Section 17-8199. DEFINITIONS

 

8199.1When used in this chapter, the following words will have the meanings ascribed:

 

Board- the Board of Medicine.

 

Direct supervision -that the polysomnographic technologist providing supervision is present in the area where the polysomnographic procedure is being performed and immediately available to furnish assistance and direction throughout the performance of the procedure. 

 

General supervision - supervision by a physician who is immediately available to give direction, either in person, by telephone, or by electronic means. 

 

 Licensed physician - a person who is licensed by the Board to practice medicine.

 

Patient- a person who is the recipient of polysomnographic services.

 

Practice of polysomnography- the process of analyzing, monitoring, and recording physiologic data during sleep and wakefulness, with or without compensation, to assist in the assessment and diagnosis of sleep-wake disorders and other disorders, syndromes, and dysfunctions that are sleep-related, manifest during sleep, or that disrupt normal sleep-wake cycles and activities. 

 

Sleep-related services- acts performed by polysomnographic technologist, technicians and trainees, and other persons permitted to perform such services under this act, in a setting described in §8102.1(d) which would be considered the practice of polysomnography if performed by a polysomnographic technologist.

 

authority

The Director of the Department of Health, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 302(14) of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14)), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 3758, 3768 (April 29, 2011).