199.1 When used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meanings ascribed:

Act - the law, statute, or order pursuant to which a board or commission was created or presently exists.

Board - an occupational or professional licensing body of the government of the District of Columbia. The boards that are subject to the provisions of this chapter are set forth in §100.1 of this title.

Director - the Director of the District department or agency to whom the responsibility and authority to implement and enforce this title has been delegated by the Mayor, or the Director's designated agent or representative.

License - the term includes any approval, certificate, registration, permit, statutory exemption, or other form of permission to practice an occupation or profession, as granted by a board or commission.

Licensee - the holder of any license granted by a board or commission.

Person - any individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, firm, organization, or society.

Renewal - the certificate of annual registration granted by a board or commission to a licensee.

SOURCE: Sections 60.4 of Regulation 72.3, approved January 28, 1972, 5DD DCRR §60.4, 18 DCR 436 (February 22, 1972).

HISTORICAL NOTE: The following Acts specifically authorized the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to provide regulations for the eight boards listed, and either established the original boards or authorized the Commissioners to establish the boards:

Board of Barber Examiners - An act to regulate Barbers in the District of Columbia and for other purposes, approved June 7, 1938, 52 Stat. 620, ch. 322, D.C. Code §§2-401 et seq. (1988 Repl. Vol.).

Board of Cosmetology - An Act to provide for the examination and licensing of those engaging in the practice of cosmetology in the District of Columbia, approved June 7, 1938, 52 Stat. 611, ch. 321, D.C. Code §§2-901 et seq. (1988 Repl. Vol.).

Board of Examiners and Registrars of Architects - An Act to provide for the examination and registration of architects and to regulate the practice of architecture in the District of Columbia, 43 Stat. 713, ch. 9, approved December 13, 1924, D.C. Code §§2-201 et seq. (1988 Repl. Vol.).

Board of Registration for Professional Engineers - An Act defining and regulating the practice of the profession engineering and creating a board of registration for professional engineers in the District of Columbia, approved September 19, 1950, 64 Stat. 854, ch. 953, D.C. Code §§2-2301 et seq. (1988 Repl. Vol.).

Electrical Board - An Act to grant additional powers to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and for other purposes, approved December 20, 1944, 58 Stat. 819, ch. 611, D.C. Code §1-337 (1987 Repl. Vol.).

Plumbing Board - An act to regulate plumbing and gas fitting in the District of Columbia,

approved June 18, 1898, 30 Stat. 477, ch. 467, D.C. Code §§2-2102 et seq. (1988 Repl. Vol.).

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Board - An Act to grant additional powers for the Commissions of the District of Columbia, approved December 20, 1944, 58 Stat. 819, ch. 611, D.C. Code §1-337 (1987 Repl. Vol.).

Steam and Other Operating Engineers Boards - An act to regulate steam-engineering in the District of Columbia, approved February 28, 1887, 24 Stat. 427, ch. 272, D.C. Code §§2-2401 et seq. (1988 Repl. Vol.).

Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1952, (D.C. Code 1973, Title 1 Appendix at 147): (1) abolished the original boards; (2) vested in the Board of Commissioners all of the functions of the boards; (3) authorized the Commissioners to established new boards; and (4) reserved in the Commissioners the function of making or adopting substantive regulations previously assigned to the Commissioners by Congressional statutes. Pursuant to Reorganization Plan No. 5, the Board of Commissioners on June 30, 1953, issued Reorganization Order No. 59 establishing seven of the above listed boards. On October 18, 1955, the Board of Commissioners issued Organization Order No. 115 establishing the eighth board, the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Board (see Commissioners' Order No. 55-2028, October 18, 1955). After several amendments and reorganizations, the Mayor transferred these eight boards to the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (see Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1983, D.C. Code, 1989 Suppl. at 32). By virtue of the provisions of §402 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967, the function of issuing substantive regulations governing the examination and licensing of the various occupations was transferred to the District of Columbia Council. Section 404(a) of the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act transferred all functions of the District of Columbia Council to the Council of the District of Columbia.