2504.1 With respect to a matter governed by Chapters 22 through 25 of this title, a person adversely affected or aggrieved by an enforcement action of the Department shall exhaust administrative remedies by timely filing an administrative appeal with, and requesting a hearing before, the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH), established pursuant to the Office of Administrative Hearings Establishment Act of 2001, effective March 6, 2002 (D.C. Law 14-76; D.C. Official Code § 2-1831.01 et seq.), or OAH's successor.

2504.2 The Department may pursue administrative enforcement actions through:

1. (a) Warning notices;
2. (b) Field notices or directive letters;
3. (c) Stop sale, use, or removal orders;
4. (d) Notices of violation;
5. (e) Compliance orders;
6. (f) Notices of violation combined with an immediate compliance order or stop sale, use, or removal order;
7. (g) Denial, suspension, or revocation of pesticide registration;
8. (h) Denial, modification, suspension, or revocation of a license;
9. (i) Notices of infraction;
10. (j) Enforcement notices; or
11. (k) Any other enforcement action authorized by law.

2504.3 A person aggrieved by an action of the Department shall file a written appeal with OAH within fifteen (15) calendar days of service of the action or no later than twenty (20) days after the date of the action if served by mail.

2504.4 For a denial, modification, suspension, or revocation of a license or certificate, the applicant, licensee, or certificate holder shall have seven (7) business days from the date of receipt of the notice of proposed action to file a written appeal with OAH.

2504.5 The filing of an administrative appeal shall not in itself stay an enforcement action of the Department. The appellant, however, may request a stay of the enforcement action according to the rules of OAH.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 62 DCR 3340 (March 20, 2015); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 73 DCR 001173 (February 6, 2026).