Title 12, Professions and Occupations
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-205 Certification by competency evaluation
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(1) All applicants except those certified by endorsement shall pass a clinical competency evaluation. The evaluation shall be in a written or oral form and shall include the following areas: (a) Basic nursing skills; (b) Personal care skills; (c) Recognition of mental health and …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-206 Scope of practice - rules
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(1) In addition to any nursing tasks delegated to a certified nurse aide pursuant to section 12-255-131, a certified nurse aide who is deemed competent by a registered nurse licensed pursuant to part 1 of this article 255 may perform the following tasks: (a) Digital stimulation, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-207 Advisory committee
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To assist in the performance of its duties under this part 2, the board may designate an advisory committee, which shall report to the board. The committee consists of seven members who have expertise in an area under review. One member shall be a certified nurse aide; one member…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-208 Medication aides - training - scope of duties - rules
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(1) Prior to a certified nurse aide obtaining authority as a medication aide to administer medications, the certified nurse aide shall meet all applicable requirements as established by rules of the board. The board shall promulgate rules regarding the scope of practice, educatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-209 Grounds for discipline
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(1) The board may suspend, revoke, or deny any person's certification to practice as a nurse aide or authority to practice as a medication aide in accordance with section 12-20-404 (1)(d) or may issue to the person a letter of admonition under the circumstances specified in and i…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-210 Withholding or denial of certification
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(1) If the board determines that an applicant for an initial certificate to practice as a nurse aide does not possess the qualifications specified in section 12-255-203 or 12-255-204, that section 12-255-209 (1)(l) is applicable, or that there is reasonable cause to believe that …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-211 Mental and physical competency of nurse aides
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(1) If a certified nurse aide is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have a mental health disorder, the board shall automatically suspend the certified nurse aide's certification, and the suspension must continue until the certified nurse aide is determined by the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-212 Disciplinary proceedings - hearing officers
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(1) The board may employ hearing officers as authorized in section 12-20-403 (3). (2) A proceeding for discipline of a certified nurse aide may be commenced when the board has reasonable grounds to believe that a nurse aide certified by the board has committed acts that may viola…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-213 Surrender of certificate
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(1) Prior to the initiation of an investigation or hearing, any certified nurse aide may surrender the aide's certificate to practice as a nurse aide to the board. (2) Following the initiation of an investigation or hearing and upon a finding that to conduct the investigation or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-214 Exclusions
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(1) This part 2 does not affect or apply to: (a) The gratuitous care of friends or family members; (b) A person for hire who does not represent himself or herself as or hold himself or herself out to the public as a certified nurse aide. However, a person for hire who is not a nu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-215 Unauthorized practice - penalties
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Any person who practices or offers or attempts nursing aide practice or medication administration without an active certificate of authority issued under this part 2; practices in a medical facility as a nurse aide except as provided in this part 2; uses any designation in connec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly declares that the intent of this article 265 is to provide a measure of protection to the residents of nursing homes in this state who are aged or who have disabilities by establishing a means to regulate nursing home administrators to ensure quality administ…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-102 Applicability of common provisions
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Articles 1, 20, and 30 of this title 12 apply, according to their terms, to this article 265. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1377, � 1, effective October 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 265, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the board of examiners of nursing home administrators created in section 12-265-106. (2) Nursing home administrator means any individual licensed and responsible for planning, organizing, directin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-104 Administrator license required
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No person shall practice or offer to practice nursing home administration in this state or use any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that the person is a nursing home administrator, unless the person has been duly licensed as a nursing home administrator as required by thi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-105 State training school
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The nursing home administrator in each of the three state home and training schools at Grand Junction, Pueblo, and Wheat Ridge is not required to be the superintendent of the facility. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1377, � 1, effec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-106 Board of examiners of nursing home administrators - creation - subject to termination
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(1) (a) The board of examiners of nursing home administrators is hereby created in the division. The board is composed of the following members appointed by the governor: (I) Three members who are practicing nursing home administrators duly licensed under this article 265, at lea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-107 Powers and duties of the board - rules
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(1) The board has the following powers and duties: (a) To adopt rules defining standards of nursing home administration, including the responsibilities and duties of nursing home administrators, consistent with this article 265. The standards established in the rules shall be met…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-108 Qualifications for admission to examination
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(1) The board shall admit to examination for licensure as a nursing home administrator any applicant who pays a fee as determined by the board, submits evidence of suitability prescribed by the board, is twenty-one years of age or older, and provides written documentation that th…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-109 Administrator-in-training - rules
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(1) The board may grant admission into the nursing home administrator-in-training program to an applicant for a nursing home administrator's license who meets the board's criteria for education and experience, pursuant to section 12-265-107 (4). Upon successful completion of the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-110 Licenses - temporary licenses - renewal - fees - rules
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(1) Any license issued by the board pursuant to this article 265 is subject to the renewal, expiration, reinstatement, and delinquency fee provisions specified in section 12-20-202 (1) and (2). Any person whose license has expired shall be subject to the penalties provided in thi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-111 Examinations
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(1) The board shall determine the subjects of the state examination for all applicants for licensure as nursing home administrators. (2) Examinations shall be held at least semiannually at such times and places as the board shall designate. Any examination shall be prepared or ap…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-112 Licensure by endorsement
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The board shall issue a license by endorsement to an applicant who satisfies the requirements of the occupational credential portability program. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1384, � 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-113 Grounds for discipline
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(1) The board has the power to take disciplinary or other action as specified in sections 12-20-404 and 12-265-107 (1)(d) upon proof that the person: (a) Has procured or attempted to procure a license by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, misleading omission, or material misstatem…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-114 Withholding or denial of license - hearing
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The board has the authority, pursuant to article 4 of title 24, to determine whether an applicant for a license or a temporary license to practice as a nursing home administrator possesses the qualifications required by this article 265, or whether there are reasonable grounds to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-115 Mental and physical examination of licensees
