Section 17-100. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

 

100.1The provisions of this chapter shall apply to the following licensing and examining boards and commissions:

 

(a)Repealed;

 

(b)Repealed;

 

(c)Repealed;

 

(d)Electrical Board;

 

(e)Plumbing Board;

 

(f)Board of Registration for Professional Engineers;

 

(g)Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Board; and

 

(h)Steam and Other Operating Engineers Board.

 

100.2A board or commission may do the following:

 

(a)Refuse to issue or renew a license;

 

(b)Revoke, suspend, or cancel any license; or

 

(c)Censure the holder of a license for any reason for which such action is permitted under the laws or regulations of the District governing the practice of the businesses and professions regulated by that board or commission.

 

100.3A board or commission may, upon its own motion, and shall upon the sworn complaint in writing of any person setting forth charges which, if proved, would constitute grounds for disciplinary action, request the Director to investigate the actions of any person who is an applicant for or holder of any license provided for in the Act.

 

100.4Alternative Adjudication as a Civil Infraction

 

In the alternative, adjudication of any infraction of the regulations to which the Administrative Rules for Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards are applicable may be pursuant to titles I-III of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985. Civil fines, penalties, and fees may be imposed as alternative sanctions for any infraction of the provisions of the regulations applicable to the Administrative Rules for Occupational and Professional Licensing Boards pursuant to titles I-III of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985.

 

authority

The statutory authority to regulate the eight boards appears at the end of this chapter. Paragraphs §§402(12), (54), (57), (60), (61), (62), (64), and (65) of Reorganization Plan No. 3, D.C. Code 1973, Vol. 1 at 152 vested that regulatory authority in the District of Columbia Council.

source

Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of Regulation No. 72-3, approved January 28, 1972, 5DD DCRR, §§1.2 and 1.3, 18 DCR 436 (February 22, 1972); as amended by Regulation No. 72-30, 19 DCR 480 (January 8, 1973); as amended by Final Rulemaking at 39 DCR 660 (January 22, 1993).