This section establishes a process by which the DC Department of Behavioral Health may grant exemptions from certification standards to Mental Health or SUD Supported Employment providers. Exemptions may be approved upon good cause shown, provided they do not jeopardize client health, safety, or rights. Approved exemptions expire with the provider's certification unless renewed, and the Department retains authority to revoke them at any time.
View official source3703 EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTIFICATION STANDARDS 3703.1 Upon good cause shown, the Department may exempt an applicant or current Mental Health or SUD Supported Employment provider from a certification standard if the exemption does not jeopardize the health and safety of Supported Employment consumers/clients, violate Supported Employment consumers’/ client’s rights, or otherwise conflict with the purpose and intent of these rules. 3703.2 If the Department approves an exemption, such exemption shall end on the expiration date of the provider certification or on an earlier date if specified by the Department; unless the provider requests renewal of the exemption prior to expiration of its certification or the earlier date set by the Department. 3703.3 The Department may revoke an exemption that it determines is no longer appropriate. 3703.4 All requests for an exemption from certification standards shall be submitted in writing to the Department. SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 10330, 10333 (December 9, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 10775 (September 4, 2020). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Mental Health 22-A DCMR § 3703