{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1271.31","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 3-1271.31","heading":"Appointment of District commissioners.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor is authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Council pursuant to § 1-523.01(f), 2 commissioners to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, pursuant to § 3-1271.11(d), enacted and entered into pursuant to subchapter I of this chapter, and one alternate commissioner, who may exercise voting authority in the absence of one of the District's commissioners, pursuant to § 3-1271.11(g).\n\n(b)\nThe Department of Health is authorized to conduct the criminal background checks required to be conducted by the District of Columbia Board of Medicine by § 3-1271.05(b)(2).","path":["Title 3. District of Columbia Boards and Commissions.","Chapter 12B. Interstate Medical Licensure Compact.","Subchapter II. District Commissioners; Appropriations."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/3-1271.31","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"f2f6d2d2014ccfbb8d3fd2da6acb8c8e3e9c07c411c25f9effea5c123caa20da","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1271.24","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-3-1271.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}