6 1: (9) An Act to regulate the practice of veterinary 2 medicine in the District of Columbia, approved February 3 1, 1907 (34 Stat. 870), as amended (D.C. Code, title 2, 4 ch. 8). 5 (10) An Act to provide for regulation of the profes6 sional practice of certified public accountants in the District 7 of Columbia, including the examination, licensure, registra8 tion of certified public accountants, and for other purposes, 9 approved September 16, 1966 (80 Stat. 785; D.C. Code, 10 title 2, ch. 9). 11 (11) An Act to provide for the examination and reg12 istration of architects and to regulate the practice of archi 13 tecture in the District of Columbia, approved December 13; 14 1924 (43 Stat. 713), as amended (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 15 16 17 18 19 10). (12) The District of Columbia Barber Act, approved June 7, 1938 (52 Stat. 620), as amended (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 11). (13) An Act to regulate boxing contests and exhibitions 20 in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 823), as amended (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 12). (14) An Act to provide for the examination and licens ing of those engaging in the practice of cosmetology in the District of Columbia, approved June 7, 1938 (52 Stat. 611; D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 13). 1 7 (15) An Act to regulate plumbing and gas fitting in 2 the District of Columbia, approved June 18, 1898 (30 Stat. 3 477), as amended (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 14). 4 (16) An Act to regulate steam engineering in the Dis5 trict of Columbia, approved February 28, 1887 (24 Stat. 6 247), as amended (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 15). 7 (17) The Professional Engineers' Registration Act, 8 approved September 19, 1950 (64 Stat. 845), as amended 9 (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 18). 10 (18) An Act to define, regulate, and license real estate 11 brokers, business chance brokers, and real estate salesmen; 12 to create a Real Estate Commission in the District of Colum13 bia; to protect the public against fraud in real estate trans14 actions, and for other purposes, approved August 25, 1937 15 (50 Stat. 787), as amended (D.C. Code, title 45, ch. 14). (19) Paragraph 44A of section 7 of the Act approved 16 17 July 1, 1902, as added by the Act approved August 1, 1947 18 (61 Stat. 711; D.C. Code, sec. 47-2344a), relating to the 19 licensing of undertakers. 20 (20) Subsection (b) of the first section of the Act 21 entitled "An Act to grant additional powers to the Com22 missioners of the District of Columbia, and for other pur23 poses", approved December 20, 1944 (58 Stat. 819, 820), as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 1-244 (b)), relating to the 25 bonding of persons, firms, and corporations, other than util 24 8 1 ity companies, engaged in the business of plumbing or gas 2 fitting, or of installing, maintaining, or repairing heating, 3 ventilation, air conditioning, or mechanical refrigerating apparatus, equipment, appliances, systems or parts thereof, 5 or of installing, maintaining, or repairing apparatus, equip6 ment, fixtures, appliances, or wiring, using or conducting 7 electric current. 8 (21) An Act to regulate the practice of psychology 9 in the District of Columbia, approved January 8, 1971 (84 10 Stat. 1955; Public Law 91-657). 11 12 SEC. 105. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the con trary in in any Act or part of an Act specified in subsection (b) 13 of this section, the Commissioner of the District of Columbia 14 is authorized, in accordance with regulations issued by the 15 Council under the authority of this Act, to deny, suspend, 16 or revoke, for such cause as may be set forth in such regula17 tions, any of the licenses authorized by any of the said Acts or parts of Acts to be issued. 18 19 (b) The authority vested in the District by subsection 20 (a) shall be exercised by it with respect to the following 21 Acts of Congress: 22 23 24 25 (1) An Act to regulate the practice of the healing art to protect the public health in the District of Columbia, approved February 27, 1929 (45 Stat. 1326), as amended (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 1). 2 9 (2) An Act to amend the Act for the regulation of the practice of dentistry in the District of Columbia, and 3 for the protection of the people from empiricism in relation 4 thereto, approved June 6, 1892, and Acts amendatory 5 thereof, approved July 2, 1940 (54 Stat. 716), as amended 6 (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 3). 7 (3) An Act to define the term of "registered nurse" 8 and to provide for the registration of nurses in the District. 9 of Columbia, approved February 9, 1907 (34 Stat. 887), 10 as amended (D.C. Code, secs. 2-401 through 2-411). 11 (4) An Act to regulate the practice of podiatry in the 12 District of Columbia, approved May 23, 1918 (40 Stat. 13 560), as amended (D.C. Code, title 2, ch. 7). 14 SEC. 106. All prosecutions for violations of any of the 15 Acts or parts of Acts specified in section 104, except the 16 Act approved February 27, 1929 (D.C. Code, title 2, 17 ch. 1), and of regulations made by the Commissioner 18 pursuant to this Act, shall be conducted in the name of 19 the District of Columbia by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants. 20 22 23 TITLE II-AMENDMENTS OF EXISTING LAW, AND EFFECTIVE DATE SEC. 201. The purview of the Act entitled "An Act 24 to authorize the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 25 to fix certain licensing and registration fees", approved June 10 1 5, 1953 (67 Stat. 43; D.C. Code, secs. 1-252 and 1-253), 2 is amended to read as follows: 3 "That the District of Columbia Council may, from time 4 to time, after public hearing, increase, decrease, or abolish 5 the fees authorized to be charged by each of the Acts or 6 parts of Acts listed in section 104 of the District of Columbia 7 Licensing Procedures Act, or authorized by this section, 8 and in addition to or in lieu of such fees, from time to time 9 to establish fees for services or functions performed by or 10 required of the District of Columbia under the authority 11 of regulations adopted by the Council pursuant to the District 12 of Columbia Licensing Procedures Act, or for services or 13 functions performed by or required of the District of Colum14 bia under existing law and for which no fee is prescribed 15 by law, with any such fee, as so increased, decreased, 16 established, or added, to be in an amount which, taken 17 with the other fees or charges imposed under the authority 18 contained in each such Act or part of Act, will result in such amount as is determined by the Council, in its discretion, as being reasonable, in consideration of the interest 19 20 21 22 of the public and the persons required to pay the fee, and in consideration of the approximate cost of administering 23 each such Act." 24 SEC. 202. Any judicial or administrative proceeding 25 initiated prior to the effective date of this Act under any Act |