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Division I - GOVERNMENT OF DISTRICTTitle 7 - HUMAN HEALTH CARE AND SAFETYSubtitle G - AIDS HEALTH CAREChapter 16 - AIDS HEALTH CARE
Subchapter I - GENERAL
Section 7-1601 - Definitions

D.C. Code § 7-1601

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Current through codified legislation effective September 18, 2024
Section 7-1601 - Definitions

For the purpose of this subchapter, the term:

(1) "AIDS" means acquired immune deficiency syndrome or any AIDS-related condition.
(2) "Council" means the Council of the District of Columbia.
(3) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Health, established by Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1966, effective July 17, 1996.
(3A) "Domestic partnership" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4).
(4) "Families" means persons who are related by blood, legal custody, marriage, domestic partnership, having a child in common, or who share or have shared for at least 1 year a mutual residence and who maintain or have maintained an intimate relationship rendering the application of this subchapter appropriate.
(5) "Mayor" means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.

D.C. Code § 7-1601

June 10, 1986, D.C. Law 6-121, § 2, 33 DCR 2451; Sept. 12, 2008, D.C. Law 17-231, § 18, 55 DCR 6758; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 130(a), 56 DCR 1117.