 23, 2021, 68 DCR 008602).   For temporary (90 days) amendment of this section, see § 3(b) of Department of Health Care Finance Alliance Reform and Budget Transparency Emergency Amendment Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24-6, Jan. 29, 2021, 68 DCR 001539).  Editor's Notes  For a determination by the CFO, prior to March 31, 2021, if all or a portion of the Fiscal Year 2021 Medicaid Reserve is not needed to ensure that the Department of Health Care Finance has sufficient funds in Fiscal Year 2021, see § 5 of D.C. Act 24-6.
DC Code § 7-771.11 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 7D - Department of Health Care Finance|§ 7-771.11. Continuation of rules and regulations

All rulemaking and regulations for the administration of the District Medicaid Program and D.C. Health Care Alliance Program, issued under appropriate authority, shall continue in full force and effect.  (Feb. 27, 2008, D.C. Law 17-109, § 12, 55 DCR 216.)
DC Code § 7-781 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 7E - Establishment of the Office of Violence Prevention and Health Equity|§ 7-781. Establishment of the Office of Violence Prevention and Health Equity

(a) There is established within the Department of Health an Office of Violence Prevention and Health Equity ("Office") tasked with utilizing public health institutions and methods to halt the spread of violence in the District of Columbia. (b) By October 1, 2016, or 6 months after receiving funding, whichever is later, the Office shall: (1) In coordination with the District’s other health, human services, public safety, and justice agencies, including the Office of the Attorney General, develop and implement a public health strategy, which includes the use of risk-assessment tools, identification of heavy utilizers of public services, provision of cognitive and family-based therapy, and coordination of available services, to combat the spread of violence; (2) Conduct a public information campaign concerning the impact of violence, strategies for violence cessation, and the use of alternative dispute resolution techniques; and (3) Assist the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants in developing a program to ensure the presence of specially trained staff, tasked with providing counseling, mental health treatment, mediation and dispute resolution services, and trauma-informed care to apparent victims of violence and their families, in each hospital emergency department in the District; provided, that the program shall ensure that at least one specially trained staff member providing the services identified in this paragraph be available at each emergency department whenever the emergency department is accepting patients. (c) The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, may issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.  (June 30, 2016, D.C. Law 21-125, § 104, 63 DCR 4659.)  Applicability Section 7014 of D.C. Law 22-33 repealed § 901 of D.C. Law 21-125. Therefore the changes made to this section by D.C. Law 21-125 have been implemented. Section 3102(b) of D.C. Law 21-160 amended § 901(a) of D.C. Law 21-125, making only subsection (b)(3) subject to funding. Therefore the other changes made to this section by D.C. Law 21-125 have been given effect.  Applicability of D.C. Law 21-125: § 901 of D.C. Law 21-125 provided that the change made to this section by § 104 of D.C. Law 21-125 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented. Emergency Legislation  For temporary (90 days) repeal of § 901 of D.C. Law 21-125, see § 7014 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-167, Oct. 24, 2017, 64 DCR 10802).   For temporary (90 days) repeal of § 901 of D.C. Law 21-125, see § 7014 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-104, July 20, 2017, 64 DCR 7032).
DC Code § 7-801 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8 - Prevention of Blindness in Infants|§ 7-801. Prophylactic solution to be administered

The Mayor may, upon the advice of the Commissioner of Public Health and pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, issue rules to prevent and monitor the occurrence of ophthalmia in newborns. Unless the Mayor provides otherwise, each physician or nurse-midwife who delivers or otherwise assumes the initial care of a newborn shall immediately upon that delivery or assumption of care administer to each eye of the newborn a 1% solution of silver nitrate, an ophthalmic ointment containing either 1% tetracycline or 0.5% erythromycin, or another prophylactic approved by the Mayor.  (Apr. 27, 1937, 50 Stat. 120, ch. 144, § 1; Aug. 1, 1950, 64 Stat. 393, ch. 513, § 1; Feb. 21, 1986, D.C. Law 6-83, § 4(a), 32 DCR 7276.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-301. 1973 Ed., § 6-201. Editor's Notes Office of Director of Public Health abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-101.
DC Code § 7-802 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8 - Prevention of Blindness in Infants|§ 7-802. Report of eye inflammation; treatment

