{"ref":"DC-HH-GOV-03","title":"Licensure, Certificate of Need, District Operating Office, Insurance, and Inspections","category":"Governance","summary":"Keeps the Agency licensed as a District of Columbia home care agency and covered by a Certificate of Need, with a staffed operating office in the District, its license posted, the insurance the rule requires, the notices DC Health requires, and full cooperation with inspections and surveys.","inShort":["The Agency must hold a DC home care agency license and a Certificate of Need. Our license is posted in the DC office.","Our DC office is staffed at least eight hours a day, Monday through Friday, and keeps patient records and policies.","DC Health can inspect at any time, without notice. Be polite, ask for identification, and call the Director at once.","If a surveyor asks for a record that is not in the office, we must produce it within 24 hours. Never change or hide a record.","Never warn anyone that an unannounced inspection is coming. That is against the law."],"primaryCitation":"22-B DCMR §3900","citations":["22-B DCMR §3900.2","22-B DCMR §3900.4","22-B DCMR §3900.5","22-B DCMR §3900.6","22-B DCMR §3900.7","22-B DCMR §3901.1","22-B DCMR §3902.1","22-B DCMR §3101","22-B DCMR §3102","22-B DCMR §3103","22-B DCMR §3104","22-B DCMR §3105","22-B DCMR §3999.1","D.C. Code §44-501(a)(7)","D.C. Code §44-502","D.C. Code §44-505","D.C. Code §44-406(a)","D.C. Code §44-401(15)","29 DCMR §5011"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.100","42 CFR §484.100(b)","42 CFR §484.105(d)"],"surveyorAsks":["Show me your license. Where is it posted, and when does it expire?","Show me your Certificate of Need."],"forms":[{"ref":"DC-HH-GOV-03-A","title":"Licensure, Certificate of Need, and Notice Calendar"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (22-B DCMR §3900)","5. The District of Columbia Operating Office","6. Certificate of Need","7. License Renewal and Fees","8. Insurance and Bond","9. Notices to DC Health and Other Agencies","10. Inspections, Surveys, and Complaint Investigations","11. Medicare Certification","12. Responsibilities","13. Records and Compliance Monitoring","14. Staff Training","15. References","16. Related Policies and Forms","17. Approval","18. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"dc-hha","state":"Washington, DC","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Agency","legalName":"Sample Agency, LLC","logo":null}}