2013 District of Columbia Code
Division VIII — GENERAL LAWS
Title 44 — CHARITABLE AND CURATIVE INSTITUTIONS
Subtitle I — HEALTH RELATED INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 10 — NURSING HOMES AND COMMUNITY RESIDENCE FACILITIES PROTECTIONS
Subchapter II — RECEIVERSHIPS
Section 44-1002.03 — Petitions for receivership.
(a) Notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy, the Attorney General for the District of Columbia may, in the name of the District and based on one or more of the grounds listed in § 44-1002.02, petition the court to appoint a receiver for any facility.
(b) Notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy, a resident, a resident's representative, the Long-Term Care Ombudsman, or any other advocate representing the interests of a facility's residents may, based on one or more of the grounds listed in § 44-1002.02(2) through (6), submit a written request asking the Attorney General for the District of Columbia to petition the court to appoint a receiver for any facility. If the Attorney General for the District of Columbia denies the request or does not file a petition within 5 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays) after receiving a request, the requestor may file with the court a petition for the appointment of a receiver.
(c) The licensee of any facility may, based on one or more of the grounds listed in § 44-1002.02, petition the court to appoint a voluntary receiver for that facility.
History
(Apr. 18, 1986, D.C. Law 6-108, § 203, 33 DCR 1510; Apr. 13, 2005, D.C. Law 15-354, § 67, 52 DCR 2638.)
Annotations
Section References. This section is referenced in § 44-1002.04, § 44-1002.05, § 44-1002.07, and § 44-1002.10.
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 32-1413.
Effect of Amendments. D.C. Law 15-354 substituted "Attorney General for the District of Columbia" for "Corporation Counsel".
Legislative History of Law 6-108. For legislative history of D.C. Law 6-108, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 44-1001.01.
Legislative History of Law 15-354. For Law 15-354, see notes following § 44-212.
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