Title 12, Professions and Occupations
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-101 Scope
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This article 20 applies to every article in this title 12 except articles 10 and 15 and except to the extent otherwise specified in this article 20 or another part or article of this title 12. The requirements of this article 20 are in addition to the requirements established in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-102 Definitions
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As used in this title 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Applicant means a person applying, pursuant to a part or article of this title 12, for a new license, certification, or registration or to renew, reinstate, or reactivate a license, certification, or registratio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-103 Division of professions and occupations - creation - duties of division and department head - office space - per diem for board or commission members - review of functions
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(1) Division created. (a) There is created a division of professions and occupations in the department of regulatory agencies, the head of which is the director of professions and occupations. The division of professions and occupations is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 2…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-104 Excise tax on renewal fees - report to joint budget committee - definition
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there is imposed, and the executive director shall collect, an excise tax of one dollar for each year of the renewal period upon the payment of renewal fees that are required to be paid by individuals for the renewal of a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-105 Fee adjustments - division of professions and occupations cash fund created - legal defense account created - general fund transfer - definition - repeal
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(1) This section applies to all activities of the division and all regulators. (2) (a) The director shall propose, as part of the division’s annual budget request, an adjustment in the amount of each fee that each regulator is authorized by law to collect. The budget request and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-201 Payment of fees - condition of licensure, certification, or registration
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The division shall not license, certify, or register a person who has applied to, and has otherwise satisfied the requirements for licensure, certification, or registration by, a regulator until the applicant has paid and the division has received all applicable fees.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-202 Licenses, certifications, and registrations - renewal - reinstatement - fees - occupational credential portability program - exceptions for military personnel, spouses, gold star military spouses, and dependents - rules - consideration of criminal convictions or driver’s history - executive director authority - definitions
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(1) Renewal. (a) Licenses, certifications, and registrations issued pursuant to a part or article of this title 12 expire pursuant to a schedule established by the director and must be renewed or reinstated in accordance with this section. The director shall establish renewal fee…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-203 Inactive license or certification - rights and responsibilities
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(1) Persons licensed or certified to practice any profession or occupation under this title 12 for which postgraduate study or attendance at educational institutions is required in order to obtain renewal of the license or certification may have their names transferred to an inac…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-204 Regulator's rule-making authority
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(1) Except as specified in subsection (2) of this section, in addition to any specific rule-making authority that a regulator has pursuant to a part or article of this title 12, a regulator may adopt rules necessary to administer the part or article of this title 12 pursuant to w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-205 Director - audit of practice acts - barriers to practice - criminal history records - report - denial of license, certification, registration
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(1) On or before June 1, 2023, the director shall complete an audit of the practice acts in this title 12 and the regulation of various professions and occupations by regulators pursuant to this title 12 to determine whether a barrier to professional licensing, certification, or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-206 Regulators - consideration of criminal records - petition process - denials - definition
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(1) As used in this section, “directly related to” means that the criminal offense for which the applicant has been convicted is still relevant at the time of the individual’s application for a registration, certification, or license, which would create an unreasonable risk to pu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-301 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Agency means an agency of the state that regulates a profession or occupation under this title 12. (2) Authority to practice or authorized to practice means the holding of a currently valid license to practice in …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-302 Active military personnel - exemptions from licensing requirements
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(1) Each board or division that regulates persons licensed, certified, or registered pursuant to this title 12 shall exempt licensed, certified, or registered military personnel who have been called to federally funded active duty for more than one hundred twenty days for the pur…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-303 Continuing education - regulated service members - rules
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(1) An agency may accept, from a person with authority to practice, continuing education, training, or service completed as a member of the armed forces or reserves of the United States, the National Guard of any state, the military reserves of any state, or the naval militia of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-304 Military spouse - authority to practice - reciprocity - notice. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 12-20-304Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-305 Rules
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The director may promulgate rules reasonably necessary to implement this part 3. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 741, � 1, effective October 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 12-71-105 as it existed prior to 2019.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-401 Procedures for complaints concerning licensees, certificate holders, and registrants - executive director authority - rules
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(1) The executive director is responsible for receiving and monitoring the disposition of complaints. The executive director may require an investigation of a complaint concerning a person regulated by a regulator in accordance with this section. (2) A regulator shall refer all c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-402 Immunity
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(1) The director, any member of a board or commission, any member of a regulator's staff, any person acting as a witness or consultant to a regulator, any witness testifying in a proceeding authorized by a part or article of this title 12 governing a particular profession or occu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-403 Disciplinary procedures - investigations - hearings - oaths - witness statements - subpoenas - appointment of administrative law judge - driver’s history - acting as an official
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(1) In accordance with article 4 of title 24 and the part or article of this title 12 governing the particular profession or occupation over which a regulator has regulatory authority, a regulator may investigate, hold hearings, and gather evidence in all matters related to the e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-404 Disciplinary actions - regulator powers - disposition of fines - mistreatment of at-risk adult - exceptions - definitions
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(1) General disciplinary authority. If a regulator determines that an applicant, licensee, certificate holder, or registrant has committed an act or engaged in conduct that constitutes grounds for discipline or unprofessional conduct under a part or article of this title 12 gover…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-405 Cease-and-desist orders
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(1) (a) If it appears to a regulator, based upon credible evidence as presented in a written complaint by any person, that a licensee, certificate holder, or registrant is acting in a manner that is an imminent threat to the health and safety of the public, or a person is acting …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-406 Injunctive relief
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(1) Except as otherwise specified in a part or article of this title 12 or subsection (3) of this section: (a) A regulator, in the name of the people of the state of Colorado and through the attorney general of the state of Colorado, may apply for an injunction in any court of co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-407 Unauthorized practice of profession or occupation - penalties - exclusions
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(1) (a) A person commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501 if the person: (I) Violates section 12-100-112 or 12-100-116 (1)(a); (II) Engages in or offers or attempts to engage in the conduct, promotion, or performance of live boxing mat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-20-408 Judicial review
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(1) Except as specified in subsection (2) of this section, the court of appeals has initial jurisdiction to review all final actions and orders of a regulator that are subject to judicial review and shall conduct the judicial review proceedings in accordance with section 24-4-106…