Title 8, Labor and Industry
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-101 Division of workers’ compensation - creation - powers, duties, and functions - transfer of functions
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(1) There is hereby created the division of workers’ compensation in the department of labor and employment. Pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, the executive director of the department of labor and employment shall appoint the director of the divisio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-102 Director to enforce orders
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If any person fails or refuses to comply with an order of the director, or to obey any subpoena issued by the director or agents of the division, or to furnish the statistics, data, and information required to be furnished to the division by the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-103 Orders of director or appeals office - validity
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All orders of the director or industrial claim appeals office shall be valid and in force and prima facie reasonable and lawful until found otherwise in an action brought for that purpose, pursuant to the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title, or until altered or revoked …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-104 Orders and awards - technical objections
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Substantial compliance with the requirements of articles 40 to 47 of this title shall be sufficient to give effect to the orders or awards of the director or industrial claim appeals office, and they shall not be declared inoperative, illegal, or void for any omission of a techni…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-105 Deposit on unpaid compensation or benefits - trust fund - surplus
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(1) The director has the discretion, at any time, any provisions in articles 40 to 47 of this title to the contrary notwithstanding, to compute and require to be paid to the division, to be held by it in trust, an amount equal to the present value of all unpaid compensation or ot…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-106 State average weekly wage - method of computation
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The state average weekly wage shall be established by the director annually on or before July 1 of each year. The state average weekly wage shall be determined from the average weekly earnings referenced in section 8-73-102 (1), computed by the division in June on the basis of th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-107 Adoption of rules
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The director has the power to adopt reasonable and proper rules relative to the administration of articles 40 to 47 of this title and proper rules to govern proceedings and hearings of the division, and the director has the discretion to amend the rules from time to time. No such…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-108 Workers’ compensation study - report to general assembly. (Repealed)
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C.R.S. 8-47-108Statutes 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. § 8-47-109 Report to general assembly. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 553, � 1, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section repealed, p. 1336, � 48, effective July 1. Editor's note: Prior to its repeal in 1991, this section was similar to former � 8-52-114 as it existed prior to 1990.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-110 Public officers to enforce orders - furnish information
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It is the duty of all officers and employees of the state, counties, and municipalities, upon the request of the director, to enforce in their respective departments all lawful orders of the director insofar as the same may be applicable and consistent with the general duties of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-111 Division efforts to ensure employer compliance with workers’ compensation coverage requirements - legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that it is in the best interests of the public to assure that all employers who fall under the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of this title have in effect current policies of insurance or self-insurance for workers’ compen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-112 Division website - procedures to file complaints
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The director shall clearly post on the division's website the procedure for an injured worker to follow to file a complaint with the division regarding any issue over which the director or his or her designee has authority to pursue, settle, or enforce pursuant to articles 40 to …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-201 Information to division - blanks - verification
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Every employer receiving from the division any blanks with directions to fill out the same or requests for information required for the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title shall properly fill out the blanks and furnish the information so requested fully and correctly. The…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-202 Information furnished to division - confidential use
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Every employer shall furnish the division, upon request, all information required by it to accomplish the purposes of articles 40 to 47 of this title. The information shall be for the confidential use of the division, unless otherwise ordered by the director, and shall not be ope…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-203 Access to files, records, and orders - definition
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(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8-47-202, the filing of a claim for compensation is deemed to be a limited waiver of the doctor-patient privilege to persons who are necessary to resolve the claim. The release of mental health records pursuant to this section must co…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-203.2 Mental health records - disclosure - rules - definition
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, mental health record means the following records pertaining to the claimant: (a) Psychological or psychiatric tests, including neuropsychological testing; (b) Other records prepared by or for a mental health prov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-203.3 Release of location information concerning individuals with outstanding felony arrest warrants
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision of state law to the contrary and to the extent allowable under federal law, at the request of the Colorado bureau of investigation, the division shall provide the bureau with information concerning the location of any person whose name appears in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-204 Employees of division - qualifications
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The executive director has the power to employ, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, such deputies, experts, statisticians, accountants, inspectors, clerks, and other employees as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of thi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-205 Salaries of employees of division
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All deputies, statisticians, accountants, clerks, experts, and other employees of the division shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by law. The salaries so fixed shall be paid from the fund appropriated for the use of the division after approval by the director. Source…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-206 Employees of division - bonds
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Such employees of the division as shall be directed by the director shall furnish surety company bonds in such sum as may be fixed by the director, the premiums therefor to be paid as other expenses of the division are paid. Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 555, � 1, effect…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-207 Collection of statistics
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The director or any agents of the division may enter into any place of employment for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics, examining the provisions made for the health, protection, and safety of the employees, and bringing to the attention of every employer any rule, o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-208 Records of employers open to inspection of division
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All books, records, and payrolls of employers or of any contractor, subcontractor, lessee, sublessee, or person showing or reflecting in any way upon the amount of wage expenditure of such employers, contractor, subcontractor, lessee, sublessee, or person and all other facts, dat…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-47-209 Expenses of division
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All expenses incurred by the division pursuant to the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado shall be paid from funds appropriated for the use of the division upon claims therefor which shall be itemized and sworn to by the person who incurred the same. The claim…