---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.1021"
title: "20"
number: "404.1021"
heading: "Work for the District of Columbia."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.1021"
---

# §404.1021. Work for the District of Columbia.


If you work as an employee of the District of Columbia or a wholly owned instrumentality of the District of Columbia, your work is covered as employment unless—

- (a) Your work is covered by a retirement system established by a law of the United States; or
- (b) **You are—**
  - (1) A patient or inmate of a hospital or penal institution and your work is for that hospital or institution;
  - (2) A student employee (a student nurse, dietitian, or physical or occupational therapist, but not a medical or dental intern or resident in training) of a District of Columbia hospital, clinic, or medical or dental laboratory;
  - (3) An employee serving temporarily in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood, or other similar emergency; or
  - (4) A member of a board, committee, or council of the District of Columbia paid on a per diem, meeting, or other fee basis.
- (c) **Medicare qualified government employment.** If your work is not covered under Social Security, it may be covered as Medicare qualified government employment (see [§ 404.1018b(c)](/cfr/20/404.1018b.md?p=c) of this subpart).

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 20075, Mar. 27, 1980, as amended at 57 FR 59914, Dec. 17, 1992]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202(v), 205(a), 209, 210, 211, 229(a), 230, 231, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(v), 405(a), 409, 410, 411, 429(a), 430, 431, and 902(a)(5)) and 48 U.S.C.1801.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 20075, Mar. 27, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 20075, Mar. 27, 1980, as amended at 57 FR 59914, Dec. 17, 1992]