D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 19, r. 19-1599
When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed:
Africanized bee - a hybrid variety of Apis mellifera produced by the cross-breeding of the aggressive African honey bee Apis mellifera scutellata with a European honey bee subspecies.
American foulbrood - also known as Paenibacillus larvae spp. larvae is a rod-shaped, spore-forming bacterium that affects bee larvae.
Animal Care and Control Agency - the agency established by Section 3 of the Animal Control Act of 1979, effective October 18, 1979 (D.C. Law 3-30; D.C. Official Code §§ 8-1802 et seq. (2013 Repl.)).
Animal facility - fixed or mobile establishment, veterinary hospital, or premises wherein the practice of veterinary medicine or any part thereof is performed.
Apiary - a place where a colony is kept.
Bee disease - an abnormal condition resulting from action by a parasite, predator, or infectious agent.
Beekeeper - a person who maintains a honey bee colony.
Brood - the embryo and egg, larva, and pupa stages of a bee.
Certificate of Apiary Inspection - certification required to transport a colony, portion of a colony, bees on combs, empty used combs, or used hives out of the District.
Colony - a hive and its equipment and appurtenances, including bees, brood, comb, pollen, and honey.
Comb - the assemblage of cells containing a living stage of a bee at a time prior to emergence as an adult.
Commensal rodent - Norway rat, roof rat, and house mouse. A rat or mouse found within a structure or proximally located at the external base of a structure may be treated as a commensal rodent for purposes of §§ 1570 to 1579.
Complaint - a service call received by a wildlife control operator or services provider for wildlife control services.
Continuing education class - a class from an accredited organization designed for license holders that is developed to keep license holders up to date on topics relevant to their field or profession
Department - the Department of Energy and Environment.
Director - the Director of the Department of Energy and Environment.
District - the District of Columbia.
Domestic animal - any animal that is kept by humans for food, work, or as a pet that depends on a human for food, shelter, and water. Including, but not limited to dogs, cats, sheep, chickens, goats, horses, rabbits, and ferrets.
Exclusion device - a product used to prevent wildlife from entering an area.
Flyway barrier - barrier to encourage bees leaving and entering their colony to fly upward, minimizing unwanted human contact.
Hive - a container used for the housing of a colony.
Honey bee or bee - Apis mellifera or another species designated as suitable for an urban environment by the Director of the District Department of the Environment.
Langstroth-type hive - standard bee hive used in beekeeping with removable four-sided frames.
Licensed wildlife rehabilitator - wildlife rehabilitator licensed in any state or the District or a person or agent credentialed by the District of Columbia or any State to treat sick, orphaned, or injured wildlife within the District.
Live trap - a trap that is intended to capture an animal without killing.
Migratory bird - a bird protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 703 - 712, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 50 C.F.R. § 10.12 and listed in 50 C.F.R. § 10.13.
Mist net - a virtually invisible nylon mesh net suspended by two poles, often used by biologist to capture birds and bats for banding and other research.
Multi-unit building - a building with at least four (4) separate housing units.
Non-residential property - any property which does not house a residential building, including but not limited to office or retail buildings, shopping centers, industrial parks, churches, hotels, school learning centers, hospitals, sports arenas, retail stores, and transportation terminals.
Nuisance - a condition such as aggressive bee behavior, colony placement or movement that interferes with pedestrian traffic or causes a substantial or unreasonable interference with the right to property, comfort, or safety of persons residing on or adjacent to the hive premises, and overcrowded, deceased, or abandoned hives.
Person - an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, association, firm, joint stock company, organization, commission, or any other private entity.
Potential outbreak - an increase in the number or frequency of cases of infectious disease, or a change in disease eruption patterns, that could reasonably lead to or signify an outbreak or epidemic.
Property - a parcel of land where an apiary is located.
Quarantine - a period of enforced isolation to contain and prevent the spread of disease. During this time bees, bee colonies, or bee equipment may not be moved from the quarantined property without the permission of the Department.
Rabies vector - mammals that have a higher risk for rabies, such as raccoons, foxes, and bats.
Resident - a person who resides in the District of Columbia.
Remote trap technology - real-time trap monitoring with devices that are fail safe and that self-report.
Rocket net - a type of net that uses a projection system to capture a large number of animals at once.
Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) - an animal species that is listed in the District's Wildlife Action Plan as a species in need of conservation through targeted management actions, based on a set of criteria that are detailed in the Wildlife Action Plan. This includes animal species whose populations are imperiled, vulnerable or declining, or have their habitat at risk.
Target wildlife - the specific species of wildlife that a wildlife control operator or wildlife control service provider intended to capture.
Threatened or endangered species - species on the list established pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531 - 1534, and set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations at 50 C.F.R. Part 17.
Top bar hives - a bee hive that consists of an array of horizontal bars from which honey bees attach and build wax combs.
Undeveloped land - idle land that has not been improved and is not in the process of being improved, and has no structures, facilities, or improvements intended for human use or occupancy. This includes land used exclusively for streets, highways, or commercial agriculture.
Veterinarian - a person licensed to practice veterinary medicine in accordance with Chapter 28 of Title 17 DCMR.
Widespread outbreak - occurrence of an infectious disease over a wide geographic area or affecting a large proportion of the population, also known as an epidemic.
Wildlife - includes any free-roaming wild animal, but shall not include domestic animals, commensal rodents, invertebrates, and fish.
Wildlife control - to harass, repel, evict, exclude, possess, transport, liberate, reunite, rehome, take, euthanize, kill, handle, catch, capture, release, surrender, displace, or relocate wildlife.
Wildlife control operator - person who is licensed to perform wildlife control services by the Department, but shall not include the Animal Care and Control Agency or a property manager as defined by D.C. Official Code § 47-2853.141.
Wildlife control services provider - the operator of a business which involves the charging of a fee for services in wildlife control.
Wildlife rehabilitation - the treatment and care of sick, injured, debilitated, or abandoned wildlife with the goal of returning wildlife as quickly as possible to their natural habitat in the wild.
Wildlife rehabilitator - a person who provides treatment and care to wildlife that is sick, injured, debilitated or abandoned.
Wildlife rehabilitator apprentice - a person who works under the guidance of a licensed wildlife rehabilitator to gain the experience required to earn a wildlife rehabilitator license.
Zoonosis - any disease or infection that is naturally transmissible from vertebrate animals to humans.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 19, r. 19-1599