Plain English Breakdown
The official source material does not provide specific details about the types of healthcare services that are allowed under this exemption, beyond mentioning team base camps, lodging sites, training sites, and match locations within D.C.
Health Occupations Revision Exemption Temporary Amendment Act of 2025
This act allows licensed health professionals from other countries to provide medical care for foreign sports teams competing in the District of Columbia without needing a local license, but with certain limits.
What This Bill Does
- Adds an exemption to the Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985 for licensed health professionals from other countries who come to D.C. to attend to athletes and staff of foreign sports teams participating in organized sporting events.
- Limits the exemption period to no more than 30 consecutive days.
- Restricts the exemption to healthcare provided at team base camps, lodging sites, training sites, and match locations within D.C.
Who It Names or Affects
- Health professionals licensed in other countries who come to D.C. with foreign sports teams.
- Foreign athletes and staff participating in organized sporting events in D.C.
Terms To Know
- organized sporting event
- A planned athletic competition as defined by the District of Columbia Smoking Restriction Act of 1979
- exemption
- An exception to a rule or requirement, allowing certain individuals to be exempt from following it.
Limits and Unknowns
- The exemption is only valid for up to 30 consecutive days.
- It does not allow exempted health professionals to practice at clinics or facilities in D.C.
- This act expires on April 5, 2026.