4300. GENERAL PROVISIONS

4300 GENERAL PROVISIONS 4300.1 The Address Confidentiality Act Program (“Program”) shall be administered by the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants (“Office” or “OVSJG”) pursuant to the Address Confidentiality Act of 2018 (“Act”), and shall be applicable to participants who are victims of a covered offense, or covered employees, and who state that disclosure of their actual address would endanger their actual safety. 4300.2 Participants in the Program shall be provided, by the Office, substitute addresses at which the Office shall receive first-class, certified, and registered mail sent to participants or their representatives. OVSJG shall, at no charge, forward that mail to the participant’s actual address. 4300.3 Unless excepted by § 4303 or other applicable law, each District agency shall be required to accept Program participants’ substitute addresses, if provided by participants, in lieu of participants’ actual addresses for any purpose the agency requires or requests a residential, work, or school address. 4300.4 The provisions of the Act, including any penalties for violations, shall apply only to District government agencies, including District government instrumentalities. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 213 (January 10, 2020). District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Public Space and Safety 24 DCMR § 4300