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  <num>31-3106</num>
  <heading>Certification of nonhospital residential facilities and outpatient treatment facilities.</heading>
  <para>
    <num>(a)</num>
    <text>The Mayor shall certify qualifying nonhospital residential facilities and outpatient treatment facilities in the District in accordance with rules issued pursuant to <cite path="§31-3111">§ 31-3111</cite>.</text>
  </para>
  <para>
    <num>(b)</num>
    <text>Each certification issued by the Mayor shall state whether the facility is certified as a provider of treatment for drug abuse, alcohol abuse, mental illness, or a combination of these that shall be specified.</text>
  </para>
  <para>
    <num>(c)</num>
    <text>To qualify for certification, a nonhospital residential facility or outpatient treatment facility shall demonstrate that:</text>
    <para>
      <num>(1)</num>
      <text>It offers an organized program for the treatment of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, mental illness, or any combination of these;</text>
    </para>
    <para>
      <num>(2)</num>
      <text>It operates under the day-to-day supervision of an individual with demonstrable training and experience in the treatment of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, or mental illness;</text>
    </para>
    <para>
      <num>(3)</num>
      <text>It employs sufficient numbers of professional staff members to deliver adequately the services offered to its patient caseload; and</text>
    </para>
    <para>
      <num>(4)</num>
      <text>It offers and has the capacity to provide services for the durations specified in §§ <cite path="§31-3103">31-3103</cite> and <cite path="§31-3104">31-3104</cite>.</text>
    </para>
  </para>
  <para>
    <num>(d)</num>
    <text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as superseding the requirements of <cite path="44|5">chapter 5 of Title 44</cite>.</text>
  </para>
  <para>
    <num>(e)</num>
    <text>Any certification issued pursuant to this section shall be issued as a Public Health: Human Services Facility endorsement to a basic business license under the basic business license system as set forth in <cite path="47|28|I-A">subchapter I-A of Chapter 28 of Title 47</cite>.</text>
  </para>
  <annotations>
    <annotation doc="D.C. Law 6-195" type="History" path="§7">Feb. 28, 1987, D.C. Law 6-195, § 7, 34 DCR 491</annotation>
    <annotation doc="D.C. Law 12-261" type="History">Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-261, § 2003(kk), 46 DCR 3142</annotation>
    <annotation doc="D.C. Law 15-38" type="History">Oct. 28, 2003, D.C. Law 15-38, § 3(y), 50 DCR 6913</annotation>
    <annotation type="Delegation of Authority">Delegation of authority pursuant to <cite doc="D.C. Law 6-195">D.C. Law 6-195</cite>, “Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, and Mental Illness Insurance Act of 1986.”, see Mayor’s Order 88-50, February 25, 1988.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Emergency Legislation">For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3(y) of Streamlining Regulation Emergency Act of 2003 (D.C. Act 15-145, August 11, 2003,  50 DCR 6896).</annotation>
    <annotation type="Effect of Amendments"><cite doc="D.C. Law 15-38">D.C. Law 15-38</cite>, in subsec. (e), substituted “Public Health: Human Services Facility endorsement to a basic business license under the basic” for “Class A Public Health: Human Services Facility endorsement to a master business license under the master”.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1981 Ed., § 35-2306.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Section References">This section is referenced in <cite path="§44-1204">§ 44-1204</cite>.</annotation>
    <annotation type="Cross References">Substance abuse treatment certification requirements, see <cite path="§44-1204">§ 44-1204</cite>.</annotation>
  </annotations>
</section>
