D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B4906
The Department shall be authorized to take the following actions to determine whether an applicant or a licensee is in compliance with the Act and with these rules:
In the case of a nurse staffing agency whose District of Columbia operations headquarters is located outside of the District of Columbia, the Department may require that the agency's responsible party, owner or president, and/or other authorized representative, present himself or herself in person at the Department to submit the agency's application and/or to verify required information at the request of Department officials.
In the case of a nurse staffing agency whose District of Columbia operations headquarters is located outside of the Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, and of which the Department determines that an on-site inspection is required in order to assess the agency's compliance with the Act and these rules, the Department may impose a fee for the inspection, not to exceed the Department's actual costs in performing the inspection.
Each nurse staffing agency or applicant for licensure as a nurse staffing agency must permit authorized officials of the Department, upon presentation of identification, to enter all premises of the agency, regardless of whether the officials' visit is previously announced or unannounced, and must permit these officials to conduct unimpeded inspection, as the officials deem is needed, to:
Each nurse staffing agency must permit authorized officials of the Department, upon presentation of identification or upon presentation of an official letter of request, to have unimpeded access to all records relating to the District of Columbia operations of the agency, including client records, employee and staff records, policies and procedures, contracts, and any other information deemed necessary by the Department to determine compliance with the Act and these rules.
Failure to permit entry and/or inspection as described in subsection 4906.4, or failure to permit access to records as described in subsection 4906.5, shall be cause for refusal to issue, refusal to renew, revocation, or suspension of the agency's license.
Authorized officials of the Department, upon presentation of identification, shall have the right to enter and inspect all premises of an entity which the Department has reason to believe is operating as a nurse staffing agency without being licensed as required by the Act and these rules, provided that they obtain:
The Department may refer, for appropriate legal action, any case involving an unlicensed entity that the Department has reason to believe is operating as a nurse staffing agency in violation of the Act or of these rules.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B4906