D.C. Code § 8-151.11: Continuity; rules and regulations.

(a)

Regulations and rules of any agency, department, administration, board, or commission, the functions of which are transferred by this chapter to DOEE and any Mayor’s order or administrative order relating to a transferred function not in conflict with this chapter shall continue in force until such time as the Mayor, or his designee, issues new rules and regulations or orders governing the subject.

(b)

(1)

All functions, authority, programs, positions, personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds available or made available to DOEE for the purposes of carrying out the following functions are transferred to the Department of Health:

(A)

Childhood lead poisoning prevention program; and

(B)

Medical waste management.

(2)

All rules, orders, obligations, determinations, grants, contracts, licenses, and agreements of the DOEE transferred to the Department of Health under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall continue in effect according to their terms until lawfully amended, repealed, or modified.