5823703 Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, Department of - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Amending 17 DCMR 904.3, revocation of basic business licenses

DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

The Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, pursuant to the authority set forth in the Second Omnibus Regulatory Reform Amendment Act of 1998, effective April 20, 1999 (D.C. Law 12-261;  D.C. Official Code § 47-2851.20 (2015 Repl.)), Section 104 of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs Civil Infractions Act of 1985, effective October 5, 1985 (D.C. Law 6-42; D.C. Official Code § 2-1801.04 (2012 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 99-68, dated April 28, 1999, hereby gives notice of the intent to adopt, in not less than thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register, amendments to Chapter 9 (Prohibition on the Sale of Synthetic Drugs) of Title 17 (Business, Occupations, and Professionals) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR).

 

This rulemaking clarifies the D.C. Official Code citation under which a basic business license can be revoked.

 

No comments were received and no changes were made to the rules as published in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on October 30, 2015 at 62 DCR 014097.  The DCRA Director adopted these rules as final on December 7, 2015, and they shall become effective on the date of the publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Chapter 9, PROHIBITION ON THE SALE OF SYNTHETIC DRUGS, of Title 17 DCMR, BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONALS, is amended as follows:

 

Section 904, REVOCATION OF BUSINESS LICENSE, is amended as follows:

 

Subsection 904.3 is amended to read as follows:

 

904.3               Following an adjudication that is adverse to the business licensee, DCRA shall suspend or revoke the basic business license. In adjudicated cases where a notice of intent to revoke was issued, the basic business license shall be revoked pursuant to any applicable provision of D.C. Official Code § 47-2844, and the licensee shall be ineligible to apply for a new basic business license for a substantially similar business for two (2) years.