D.C. Code § 25-821: Revocation or suspension — General provisions.

(a)

Except as provided in § 25-826, the Board shall not revoke or suspend a license until the licensee has been given an opportunity to be heard in his or her defense.

(b)

If a license is revoked or suspended, no part of the license fee shall be returned.

(c)

If the Board revokes a license, no license shall be issued to the same person or persons whose license is so revoked for any other location for 5 years following the revocation, except as provided below.

(d)

If the Board revokes a manager’s license, a manager’s license shall not be issued to the same person for 2 years.

(e)

Subsection (c) of this section shall not apply to licenses revoked by the Board for procedural reasons.

(f)

The remaining alcoholic beverage stock of a licensee whose license has been revoked shall be disposed of only with the approval of the Board.