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§ 44-535-02 — District of Columbia Law | CourtGPT
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  8. § 44-535-02
District of Columbia Legal Code
02. Prohibitions. (a) No surgical procedure requiring general anesthesia shall be performed in a center except under the immediate medical direction of a physician licensed to practice the healing art in the District of Columbia and who is a qualified anesthesiologist. (b) If a center knows, or reasonably should know, that any patient was referred to it by a referral services which charged a fee for such referral, the facility shall immediately report all pertinent facts of such alleged referral to the Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia. (c) 'Fee-splitting', or the sharing of a fee between any physician, person, agency, or clinic, for any charge, services or referral by or with an ambulatory treatment center shall be prohibited. (Apr. 6, 1978, D.C. Law 2-66, § 502, 24 DCR 6836.) Editor's Notes This section was repealed by section 4 of D.C. Law 6-26; however, pursuant to section 6(b) of D.C. Law 6-26, the repeal will not apply until the Mayor issues rules for ambulatory surgical facilities. As of this date, the Mayor has not issued such rules.

§ 44-535-02

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