DC Health details licensing system changes, compacts limits and CNA testing backlog
Agency officials described licensing-system improvements (checklists, EMS licensure pilot, birth-month renewals) and noted compacts (PSYPACT) limit local disciplinary authority; DC Health said CNA skills-testing backlogs disrupted pass rates and it will roll out a medication‑aid application in April.
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Committee members pressed DC Health on multiple licensing and professional-regulation matters, including longer average processing times, birth‑month renewal transition issues, compacts that limit local disciplinary authority, and low first‑time pass rates for certified nursing assistant (CNA) psychomotor exams.
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