District Of Columbia § 7-731(Perm) - Exclusive agency powers.

Regulate allied health care professionals and social service professionals;

Regulate occupational and professional conduct and standards for health care and social service professionals, including investigating, licensing, and enforcing applicable laws and regulations;

Regulate actions that affect the physical environment and ensure compliance with applicable federal and District laws and rules that govern the uses and practices that affect the physical environment, including air resources management, water resources management, stormwater management, soil resources management, hazardous waste, pesticides, lead poison program implementation, asbestos program management, underground storage tank regulation, aquatic and wildlife resources management, medical waste management, low-level radioactive waste control, and toxic chemical control;

Regulate health care facilities and social service facilities;

Regulate food service establishments, including, but not limited to, retailers and wholesalers of food and food products, grocery stores, restaurants, food vendors, dairies, patent medicine outlets, ice cream manufacturers, candy manufacturers, bottling establishments, wholesale and retail seafood dealers, delicatessens, and bakeries;

Regulate food labeling, pursuant to ;

Regulate pharmacies and pharmacy personnel;

Determine which drugs and other substances shall be classified as controlled substances, and identify persons and facilities that handle, manage, distribute, dispense, and conduct research with controlled substances;

Regulate radiological and medical devices;

Regulate the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of controlled substances;

Regulate the operation of barber shops, beauty salons, and body art establishments;

Regulate swimming pools;

Regulate massage and health spa establishments;

Regulate animal disease control and rodent control; and

Perform any other functions expressly described in Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1996, as construed in light of all documents formally made a part of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1996 pursuant to .

The Department of Health shall conduct a minimum of 3 inspections per year of the environmental conditions at the Central Detention Facility, Correctional Treatment Facility, and Central Cell Block. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “environmental conditions” shall include temperature control, ventilation, and sanitation.

The Department of Health shall submit the report of each inspection conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection to the Council and the Mayor within 30 days of the inspection.