District Of Columbia § 44-506 - Provisional and restricted licenses.
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§ 44-506. Provisional and restricted licenses.
44-506As an alternative to denial, nonrenewal, suspension, or revocation of a license when a facility or agency has numerous deficiencies or a serious single deficiency with respect to the standards to be established under , the Mayor may:
Issue a provisional license if the facility or agency is taking appropriate ameliorative action in accordance with a mutually agreed upon timetable; or
Issue a restricted license that prohibits the facility or agency from accepting new patients/clients/residents or delivering certain specified services that it would otherwise be authorized to deliver, if appropriate ameliorative action is not forthcoming.
As provided in , provisional licenses may be issued to new facilities and agencies in order to afford the Mayor sufficient time and evidence to evaluate whether a new facility or agency is capable of complying with the provisions of this subchapter, rules adopted pursuant to this subchapter, and other applicable provisions of law.
Provisional licenses may be granted for a period not exceeding 90 days, and may be renewed no more than once.
Any provisional license issued pursuant to this section shall be issued as a provisional Public Health: Health Care Facility endorsement or a provisional Public Health: Human Services facility endorsement to a basic business license under the basic business license system as set forth in .
If a facility is issued a restricted or provisional license, the Department of Health may, if appropriate, appoint a temporary manager or monitor in accordance with a mutually agreed upon timetable or until the facility becomes compliant with and (h-1).
Annotations
Section 112 of amended subsection (e) of this section by striking the phrase “with ” and inserting the phrase “with section 8(a)(3) [of ]” in its place. The legislative intent was to substitute in the phrase “with section 5(a)(3),” codified as , rather than the phrase “with section 8(a)(3),” and has been implemented accordingly.
Because of the enactment of by and the designation of the preexisting text as subchapter I, “subchapter” has been substituted for “act” twice near the end of (b).
Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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