2013 District of Columbia Code
Division VIII — GENERAL LAWS
Title 44 — CHARITABLE AND CURATIVE INSTITUTIONS
Subtitle I — HEALTH RELATED INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 5 — HEALTH-CARE AND COMMUNITY RESIDENCE FACILITY, HOSPICE AND HOME CARE LICENSURE
Subchapter I — LICENSURE
Section 44-503 — Authority of Mayor.

(a) The Mayor shall:
(1) Ensure that licensing rules are consistent with certificate of need rules and that both are designed to facilitate the goals and objectives of the District of Columbia's state health plan and certificate of need program; and
(2) Conduct an initial inventory of facilities to determine actual physical bed capacity and operating bed capacity.
(b) The Mayor shall have the authority to license bed capacity by specific, well-defined services. For hospitals, licensure by type of service shall be limited to the following categories: Medical/surgical; ICU/coronary care; OB/GYN; nursery; intermediate neonatal and neonatal intensive care; pediatrics; alcoholism/chemical dependency; rehabilitation; and psychiatric.

History
(Feb. 24, 1984, D.C. Law 5-48, § 4, 30 DCR 5778.)

Annotations
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 32-1303.

Legislative History of Law 5-48. For legislative history of D.C. Law 5-48, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 44-501.

Delegation of Authority. Delegation of authority under Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice and Home Care Licensure Act of 1983, see Mayor's Order 84-105, June 19, 1984.
Delegation of authority pursuant to D.C. Law 5-48, the "Health Care and Community Residence License Act of 1983", see Mayor's Order 98-137, August 20, 1998 (45 DCR 6587).
Delegation of authority under Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice and Home Care Licensure Act of 1983, see Mayor's Order 84-105, June 19, 1984.