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What does “all permissions included” cover?
The Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection separates corporate/trade-name registration, tax registration, zoning or home-occupation/occupancy requirements, and the activity-based Basic Business License application.
If a training brand promises all permissions are included, identify the actual holder, activity and address of each permission. A licence held by the brand may not establish the operator’s own required permission; company registration does not settle use of the proposed premises.
An operating licence also does not establish franchise disclosure compliance. This page has not completed the D.C. franchise-sales requirements.
The sales-claim law has its own coverage
Section 28-3901 includes franchises/business opportunities in its goods/services definition but separately defines consumer, merchant and transaction. That inclusion does not decide every business-to-business purchase.
Section 28-3904 addresses covered material misstatements and omissions. Actual buyer, purpose, seller and transaction facts and current application notes matter; do not assume every printed change has the same implemented effect or every broad pitch has the same legal result.
Scope
- Consumer Protection Procedures Act coverage is not established for every B2B operator. This is not a completed activity-specific licence or premises review, and franchise-sales questions remain unresolved.
Next step
Before promising all permissions, check what each actual operator and address still needs and make the sales statement match those facts.
Sources & review notes
Council of the District of Columbia
Passage, dates and research notes
primary · §28-3901(a)(2),(3),(7),scope and applicability notes
includes consumer credit, franchises, business opportunities
Current official section read, including 2026 amendments and notes. Inclusion of franchises does not resolve consumer, merchant or particular B2B scope. Direct HTTP returned 403; web reader accessible.
Council of the District of Columbia
Passage, dates and research notes
primary · §28-3904(a)(5),(7);applicability notes
Fail to state a material fact if such failure tends to mislead
Current section and implementation notes read. A 2026 amendment has a fiscal-effect applicability caveat. Guide uses established material-misstatement/omission concepts and makes no blanket new-2026 or B2B application claim.
D.C. Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · Corporate/trade-name, OTR, zoning and BBL steps
Your business' activities determine the type of Basic Business License required.
Complete operative steps read via web. Operating licences and tax registration do not establish franchise-sales clearance.
Detailed rule records (1)
Section 28-3901(a)(7) includes franchises/business opportunities, but consumer, merchant and transaction scope require analysis. Section 28-3904 prohibits covered material misstatements and omissions. Neither CPPA wording nor an operating licence establishes franchise-sales clearance.
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