Board of Rehabilitative Therapies Charles Bond Confirmation Resolution of 2025
Summary
This resolution confirms the appointment of Charles Bond to the District of Columbia Board of Rehabilitative Therapies. The appointment is for a new seat on the board, and the nominee would serve as a recreational therapist licensed in the District for a two-year term beginning on the date of confirmation. The resolution also directs the Council to transmit the adopted resolution to the nominee and the Mayor’s Office, and it takes effect immediately upon adoption.
The bill is a personnel/confirmation measure rather than a policy overhaul. It implements the District’s health occupations framework, specifically the Board of Rehabilitative Therapies created under the Health Occupations Revisions Act, by filling a board seat with a qualified recreational therapist. The practical effect is to complete the board’s membership and support oversight of rehabilitative therapy licensing and professional regulation in the District.
Impact
If adopted, the resolution would not change substantive licensing standards or create new regulatory requirements; instead, it would amend the composition of the Board of Rehabilitative Therapies by confirming one member to a new seat. The affected parties are the board itself, the Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments, and the nominee, Charles Bond, who would participate in board oversight of rehabilitative therapy professions under D.C. health occupations law. Because the board helps administer professional licensure and discipline, the appointment may indirectly affect recreational therapists and other rehabilitative therapy stakeholders in the District.
Sentiment
The available materials suggest a generally positive and routine sentiment toward the nomination. The Mayor’s transmittal emphasizes the nominee’s extensive experience in therapeutic recreation, senior services, and professional leadership, and the Office of the General Counsel found the resolution legally unobjectionable. No votes or committee transcripts were provided, and there is no indication of opposition in the record supplied. Overall, the tone is administrative and supportive, reflecting a standard confirmation of a well-qualified professional.
Contention
No specific contention is reflected in the provided record. The main substantive issue implicit in the nomination is the importance of ensuring that the board includes a licensed recreational therapist, which appears to be a statutory expectation under the District’s health occupations framework. The nominee’s long career in long-term care, dementia services, and professional advocacy appears designed to address that requirement and support the profession’s representation on the board. Because there are no committee hearings or recorded votes here, any disagreement, if it existed, is not visible in the materials provided.