Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 24, June 14, 2024
118.1 The Program may issue subpoenas as part of its authority to conduct any investigation pursuant to this chapter.
118.2 Subpoenas issued pursuant to investigations authorized under this chapter may be issued for any of the following purposes:
(a) To compel the attendance of employees, claimants, medical providers or other witnesses within a radius of one hundred miles of the District of Columbia at interviews, alive and well checks, depositions, settlement conferences, or any other inquiry being held for the purposes of obtaining information about a claim;(b) To administer an oath or affirmation and to examine employees, claimants, medical providers or other witnesses; or(c) To require the production of books, papers, documents, and other evidence.118.3 A subpoena issued under this section shall provide notice to the recipient of the legal authorization for the subpoena, the testimony or evidence being sought by the Program, the deadline for providing the testimony or evidence, and the telephone number and mailing address of the authorizing official issuing the subpoena.
118.4 Subpoenas may be issued pursuant to this section only upon written authorization of the Chief Risk Officer, as attested to by the signature of the Chief Risk Officer, or his authorized designee.
118.5 Subpoenas issued pursuant to this section shall be enforced by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 7484 (September 15, 2000); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 8404 (September 9, 2005) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 11092 (December 23, 2005); repealed and replaced by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8784 (July 27, 2012); amended by Final Rulemaking published at 64 DCR 6325 (7/7/2017)Authority: Chief Risk Officer 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 (2012 Supp.)); 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, effective December 14, 2004