Each applicant for licensure as a nurse staffing agency must submit an application for initial licensure to the Department no later than ninety (90) days before its intended commencement of operation.
As part of its initial application for licensure, the applicant must submit to the Department all information listed as required in section 4 of the Act, and the following other information:
Each nurse staffing agency seeking renewal of its license to operate must submit an application for license renewal to the Department no later than ninety (90) days before the expiration date of its current license. The required renewal license fee must accompany the application.
The Department may impose a late application fee, in addition to the established license fee, if a nurse staffing agency fails to submit its license renewal application within the time prescribed.
Each nurse staffing agency license shall be the property of the District of Columbia government, and must be returned to the Department immediately upon any of the following events:
The Department shall issue each license only for the premises and the person or persons named as applicant(s) in the license application, and the license shall not be valid for use by any other person or persons or at any place other than that designated in the license. Any transfer as to person or place without the approval of the Department shall cause the immediate forfeiture of the license.
Each applicant for licensure intending to operate in premises located within the District of Columbia must comply with all applicable District of Columbia laws and regulations regarding zoning, fire safety and building construction for all agency premises before an initial or renewal license will be issued.
Each applicant for licensure intending to operate in premises located outside the District of Columbia must provide proof of compliance with the applicable jurisdiction's laws regarding zoning, fire safety and building construction for all agency premises as part of the agency's application for an initial or renewal license.
If a completed renewal application is filed timely pursuant to these rules, the continued operation of the nurse staffing agency past the stated expiration date on the current license shall not be unlawful if the Department has not yet taken official action on the application for renewal.
The Department shall have the authority to issue regular, provisional, and restricted licenses, as further described in these rules, and to classify each issued license as regular, provisional or restricted.
The Department shall issue a regular initial license or renewal license, for a period not to exceed one (1) year, to each nurse staffing agency that is in substantial compliance with the Act and with these rules.
The Department may issue a provisional license, not to exceed ninety (90) days, to a nurse staffing agency that is not in substantial compliance with the Act or these rules, when the Department determines that the agency is taking appropriate ameliorative action in accordance with an established timetable.
A provisional license issued pursuant to section 4901.12 may be renewed no more than once.
The Department may issue a restricted license, prohibiting a nurse staffing agency from accepting new clients or from delivering one or more specified services, for a period not to exceed one (1) year, to an agency that is not in substantial compliance with the Act or these rules, as an alternative to suspension, revocation or denial of renewal of the agency's license.
Each licensed nurse staffing agency that ceases to operate within the District of Columbia must notify the Department within five (5) business days of ceasing operation, and must return its license to the Department within ten (10) business days of ceasing operation.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B4901