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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 17. BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS |
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Chapter 17-40. HEALTH OCCUPATIONS: GENERAL RULES |
Section 17-4099. DEFINITIONS
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4099.1As used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Act - the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revisions Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1201.01 et seq.).
Adverse event - an event, occurrence, or situation involving the medical care of a patient by a health care provider that results in death or an unanticipated injury to the patient, as designated by the Board of Medicine and available on the Department’s Health Regulation and Licensing Administration website.
Board - the Board of Acupuncture, Board of Chiropractic, Board of Dentistry, Board of Dietetics and Nutrition, Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, Board of Massage Therapy, Board of Medicine, Board of Nursing, Board of Nursing Home Administration, Board of Occupational Therapy, Board of Optometry, Board of Pharmacy, Board of Physical Therapy, Board of Podiatry, Board of Professional Counseling, Board of Psychology, Board of Podiatry, Board of Respiratory Care, or Board of Social Work established by the Act, as the context requires.
Certificate - a certificate to practice a specialty of health occupation issued by a board pursuant to this subtitle or the Act.
Day - a calendar day.
Department - the Department of Health. Director – the Director of the Department of Health, or the Director’s designee.
Disciplinary action - an action taken by a health care provider that limits or revokes the privileges of a physician to practice medicine at any medical facility of that provider or that results in the termination of the physician’s employment or other contractual relationship with the provider due to substandard quality of clinical practice, unprofessional behavior, or substance abuse.
Employs - the action of a health care provider to enter into an employment or other contractual relationship with a physician to practice medicine or to grant a physician privileges to practice medicine at any medical facility of that provider.
Health care provider - an individual or entity licensed or otherwise authorized under District law to provide healthcare service, including a hospital, nursing facility, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility, home health agency, hospice program, renal dialysis facility, ambulatory surgical center, pharmacy, physician or health care practitioner’s office, long-term care facility, behavior health residential treatment facility, health clinic, clinical laboratory, health center, physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist, certified nurse midwife, psychologist, certified social worker, registered dietitian or nutrition professional, physical or occupational therapist, pharmacist, or other individual health care practitioner.
Legal holiday - one of the following holidays:
(a)New Year’s Day;
(b)Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday;
(c)Washington’s Birthday;
(d)Memorial Day;
(e)Independence Day;
(f)Labor Day;
(g)Columbus Day;
(h)Veterans Day;
(i)Thanksgiving Day;
(j)Christmas Day; or
(k)Any other day designated as a legal holiday by the president, the Congress, the Mayor of the Council of the District of Columbia, on the actual day the legal holiday is celebrated by the government of the District of Columbia.
License - a license to practice a health occupation issued by a board pursuant to this chapter or the Act.
Medical facility - a hospital, nursing facility, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility, home health agency, hospice program, renal dialysis facility, ambulatory surgical center, pharmacy, physician or health care practitioner’s office, long-term care facility, behavior health residential treatment facility, health clinic, clinical laboratory, or health center.
Primary health record - the record of continuing care maintained by a health professional, group practice, or health care facility or agency containing all diagnostic and therapeutic services rendered to an individual patient by the health professional, group practice, or health care facility, or agency.
Registration - a registration required to practice a health occupation issued pursuant to this chapter or the Act.
System Administrator - the Senior Deputy of the Department’s Health Regulation and Licensing Administration, or such other individual as designated by the Director.