D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B2599
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the meaning ascribed:
Board- the Board of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, the Board of Chiropractic, the Board of Dentistry, the Board of Dietetics and Nutrition, the Board of Marriage and Family Therapy, the Board of Medicine, the Board of Nursing, the Board of Long-Term Care Administration, the Board of Occupational Therapy, the Board of Optometry, the Board of Pharmacy, the Board of Physical Therapy, the Board of Podiatry, the Board of Professional Counseling, the Board of Psychology, the Board of Respiratory Care, the Board of Social Work, or the Board of Veterinary Medicine, all as established by the Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-99; D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1201.01et seq.) as amended.
Department - the Department of Health or DC Health.
Director - the Director of the District of Columbia Department of Health.
Employer - any entity, including a facility, agency, assisted living residence, private office, health care provider, or group home in the District of Columbia that employs health care professionals or utilizes the services of a health professional who is contracted with a third party or is self employed, including those engaged in the practice of pharmacy. This definition does not include the private person who, for his or her own health needs, has contracted directly with a health professional.
Health professional - a person licensed, registered, certified, or permitted to practice a health occupation regulated by a licensing board, commission or authority in the District of Columbia.
Professional incompetence - a health professional's unfitness to continue in the health professional's profession, or to provide one or more services ordinarily provided as part of the profession, as demonstrated by:
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B2599