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CO Code § 12-255-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-114. Requirements for Practical Nurse Licensure

  The board shall issue a license to engage in the practice of practical nursing to any applicant who:   Submits an application containing information the board may prescribe;    Submits proof satisfactory to the board in the manner and upon the forms the board may require to show that the applicant has completed a practical nursing educational program that meets the standards of the board for approval of educational programs or that is approved by the board and to show that the applicant holds a certificate of graduation from or a certificate of completion of the approved program;    Passes an examination as provided in section 12-255-109 or is eligible for and is granted licensure by endorsement as provided in subsection (2) of this section;    Pays the required fee.       The board may issue a license by endorsement to engage in the practice of practical nursing in this state to any applicant who satisfies the requirements of the occupational credential portability program.    The board shall design a questionnaire to be sent to all licensed practical nurses who apply for license renewal. Each applicant for license renewal shall complete the board-designed questionnaire. The purpose of the questionnaire is to determine whether a licensee has acted in violation of this part 1 or has been disciplined for any action that might be considered a violation of this part 1 or might make the licensee unfit to practice nursing with reasonable care and safety. If an applicant fails to answer the questionnaire accurately, the failure constitutes grounds for discipline under section 12-255-120 (1)(v). The board may include the cost of developing and reviewing the questionnaire in the fee paid under subsection (1)(d) of this section. The board may deny an application for license renewal that does not accompany an accurately completed questionnaire.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1335, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (2) amended,(HB 20-1326), ch. 126, p. 541, § 32, effective June 25; (3) amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 679, § 12, effective July 1; (3) amended,(HB 20-1216), ch. 190, p. 879, § 24, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 12-38-112 as it existed prior to 2019.    Amendments to subsection (3) of this section by HB 20-1183 and HB 20-1216 were harmonized.     Cross references:    For the short title (“Red Tape Reduction Act”) and the legislative declaration in HB 20-1326, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 126, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.    For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1216, see section 1 of chapter 190, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
CO Code § 12-255-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-116. Persons Licensed Under Previous Laws

 Any person holding a valid Colorado license to engage in the practice of practical or professional nursing issued prior to July 1, 1980, shall continue to be licensed under the provisions of this part 1.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1337, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 680, § 14, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-114 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-117. Temporary Licenses and Permits

  The board may issue a temporary license to practice for a period of four months to an applicant for licensure by endorsement pursuant to the occupational credential portability program.    The board may issue a permit to practice as a practical or professional nurse for a period not to exceed two years or as determined by the board to any person from another state or a territory of the United States or a foreign country who is in this state for special training or for observation of nursing educational programs upon proof to the board by the person that he or she is currently licensed to practice as a nurse in the state, territory, or country of residency. The nursing practice permitted by the permit shall be limited to that practice performed as part of the special training or nursing educational program.    The board may, as it deems appropriate, issue a permit to a person who is under the supervision of a professional nurse licensed pursuant to this part 1.    A person holding a permit may engage in the practice of practical or professional nursing only under the personal and responsible supervision and direction of a person licensed by the board to engage in the practice of professional nursing.    The board shall summarily withdraw a temporary license or permit issued pursuant to this section if the board determines that the license holder fails to meet the requirements of this section or section 12-255-109, 12-255-110, or 12-255-114. The holder of a temporary license or permit summarily withdrawn has the right to a hearing that shall be conducted pursuant to article 4 of title 24 and section 12-20-403 by the board or by an administrative law judge at the board's discretion.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1337, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1) amended,(HB 20-1326), ch. 126, p. 542, § 33, effective June 25; (3) amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 680, § 15, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-115 as it existed prior to 2019.   Cross references:   For the short title (“Red Tape Reduction Act”) and the legislative declaration in HB 20-1326, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 126, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
CO Code § 12-255-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-118. Approval of Educational Programs

