A person engaged in the service contract business, as a provider or otherwise, in the District on or before the applicability date of this chapter that submits an application for registration as a provider pursuant to this chapter within 30 days after the Commissioner makes the application available, may continue to engage in business as a provider in the District until final agency action is taken by the Commissioner regarding the registration application and all rights to administrative judicial review have been exhausted or expired.
D.C. Code § 31-2351.11