Pursuant to 42 CFR § 494.180(b)(5), no person shall practice as a DT in the District of Columbia longer tha n eighteen (18) months without being registered by the Board of Nursing (Board) as a DT.
A DT shall be certified pursuant to § 9404.1(d) and registered by the Board within eighteen (18) months of his or her hire date. If a DT who is not certified changes employment from one dialysis facility to another, the time he or she was employed in the first facility shall count towards the eighteen (18) month period for certification unless he or she had a gap in employment as a DT of more than eighteen (18) months.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 17, r. 17-9401