Whenever a physician or nurse-midwife discovers that a newborn in his or her care has inflammation of the eye(s) with suppuration, he or she shall report these symptoms to the Commissioner of Public Health within 6 hours of their discovery. Upon receipt of such communication the Commissioner of Public Health, unless he finds such report to be incorrect, shall issue an order directing the parents of such child (or other person charged with its care) either to: (1) place such child in the care of a registered physician; or (2) submit immediately satisfactory proof of inability to pay for such medical service. If the Director of the Department of Human Services finds that the parents or such other person are unable to pay for such medical treatment, he shall order the parents (or such other person) to place the child in a hospital to be designated by the Department of Human Services and at the expense of said Department.  (Apr. 27, 1937, 50 Stat. 120, ch. 144, § 2; Aug. 1, 1950, 64 Stat. 393, ch. 513, § 1; Feb. 21, 1986, D.C. Law 6-83, § 4(b), 32 DCR 7276.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-302. 1973 Ed., § 6-202. Editor's Notes Office of Director of Public Health abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-101. Health Department abolished: See Historical and Statutory Notes following § 7-180.
DC Code § 7-803 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8 - Prevention of Blindness in Infants|§ 7-803. Treatment by other than registered physician

No person other than a registered physician shall treat any case of inflammation of the eyes, attended by a discharge therefrom, of a newborn child for any period longer than may be necessary to obtain the services of a registered physician.  (Apr. 27, 1937, 50 Stat. 120, ch. 144, § 3.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-303. 1973 Ed., § 6-203.
DC Code § 7-804 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8 - Prevention of Blindness in Infants|§ 7-804. Penalty

