8501.1 If an applicant for a license, registration, or certification is not or has not been licensed, registered, or certified in another state, the applicant shall be required to undergo a fingerprint scan criminal background check (CBC). The license, registration, or certification shall not be issued until the board with the authority to regulate the health professional, pursuant to D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1201.01 et seq., has completed a review of the applicant's CBC in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

8501.2 If an applicant for initial licensure, registration, or certification, by endorsement, has not had a state and FBI CBC conducted in the jurisdiction from which he or she is endorsing, within the last two (2) years, the applicant shall be required to undergo a fingerprint scan CBC.

8501.3 If an applicant for licensure, registration, or certification, by endorsement, has had a state and FBI CBC in the jurisdiction from which he or she is endorsing within the last two (2) years, then the applicant shall be required to undergo a CBC based on the applicant's name, gender, Social Security number, date of birth, and mailing address.

8501.4 A person renewing his or her license, registration, or certification shall be required to undergo a fingerprint scan CBC or a CBC based on a name search, which shall include the applicant's gender, Social Security number, date of birth, and mailing address. The CBC shall occur at a two (2) year interval coinciding with the renewal date of the respective profession.

8501.5 A person applying for reinstatement, reactivation, or for a higher level license, registration, or certification in a specific profession shall be required to undergo a CBC if the applicant has not had a CBC done within the two (2) years prior to the date of his or her application.

8501.6 The CBC shall disclose the criminal history of the prospective applicant in the District of Columbia or in any other state or territory of the United States.

8501.7 An applicant for an initial license, registration, or certification shall present a current driver's license or government-issued identification, containing a facial photograph, to verify his or her identity in order to obtain a fingerprint scan CBC.

SOURCE: Licensed Health Professional Criminal Background Check Amendment Act of 2006, effective March 6, 2007 (D.C. Law 16-22, D.C. Official Code §§ 3-1205.22 et seq.); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 56 DCR 6025, 6026 (July 31, 2009); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 7901 (August 27, 2010); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 6032 (June 1, 2018).