  Any institution in this state desiring to receive from the board approval of its educational program that prepares individuals for licensure as a practical or as a professional nurse shall apply to the board and submit evidence that it is prepared to carry out an educational program that complies with the provisions of this part 1 and with rules adopted by the board pursuant to this part 1.    For the practice of practical nursing, the educational program shall include:   Content fundamental to the knowledge and skills required for clinical nursing appropriate to the practice of practical nursing;    Content relating to the principles of biological, physical, social, and behavioral sciences.       For the practice of professional nursing, the educational program shall include:   Content fundamental to the knowledge and skills required for clinical nursing appropriate to the practice of professional nursing;    Content relating to the principles of biological, physical, social, and behavioral sciences.       Any educational program for practical or professional nurses in this state that was accredited by the former boards of nursing prior to July 1, 1980, shall be deemed to be an approved educational program for the purpose of this part 1, but the approval is subject to the powers and duties of the board under section 12-255-107 to deny or to withdraw approval.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1338, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1) and (4) amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 680, § 16, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-116 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-118.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-118.5. Approved Nurse Aide Training Programs

  Except for any medical facility or program that has been explicitly disapproved by the department of public health and environment, the board may approve any nurse aide training program offered by or held in a medical facility or offered and held outside a medical facility. Approval by the board is sufficient to authorize and permit the operation of the training program.    The curriculum content for nurse aide training must include material that will provide a basic level of both knowledge and demonstrable skills for each individual completing the program and be presented in a manner that will take into consideration individuals with limited literacy skills. The curriculum content must include needs of populations that may be served by an individual medical facility.    The curriculum must include the following topics:   Communication and interpersonal skills;    Infection control;    Safety and emergency procedures;    Promoting residents' and patients' independence;    Respecting residents' and patients' rights.       The training program shall be designed to enable participants to develop and demonstrate competency in the following areas:   Basic nursing skills;    Personal care skills;    Recognition of mental health and social services needs;    Basic restorative services;    Resident or patient rights.       The board or its designee shall inspect and survey each nurse aide training program it approves during the first year following approval and every two years thereafter. The inspection or survey may be made in conjunction with surveys of medical facilities conducted by the department of public health and environment.    The board may require a nurse aide training program to include up to twenty-five percent more hours than the minimum requirements established in the federal “Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987”, as amended, Pub.L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330. Any additional training hours shall be within the subject areas required by federal law.     History. Source: L. 2020: Entire section added with relocations,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 681, § 17, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-260-109 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 12-255-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-122. Inactive License Status - Reactivation

  A nurse licensed pursuant to section 12-255-110 or 12-255-114 may request that the board place his or her license on inactive status. The request shall be made in the form and manner designated by the board.    A nurse requesting inactive license status shall provide an affidavit or other document required by the board certifying that, immediately upon the conferral of inactive status, the nurse shall not practice nursing in the state unless and until the nurse's license is reactivated pursuant to subsection (6) of this section.    Upon receiving the documentation pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the board shall approve a request for inactive license status. However, the board may deny the request if the board has probable cause to believe that the requesting nurse has committed any of the acts set forth in section 12-255-120.    A license on inactive status shall constitute a single state license issued by Colorado and without multistate licensure privilege pursuant to part 38 of article 60 of title 24.    A nurse with a license on inactive status is not authorized to practice nursing in Colorado. Any nurse practicing nursing while his or her license is inactive shall be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to section 12-255-119 and criminal penalties pursuant to section 12-255-125.      A nurse with a license on inactive status who wishes to resume the practice of nursing shall file an application in the form and manner designated by the board and pay the license reactivation fees established pursuant to section 12-255-107. The board shall reactivate such license unless subsection (6)(b) of this section applies.    The board shall deny an application for reactivation of an inactive license:   Pursuant to section 12-255-121; or    If the board determines that the nurse requesting reactivation has not actively practiced nursing in another state for the two-year period immediately preceding the filing of the request for reactivation or has not otherwise demonstrated continued competency to return to the active practice of nursing in a manner approved by the board.            History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1351, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-118.5 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-123. Immunity in Professional Review

