{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-532.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 44-532.02","heading":"Application.","body":"(a)\nApplication for license to operate a center shall be made to the Mayor on forms furnished by him and shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:\n(1)\nThe name and address of the facility;\n(2)\nThe names and addresses of the owners of the facility. If the owner is a corporation, the application shall include the names and addresses of all officers of the corporation and all persons having a 10% or more ownership interest;\n(3)\nThe medical and surgical procedures for which the center is to be licensed;\n(4)\nThe names and addresses of the center's administrator and medical director;\n(5)\nEvidence of capacity to provide emergency care or secure appropriate emergency care expeditiously for a patient. Such evidence shall include, at a minimum:\n(A)\nProvision of appropriately trained staff, space, equipment and supplies to stabilize the condition of a patient prior to transport to a hospital; and\n(B)\nAgreement(s) between the center and a hospital not more than 20 minutes ambulance driving time from the center that the hospital will admit all center patients needing emergency care, or proof that all physicians using the center have, or a center staff physician is always available who has, admitting privileges at a hospital not more than 20 minutes ambulance time from the center.","path":["Title 44. Charitable and Curative Institutions.","Chapter 5. Health-Care and Community Residence Facility, Hospice and Home Care Licensure.","Subchapter I-A. Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Center Licensure.","Part B. Licensure of Ambulatory Surgical Treatment Centers."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/44-532.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"17ca7cd482b98482ed45c9992edf4b45f6f985577d7f0c29b9063a901b6adcef","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-532.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-532.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}