4331552 This rulemaking will repeal the tuberculin testing requirement for massage therapy licensure in the District of Columbia.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING

 

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 (“Act”), effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code § 3-1203.02(14) (2007 Repl.)), and Mayor’s Order 98-140, dated August 20, 1998, hereby gives notice of his intent to adopt the following amendments to Chapter 75 (Massage Therapy) of Title 17 (Business, Occupations, and Professions) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), in not less than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

This rulemaking will repeal the tuberculin testing requirement for massage therapy licensure in the District of Columbia.

   

 

CHAPTER 75, MASSAGE THERAPY, of TITLE 17, BUSINESS, OCCUPATIONS, AND PROFESSIONS, OF THE DCMR is amended as follows:

 

Section 7516, TUBERCULIN TEST REQUIRED, is amended to read as follows:

 

Section 7516   REPEALED.

 

 

All persons desiring to comment on the subject matter of this proposed rulemaking action shall submit written comments, not later than thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this notice in the D.C. Register, to Kenneth Campbell, General Counsel, Department of Health, Office of the General Counsel, 899 North Capitol Street, N.E., 5^th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20002.  Copies of the proposed rules may be obtained between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays, at the address listed above, or by contacting Angli Black, Administrative Assistant, at [e-mail], [phone].