D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 1, § 313
313.1 The major divisions of the D.C. Municipal Regulations (DCMR) are titles, each of which brings together broadly related rules and regulations by subject matter categories.
313.2 Titles of the D.C. Municipal Regulations are designated by the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances. Assignment of rules and regulations to the various titles of the D.C. Municipal Regulations by the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances will be based on the structure set forth in §313.3.
313.3 The structure of the D.C. Municipal Regulations is the following:
SUBTITLE A: Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) (formerly parts of Title 5)
SUBTITLE B: District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) (formerly parts of Title 5)
SUBTITLE C: Charter Schools
SUBTITLE D: School Maintenance
SUBTITLE E: Former Title 5
SUBTITLE A: Police Personnel (formerly Title 6A)
SUBTITLE B: Personnel (formerly parts of Title 6)
SUBTITLE A: District of Columbia Law School (formerly Title 8A)
SUBTITLE B: University of the District of Columbia (formerly Title 8)
SUBTITLE A: Comprehensive Plan (formerly Part 1 of Title 10)
SUBTITLE B: Planning and Development (formerly Part 2 of Title 10)
SUBTITLE C: Historic Preservation (formerly 10A)
SUBTITLE A: Mental Health (formerly Title 22A)
SUBTITLE B: Health (formerly Title 22)
SUBTITLE C: Medical Marijuana
SUBTITLE A: Retail Food Code Regulations (formerly 25 DCMR)
SUBTITLE B: Food Processing Operations Code (formerly 25A DCMR)
SUBTITLE C: Swimming Pool and Spa Regulations (formerly Title 22 DCMR, Chapter 64)
SUBTITLE D: Massage Establishment and Health Spa Facility
SUBTITLE E: Barbering, Cosmetology, and Personal Grooming Facility Regulations
SUBTITLE F: Tanning Facility Regulations
SUBTITLE G: Tattoo, Body Art, and Body-Piercing Facility Regulations
SUBTITLE H: Bedding and Upholstered Furniture (formerly Title 22, chap.1, sec.115, 117)
SUBTITLE I: Health Nuisances, Rodent and Vector Control Regulations (formerly Title 22 DCMR, chapter 1, sections 100, 107)
SUBTITLE J: Animal Welfare and Facility Regulations (formerly Title 22, chap.1, sec. 103, 104, chap.7)
SUBTITLE A: Insurance (formerly Title 26)
SUBTITLE B: Securities (formerly chapters 18,19, and 81 of Title 17)
SUBTITLE C: Banking (formerly Title 26A)
313.4 Subtitles may be assigned by the Office of Documents and Administrative Issuances to group chapters within a title by specific subject matter or agency. Specific chapters grouped within a subtitle may be made available to the public separately by subtitle.
313.5 A Title may be divided in two ways. First, if there are large sub-sections of each Title, ODAI may determine that new titles should be formed. Second, in the alternative, ODAI may advise the agency to create Subtitles. However, if there are many smaller subsections of each title, ODAI may advise the agency to create Chapters. Subtitles and Chapters are assigned or approved by ODAI on the basis of subject matter. Each chapter or subtitle shall have a descriptive heading.
313.6 The divisions of each chapter are SECTIONS. Each section shall consist of a body of rules that covers a specific, closely related segment of the chapter’s subject matter. Each section shall have a descriptive heading.
313.7 The major divisions of each section are SUBSECTIONS. Subsections are the basic units of the D.C. Municipal Regulations. Each subsection shall contain a single, specific requirement, provision, or a declarative statement of policy. Generally, subsections consist of one sentence or, occasionally, two (2) or three (3) sentences. Subsections do not have descriptive headings.
313.8 Subsections may include PARAGRAPHS and SUBPARAGRAPHS that set forth lists, examples, or subdivisions of the specific provision set forth in the subsection. Paragraphs and subparagraphs shall not be used in place of separate subsections.
313.9 The various divisions of the D.C. Municipal Regulations shall be designated in the following manner:
(a) TITLES - Consecutively in Arabic numerals in accordance with the structure set forth in this section. (1, 2, 3, ...);
(b) SUBTITLES - Consecutively in uppercase Arabic letters immediately following the DCMR designation (1 DCMR A, 6 DCMR B, ...);
(c) CHAPTERS - Consecutively in Arabic numerals throughout each title (100, 200.0, 300.0, ... 3400.0, 35 0.0, ...);
(d) SECTIONS - Consecutively in Arabic numerals throughout each chapter. (100, 101, 102, ... 3420, 3421, 3422, ...);
(e) SUBSECTIONS - Consecutively in Arabic numerals throughout each section. (106.1, 106.2, 106.3, ... 106.15, 106.16, ...);
(f) PARAGRAPHS - Consecutively in lower case Arabic letters set within parenthesis. (106.1(a), 106.1(b), 106.1(c) ...);
(g) SUBPARAGRAPHS - In outline style, as follows: (1), (2), (3), ... (1)(A), (1)(B), (1)(C), ... (1)(A)(i), (1)(A)(ii), (1)(A)(iii). Subparagraphs are rarely used in the DCMR.
313.10 The numbering system of the D.C. Municipal Regulations can be used to identify the types of divisions contained in a citation. For example: 18 DCMR A §235.6(a)(4) is subparagraph (4) of paragraph (a) of subsection 6 of section 35 of chapter 2 of subtitle A of title 18 DCMR.
Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 4091, 4109-4110 (September 18, 1981); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 9073 (August 22, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 271, 289 (January 9, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 126, 127 (January 1, 2010); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 1983 (March 9, 2012).