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PR26-0116 • 2025

Board of Integrative Healthcare Dr. Gavin Elliott Confirmation Resolution of 2025

Board of Integrative Healthcare Dr. Gavin Elliott Confirmation Resolution of 2025

Healthcare
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
at the request of the Mayor
Last action
2025-04-18
Official status
Approved
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Confirmation of Dr. Gavin Elliott for Board of Integrative Healthcare

This resolution confirms Dr. Gavin Elliott's appointment as an acupuncturist on the District of Columbia's Board of Integrative Healthcare.

What This Bill Does

  • Confirms Dr. Gavin Elliott’s appointment to the Board of Integrative Healthcare.
  • Specifies that Dr. Elliott is a licensed acupuncturist in Washington, DC.
  • Sets Dr. Elliott's term on the board for one year starting from July 19, 2024.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Dr. Gavin Elliott
  • The Board of Integrative Healthcare

Terms To Know

Board of Integrative Healthcare
A board established by the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act to oversee integrative healthcare practices.
Acupuncturist
A person licensed to practice acupuncture, a form of traditional Chinese medicine involving the insertion of needles into specific points on the body.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify what Dr. Elliott's duties or responsibilities are beyond being confirmed as an acupuncturist.
  • It is unclear if this confirmation affects other members of the Board of Integrative Healthcare.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-18 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Resolution R26-0077, Effective from Apr 01, 2025 Published in DC Register Vol 72 and Page 004561

  2. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Legislative Meeting

  3. 2025-04-01 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Approved with Resolution Number R26-0077

  4. 2025-03-26 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Report Filed by the Health Committee

  5. 2025-03-25 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Committee Mark-up of PR26-0116 by the Health Committee

  6. 2025-03-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Roundtable Canceled

  7. 2025-03-20 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Mark-up filed in the Office of Secretary

  8. 2025-03-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Roundtable filed in the Office of Secretary

  9. 2025-03-19 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Cancellation Notice of Roundtable filed in the Office of Secretary

  10. 2025-03-18 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Referred to Committee on Health

  11. 2025-03-14 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Intent to Act on PR26-0116 Published in the District of Columbia Register

  12. 2025-03-12 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    Notice of Roundtable filed in the Office of Secretary

  13. 2025-03-03 Council of the District of Columbia LIMS

    PR26-0116 Introduced by Chairman Mendelson at Office of the Secretary

Official Summary Text

Board of Integrative Healthcare Dr. Gavin Elliott Confirmation Resolution of 2025

Current Bill Text

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ENROLLED ORIGINAL

A RESOLUTION

26-77

IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

April 1, 2025

To confirm the appointment of Dr. Gavin Elliott to the Board of Integrative Healthcare.

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the “Board of Integrative Healthcare Dr. Gavin Elliott Confirmation
Resolution of 2025”.

Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the appointment of:

Dr. Gavin Elliott
Van Buren Street, NW
Washington, DC 20012
(Ward 4)

as an acupuncturist licensed in the District member of the Board of Integrative Healthcare,
established by section 224 of the District of Columbia Health Occupations Revision Act of 1985,
effective July 19, 2024 (D.C. Law 25-191; D.C. Official Code § 3-1202.24), for a term of one
year.

Sec. 3. The Council shall transmit a copy of this resolution, upon its adoption, to the
nominee and to the Mayor.

Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.