Can CAAs practice in District of Columbia?
Licensed
Yes — CAAs are licensed in District of Columbia.
The District licenses AAs through the DC Board of Medicine, with a detailed statutory scope of practice in D.C. Code § 3-1206.31. Apply through DC Health's anesthesiologist assistants licensing program.
- Legal authority
- D.C. Code § 3-1206.31
- Effective
- 2005
- Supervision
- The supervising anesthesiologist must be immediately available in the facility, directly participate in induction and emergence, and may supervise no more than four AAs at any one time.
- Last verified
- 2026-08-12
Notes
AA provisions were added to the Health Occupations Revision Act by D.C. Law 15-237 (effective March 16, 2005); the supervision cap was set at four by D.C. Law 16-228 (2007). Faculty may supervise no more than two AA students at once. No 2025-2026 Council legislation affecting AAs found.
CAA programs in District of Columbia
- Case Western Reserve University — Washington, DC · Washington