Section 42-3551.01 - Definitions [Not Funded.]For purposes of this act, the term:
(1) "Bedbug" means a member of the Cimicidae family of parasitic insects.(2) "Department" means the Department of Buildings.(3) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Buildings.(4) "Dwelling unit" means any habitable room or group of habitable rooms located within a residential building and forming a single unit that is used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, and the preparation and eating of meals.(5) "Eradication" means the elimination of bedbugs from the premises through the use of traps, poisons, fumigations, heat, or any other method of extermination.(6) "Housing provider" means:(A) A landlord, owner, lessor, sublessor, or assignee;(B) The agent of a landlord, owner, lessor, sublessor, or assignee; or(C) A person entitled to receive compensation for the use or occupancy of a rental unit within a housing accommodation.(7) "Pest control professional" means a certified applicator, commercial applicator, licensed certified applicator, pesticide operator, or registered technician authorized to work in the District.(8) "Program" means the Bedbug Inspection and Remediation Assistance Program established in section 6.(9) "Reasonable notice" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 531(a)(1) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective February 18, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-210; D.C. Official Code § 42-3505.51(a)(1)) .(10) "Reasonable time" shall have the same meaning as provided in section 531(a)(3) of the Rental Housing Act of 1985, effective February 18, 2017 (D.C. Law 21-210; D.C. Official Code § 42-3505.51(a)(3)) .(11) "Tenant" means a lessee, sublessee, or other person entitled to the possession or occupancy of a rental unit.Added by D.C. Law 24-238,§ 2, 69 DCR 014738, eff. 2/23/2023.