Date Revised: 07/11/2025
D.C. Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
Basic Business Online License Applications -- No specific camp license - however, a Basic Business License from DLCP is required for most camp operators.
Office of the State Superintendent of Education Exemptions -- Seasonal camps are exempt from childcare licensure, if they operate under certain conditions.
Henry J. Daly Building
MPDC Headquarters
300 Indiana Avenue
NW, Room 3055, WA 20001
(202) 727-4245
Fee of $7
Covers all employees unless specifically exempt or covered by wage order.
Exemptions: volunteers for educational, charitable, religious, or nonprofit organizations; lay officers of religious organizations if engaged in religious functions; bona fide executives, administrators, professionals, and outside salespeople as defined by FLSA
Federal minimum wage may be paid to: newly hired learners age 18 or older (for no more than 90 days), students employed by institutions of higher education, and minors under age 18. Less than minimum wage permitted for handicapped workers under special certificates. Persons employed under the Job Training Partnership Act, Youth Employment Act, or Older Americans Act must be paid at rates required by those Acts.
1½ times regular rate after 40-hour week
Those employees exempt from the state minimum wage
No specified state-level meal/rest period requirements. Federal FLSA meal/rest period requirements apply for those covered by Act.