Any person who willfully violates this subchapter or any rule, regulation, or order issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000. Prosecution shall be in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia by information signed by the Corporation Counsel.  (Apr. 27, 1937, 50 Stat. 120, ch. 144, § 4; Feb. 21, 1986, D.C. Law 6-83, § 4(c), 32 DCR 7276.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-304. 1973 Ed., § 6-204.
DC Code § 7-831 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-831. Purpose. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 2, 27 DCR 1087; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-311. Delegation of Authority Delegation of authority pursuant to D.C. Law 3-65, the “D.C. Newborn Screening Requirement Act of 1979”, see Mayor’s Order 99-88, June 2, 1999 ( 46 DCR 5721).
DC Code § 7-832 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-832. Definitions. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 3, 27 DCR 1087; July 25, 1985, D.C. Law 6-13, § 2(a), 32 DCR 3235; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-312.
DC Code § 7-833 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-833. Neonatal testing for metabolic disorders. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 4, 27 DCR 1087; July 25, 1985, D.C. Law 6-13, § 2(b), 32 DCR 3235; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-313. Section References This section is referenced in § 7-836. Delegation of Authority Delegation of authority pursuant to the “Preventive Health Services Amendment Act of 1985”, see Mayor’s Order 98-141, August 20, 1998 ( 45 DCR 6588). Delegation of authority pursuant to Law 6-13, see Mayor’s Order 86-36, March 3, 1986.
DC Code § 7-834 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-834. Principles governing newborn screening. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 5, 27 DCR 1087; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-314. Section References This section is referenced in § 7-833. Delegation of Authority Delegation of Authority pursuant to D.C. Law 3-65, “District of Columbia New Born Screening Requirement Act of 1979”, see Mayor’s Order 2004-172, October 20, 2004 ( 51 DCR 10494).
DC Code § 7-835 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-835. Committee on Metabolic Disorders — Composition; term of office; compensation; vacancies; chairperson; meetings. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 6, 27 DCR 1087; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-315.
DC Code § 7-836 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-836. Committee on Metabolic Disorders — Duties. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 7, 27 DCR 1087; July 25, 1985, D.C. Law 6-13, § 2(c), 32 DCR 3235; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-316.
DC Code § 7-837 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-837. Committee on Metabolic Disorders — Annual report to Mayor and Council. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 8, 27 DCR 1087; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-317.
DC Code § 7-838 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-838. Assumption of costs by District government. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 9, 27 DCR 1087; July 25, 1985, D.C. Law 6-13, § 2(d), 32 DCR 3235; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-318. Delegation of Authority Delegation of authority pursuant to Law 6-13, see Mayor’s Order 86-36, March 3, 1986.
DC Code § 7-839 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-839. Appropriation. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 10, 27 DCR 1087; July 25, 1985, D.C. Law 6-13, § 2(e), 32 DCR 3235; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-319.
DC Code § 7-840 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8A - Newborn Metabolic Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-840. Effective date. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 29, 1980, D.C. Law 3-65, § 11, 27 DCR 1087; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 401, 66 DCR 1668.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 6-320. Emergency Legislation For temporary authorization for the establishment of a program to provide early intervention services designed to meet the developmental needs of infants and toddlers from birth through 2 years of age and their families on a sliding fee scale to provide a system of payment for early intervention services based on the income of the family, see § 2 of the Early Intervention Services Sliding Fee Scale Establishment Emergency Act of 1994 (D.C. Act 10-320, August 4, 1994, 41 DCR 5369), § 2 of the Early Intervention Services Sliding Fee Scale Establishment Congressional Adjournment Emergency Act of 1994 (D.C. Act 10-329, October 21, 1994, 41 DCR 7160), and § 2 of the Early Intervention Services Sliding Fee Scale Establishment Congressional Adjournment Emergency Act of 1995 (D.C. Act 11-1, January 18, 1995, 42 DCR 537). Section 3 of D.C. Act 10-320 provided that the Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of the act. Section 3 of D.C. Act 10-329 provided that the Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of the act. Section 3 of D.C. Act 11-1 provided that the Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of the act. For temporary authorization for the establishment of a program to provide early intervention services designed to meet the developmental needs of infants and toddlers from birth through 2 years of age and their families on a sliding fee scale to provide a system of payment for early intervention services based on the income of the family, see § 2 of the Early Intervention Services Sliding Fee Scale Establishment Emergency Act of 1994 (D.C. Act 10-320, August 4, 1994, 41 DCR 5369), § 2 of the Early Intervention Services Sliding Fee Scale Establishment Congressional Adjournment Emergency Act of 1994 (D.C. Act 10-329, October 21, 1994, 41 DCR 7160), § 2 of the Early Intervention Services Sliding Fee Scale Establishment Congressional Adjournment Emergency Act of 1995 (D.C. Act 11-1, January 18, 1995, 42 DCR 537), § 2 of the Early Intervention Services Sliding Fee Scale Establishment Emergency Act of 1996 (D.C. Act 11-188, January 25, 1996, 43 DCR 395), and see § 2 of the Early Intervention Services Sliding Fee Scale Establishment Congressional Review Emergency Act of 1997 (D.C. Act 12-41, March 31, 1997, 44 DCR 2089). Section 3 of D.C. Act 12-41 provided that the Mayor shall issue rules to implement the provisions of the act.
DC Code § 7-851 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B - Newborn Hearing Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-851. Definitions. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 4, 2001, D.C. Law 13-276, § 2, 48 DCR 1865; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 402, 66 DCR 1668.)
DC Code § 7-852 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B - Newborn Hearing Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-852. Newborn hearing screening programs. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 4, 2001, D.C. Law 13-276, § 3, 48 DCR 1865; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 402, 66 DCR 1668.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 7-855. Editor's Notes Section 7(a) of D.C. Law 13-276 provided: “(a) Section 3 shall apply on the month 120 days following the effective date of this act.”
DC Code § 7-853 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B - Newborn Hearing Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-853. Health benefit plan reimbursement. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 4, 2001, D.C. Law 13-276, § 4, 48 DCR 1865; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 402, 66 DCR 1668.)  Section References This section is referenced in § 7-855. Editor's Notes Section 7(b) of D.C. Law 13-276 provided: “(b) Section 4 shall apply to all health benefit plans issued or reissued beginning on the first day of the month 120 days following the effective date of this act.”
DC Code § 7-854 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B - Newborn Hearing Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-854. Rules. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 4, 2001, D.C. Law 13-276, § 5, 48 DCR 1865; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 402, 66 DCR 1668.)  Delegation of Authority Delegation of Authority Pursuant to DC Law 13-276, the “Newborn Hearing Screening Act of 2000”, see Mayor’s Order 2002-12, February 1, 2002 ( 49 DCR 929).
DC Code § 7-855 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B - Newborn Hearing Screening [Repealed]|§ 7-855. Applicability of §§ 7-852 and 7-853. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (Apr. 4, 2001, D.C. Law 13-276, § 6, 48 DCR 1865; Apr. 11, 2019, D.C. Law 22-290, § 402, 66 DCR 1668.)
DC Code § 7-857.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B-i - Newborn Heart Screening|§ 7-857.01. Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Critical congenital heart disease” means a group of heart defects that cause serious, life-threatening symptoms and require intervention within the first days or first year of life. (2) “Health benefit plan” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 31-3301.01(20). (3) “Health insurer” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 31-3301.01(22). (4) “Hospital” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(1). (5) “Maternity center” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(2). (6) “Nurse-midwife” means a registered nurse certified pursuant to 17 DCMR § 5800 et seq. (7) “Pulse oximetry” means the non-invasive procedure used to measure oxygen levels in the blood.  (Sept. 17, 2015, D.C. Law 21-20, § 2, 62 DCR 8845.)
DC Code § 7-857.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B-i - Newborn Heart Screening|§ 7-857.02. Critical congenital heart disease screening

