Section 5-B2499. DEFINITIONS

 

2499.1[RESERVED]

 

2499.2  When used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed:

 

Chancellor—the Chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools.

 

D.C. Public Schools or DCPS—the public school system excluding public charter schools.

 

Healthcare organization—a licensed primary health, behavioral health, or oral health provider that sponsors a SHC in a particular DCPS school.

 

Practitioner—a person licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise permitted by law to prescribe, dispense, and administer drugs or medical devices, within the course of the person’s professional practice.

 

School-based health center or SHC—a primary health or behavioral health care facility established and operated within a public school building or on the grounds of a public school by the Department of Health, the Department of Mental Health, or by a public, for profit, or non-profit healthcare entity or provider under a written agreement with the Chancellor.

 

authority

Sections 103(c)(2) and 105(c)(5) of the Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007 (“Act”), effective June 12, 2007 (D.C. Law 17-9, D.C. Official Code §§ 38-172 and 38-174), and Mayor’s Order 2007-186, dated August 10, 2007.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 24 DCR 1005, 1065 (July 29, 1977); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 5776 (September 19, 1987); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 40 DCR 1573, 1574 (February 26, 1993); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 989, 990 (February 18, 2000); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7674 (August 20, 2010).