D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 7, r. 7-101

Current through Register 71, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Rule 7-101 - SCOPE

101.1

The Office of Risk Management (ORM) has oversight and administrative responsibility for the Program.

101.2

All employees, contractors, sub-contractors, and agents, acting for or on behalf of the District of Columbia (the District) to implement the Program pursuant to the Act, including third-party administrators, shall comply with these rules.

101.3

Nothing in these rules, or any instructions or attachments related thereto, shall be interpreted as:

(a) Creating an entitlement or property interest in any employee, contractor, sub-contractor, or agent to whom these rules are applicable;

(b) Making any person or entity a third-party beneficiary to any contract with the District or with any of its contractors or sub-contractors;

(c) Establishing a standard of care; or

(d) Limiting the District of Columbia's ability to amend, modify, or rescind these rules, consistent with any applicable law, including the Act and the District of Columbia Administrative Procedure Act, approved October 21, 1968 (82 Stat. 1203; D.C. Official Code §§ 2-501 et seq. (2012 Repl. & 2016 Supp.)), binding case law, existing government contract provisions and modifications, and applicable judgments or settlements.

101.4

These regulations shall apply to all new, pending, and existing claims, whether the injury giving rise to such claim, occurred before or after the date of these rules.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 7, r. 7-101

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2307 (May 22, 1981); as amended by a Notice of Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 9540 (October 8, 2010)[EXPIRED]; as amended by a Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 12224 (December 24, 2010); repealed and replaced by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8767 (July 27, 2012); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6325 (7/7/2017)

Authority: The Director of the Office of Risk Management (ORM), Executive Office of the Mayor, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 2344 of the District of Columbia Government Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (CMPA), effective March 3, 1979, D.C. Law 2-139, D.C. Official Code § 1-623.44 (2001); section 7 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2003 for the Office of Risk Management, effective December 15, 2003, and Mayor's Order 2004-198 (December 14, 2004).