(a) Every newborn delivered in a hospital, maternity center, or home shall be screened for critical congenital heart disease using pulse oximetry until an alternative test for critical congenital heart disease is adopted by the American Academy of Pediatrics. (b)(1) Each hospital, maternity center, and nurse-midwife shall: (A) Inform and educate the parent of the purpose and availability of critical congenital heart disease screening (“screening”); (B) Perform the screening unless the procedure is refused based on the parent’s religious or personal beliefs; (C) Document the screening results or the parent’s refusal to allow the screening; (D) Provide the screening results to the parent of the newborn and, if known, the newborn’s primary care provider; (E) When a newborn tests positive for critical congenital heart disease, provide recommendations for follow-up testing and treatment to the parent of the newborn and, if known, the newborn’s primary care provider; and (F) On a quarterly basis, notify the Department of Health of the number of infants screened for critical congenital heart disease, the results of those screenings, and any documented parental refusal based on religious or personal beliefs. (2) Screening results shall include, at minimum, the age of the infant at the time of screening, actual screening values, and the final interpretation of the results. (c) The screening required by subsection (a) of this section shall be performed in a manner consistent with the standards of the American Academy of Pediatrics for critical congenital heart disease.  (Sept. 17, 2015, D.C. Law 21-20, § 3, 62 DCR 8845.)
DC Code § 7-857.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B-i - Newborn Heart Screening|§ 7-857.03. Health benefit plan reimbursement

All health insurer health benefit plans shall reimburse for screenings conducted under this chapter.  (Sept. 17, 2015, D.C. Law 21-20, § 4, 62 DCR 8845.)
DC Code § 7-857.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 7 - Human Health Care and Safety|Chapter 8B-i - Newborn Heart Screening|§ 7-857.04. Rules

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 [§ 2-501 et seq.], shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this chapter.  (Sept. 17, 2015, D.C. Law 21-20, § 5, 62 DCR 8845.)