Section 17-2551. PEER REVIEW REQUIREMENTS FOR CURRENT LICENSEES

 

2551.1The Board shall determine if a firm with a current license is required to be enrolled in a peer review program pursuant to § 2548.

 

2551.2If the Board determines that a firm is required to be enrolled in a peer review program, notice shall be sent to the firm manager requiring him or her to submit to the Board, within thirty (30) days from receipt of the notice,:

 

(a) Proof from a sponsoring organization of the firm’s enrollment in a peer review program;

 

(b) The approximate due date of the firm’s next peer review report; and

 

(c) A copy of the firm’s most recent peer review report and the sponsoring organization’s acceptance letter that the firm received within three (3) years prior to submitting the application. If the firm has not received a peer review report and acceptance letter within the three (3) year time period, it shall notify the Board of that fact.

 

2551.3  Failure to comply with the requirement imposed in § 2551.2 above shall result in the Board initiating disciplinary action against the firm’s license.

 

2551.4 If the Board receives a peer review report on a licensed firm that is classified as adverse, fail, second successive modified, or second successive pass with deficiencies, the firm’s responses to the report shall be presented to the Board for review and determination of any action to be taken against the firm, after taking into consideration:

 

(a) The deficiencies described in the report;

 

(b) The firm’s written response to the report that was sent to the sponsoring organization;

 

(c)A letter from the firm describing the current status of the deficiencies that comprised the basis for the report; and

 

(d)Any remedial action instituted by the firm since the issuance of the report.

 

2551.5If a firm is not enrolled in an approved peer review program when it enters into an agreement to perform any engagement that is subject to peer review in accordance with § 2548, it shall not continue to work on the engagement until it has:

 

(a) Enrolled in an approved peer review program; and

 

(b) Submitted to the Board a letter of enrollment in an approved peer review program from a sponsoring organization.

 

authority

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, pursuant to the authority set forth in D.C. Official Code § 47-2853.08(1) (2005 Repl.) and D.C. Official Code 47-2853.10(a)(12) (2005 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 2000-70, dated May 2, 2000.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 5186, 5188 (May 18, 2012).