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(1) (a) If the board has reasonable grounds to believe that a licensee or temporary license holder is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety to residents because of a condition described in section 12-265-113 (1)(g) or (1)(h), it may require the person to submit to a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-116 Disciplinary proceedings - administrative law judge - judicial review - publicly recorded votes
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(1) Disciplinary proceedings may be commenced when the board has reasonable grounds to believe that a licensee under the board’s jurisdiction has committed acts in violation of section 12-265-113. (2) Disciplinary proceedings shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by section…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-117 Temporary advisory committees - immunity
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(1) The board may appoint temporary advisory committees, including temporary professional review committees, to assist in the performance of its duties with respect to individual investigations. Each temporary advisory committee shall consist of at least three licensees who have …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-118 Unauthorized practice - penalties
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Any person who practices or offers or attempts to practice as a nursing home administrator without an active license issued under this article 265 is subject to penalties pursuant to section 12-20-407 (1)(a). Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-119 Cease-and-desist orders
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The board may issue cease-and-desist orders under the circumstances and in accordance with the procedures specified in section 12-20-405. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1389, � 1, effective October 1. Editor's note: This section is …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-120 Injunctive proceedings
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The board may seek injunctive relief through the attorney general or the district attorney in accordance with section 12-20-406, but only to enjoin any person who does not possess a currently valid or active nursing home administrator's license from committing any act declared to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-121 Administration of nursing homes relying on treatment by spiritual means
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A person who serves as an administrator of a nursing home conducted exclusively for persons who rely upon treatment by spiritual means alone, through prayer in accordance with the creed or tenets of a church or religious denomination, shall be exempt from the provisions of this a…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-122 Records
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The board shall keep formal records of all complaints it receives and of the final disposition of the complaints. The board shall be responsible for implementing a tracking system to facilitate the retrieval of the records. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-265-123 Repeal of article - review of functions
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This article 265 is repealed, effective September 1, 2028. Before the repeal, the licensing functions of the board are scheduled for review in accordance with section 24-34-104. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1391, � 1, effective Oc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 270 is the Occupational Therapy Practice Act. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE, (SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 12, � 1, effective January 21. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 12-270-101 as it existed prior to 2020.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-103 Applicability of common provisions
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Articles 1, 20, and 30 of this title 12 apply, according to their terms, to this article 270. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE, (SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 13, � 1, effective January 21. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 12-270-103 as it existed prior to 2020.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-104 Definitions - rules
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As used in this article 270, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Activities of daily living means activities that are oriented toward taking care of one's own body, such as bathing, showering, bowel and bladder management, dressing, eating, feeding, functional mobility, pe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-105 Use of titles restricted
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(1) Only a person licensed as an occupational therapist in this state or who is a legally qualified occupational therapist from another state or country providing services on behalf of a temporarily absent occupational therapist licensed in this state, in accordance with section …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-106 License required - occupational therapists - occupational therapy assistants
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this article 270, a person shall not practice occupational therapy or represent that the person may practice occupational therapy in this state without possessing a valid license issued by the director in accordance with this article 270 and ru…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-107 Licensure of occupational therapists - qualifications - application - rules
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(1) Educational and experiential requirements. Every applicant for licensure as an occupational therapist must have:(a) Successfully completed the academic requirements of an educational program for occupational therapists that is offered by an institution of higher education and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-108 Licensure of occupational therapy assistants - qualifications - application - rules
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(1) Educational and experiential requirements. Every applicant for licensure as an occupational therapy assistant must have:(a) Successfully completed the academic requirements of an educational program for occupational therapy assistants that is offered by an institution of high…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-108.5 Provisional license - fee - examination
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(1) The director may issue a provisional license to practice as an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant to an individual who: (a) Submits an application and pays a fee as determined by the director; and (b) Has successfully completed an occupational therapy pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-109 Supervision of occupational therapy assistants and aides
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(1) An occupational therapy assistant may practice only under the supervision of an occupational therapist who is licensed to practice occupational therapy in this state. The occupational therapist is responsible for occupational therapy evaluation, appropriate reassessment, trea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-110 Scope of article - exclusions
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(1) This article 270 does not prevent or restrict the practice, services, or activities of: (a) A person licensed or otherwise regulated in this state by any other law from engaging in the person's profession or occupation as defined in the part or article under which the person …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-111 Limitations on authority
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(1) Nothing in this article 270 authorizes an occupational therapist to engage in the practice of medicine, as defined in section 12-240-107; optometry, as described in article 275 of this title 12; or any other form of healing except as authorized by this article 270. (2) Nothin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-112 Continuing professional competency - definition
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(1) (a) Each occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant shall maintain continuing professional competency to practice occupational therapy. (b) The director shall establish a continuing professional competency program that includes: (I) A self-assessment of the kno…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-113 Protection of medical records - licensee’s obligations - verification of compliance - noncompliance grounds for discipline - rules
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(1) Each occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant responsible for client medical records shall develop a written plan to ensure the security of client medical records. The plan must address at least the following: (a) The storage and proper disposal of client med…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-114 Grounds for discipline - disciplinary proceedings - definitions - judicial review
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(1) The director may take disciplinary action against a licensee if the director finds that the licensee has represented that the licensee is a licensed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant after the expiration, suspension, or revocation of the licensee’s lice…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-270-115 Unauthorized practice - penalties
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A person who practices or offers or attempts to practice occupational therapy without an active license as required by and issued under this article 270 for occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants is subject to penalties pursuant to section 12-20-407 (1)(b). So…