Appointment of District commissioners.

(a) The Mayor is authorized to appoint, with the advice and consent of the Council pursuant to § 1-523.01(f) , 2 commissioners to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission, pursuant to § 3-1271.11(d) , enacted and entered into pursuant to subchapter I of this chapter , and one alternate commissioner, who may exercise voting authority in the absence of one of the District's commissioners, pursuant to § 3-1271.11(g) . (b) The Department of Health is authorized to conduct the criminal background checks required to be conducted by the District of Columbia Board of Medicine by § 3-1271.05(b)(2) .