  If a professional review committee is established pursuant to section 12-255-108 to investigate the quality of care being given by a person licensed pursuant to this part 1, the professional review committee must include in its membership at least three persons licensed in the same category as the licensee under review, but the committee may be authorized to act only by the board.    In addition to the persons specified in section 12-20-402, any member of a professional review committee authorized by the board, any member of the committee's staff, any person acting as a witness or consultant to the committee, any witness testifying in a proceeding authorized under this part 1, and any person who lodges a complaint pursuant to this part 1 is granted the same immunity and is subject to the same conditions for immunity as specified in section 12-20-402.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1352, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 683, § 21, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-121 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-124 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-124. Surrender of License

  Prior to the initiation of an investigation or hearing, any licensee or temporary license holder may surrender his or her license to practice nursing.    Following the initiation of an investigation or hearing and upon a finding that to do so would be in the public interest, the board may allow a licensee or temporary license holder to surrender his or her license to practice.    The board shall not issue a license or temporary license or permit to a former licensee or temporary license or permit holder whose license has been surrendered unless the licensee meets all of the requirements of this part 1 for a new applicant, including the passing of an examination.    The surrender of a license in accordance with this section removes all rights and privileges to practice nursing, including renewal of a license.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1352, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (3) amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 684, § 22, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-122 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-125 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-125. Unauthorized Practice - Penalties

  It is unlawful for any person to practice as a practical or professional nurse unless licensed to practice that profession.    Any person who practices or offers or attempts to practice practical or professional nursing without an active license issued under this part 1 is subject to penalties pursuant to section 12-20-407 (1)(a).     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1353, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 684, § 23, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-123 as it existed prior to 2019.   ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For note, “Acts of Diagnosis by Nurses and the Colorado Professional Nursing Practice Act”, see 45 Den. L.J. 467 (1968).   Nurse who signed stipulation agreeing to a six-month licensure suspension held not to be in violation of subsection (1)(c) where nurse received no notice that the board had accepted the stipulation and entered an order of suspension. Colo. State Bd. of Nursing v. Lang, 842 P.2d 1383 (Colo. App. 1992) (decided under former law).
CO Code § 12-255-126 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-126. Injunctive Proceedings

 The board may seek injunctive relief in accordance with section 12-20-406 , but only to enjoin any person who does not possess a currently valid or active practical or professional nurse license or nurse aide certification from committing any act declared to be unlawful or prohibited by this article 255.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1353, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 684, § 24, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-124 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-128 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-128. Prescribing Opiate Antagonists

 An advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority pursuant to section 12-255-112 may prescribe or dispense an opiate antagonist in accordance with section 12-30-110 .   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1355, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1216), ch. 190, p. 877, § 16, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 12-38-125.5 as it existed prior to 2019.    Before its relocation in 2019, this section was amended in SB 19-227. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal and reenactment of this title 12, effective October 1, 2019. For those amendments to the former section in effect from May 23, 2019, to October 1, 2019, see SB 19-227, chapter 273, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.     Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1216, see section 1 of chapter 190, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
CO Code § 12-255-129 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-129. Continuing Education - Rules

 In addition to any other authority conferred upon the board by this part 1, the board is authorized to require no more than twenty hours of continuing education every two years as a condition of renewal of licenses and to establish procedures and standards for the educational requirements. The board shall, to assure that the continuing education requirements imposed do not have the effect of restraining competition among providers of the education, recognize a variety of alternative means of compliance with the requirements. The board shall adopt rules that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section in accordance with article 4 of title 24.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1357, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 685, § 26, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-127 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-131. Delegation of Nursing Tasks - Rules

  Any licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse may delegate any task included in the nurse's licensed scope of practice, subject to the requirements of this section. A licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse may delegate nursing tasks to licensed, certified, registered, or unlicensed or unregulated assistive personnel. In no event may a registered nurse delegate to another person the authority to select medications if the person is not, independent of the delegation, authorized by law to select medications.    Delegated tasks shall be within the area of responsibility of the delegating nurse and shall not require any delegatee to exercise the judgment required of a nurse.    No delegation shall be made without the delegating nurse making a determination that, in his or her professional judgment, the delegated task can be properly and safely performed by the delegatee and that the delegation is commensurate with the patient's safety and welfare.    The delegating nurse shall be solely responsible for determining the required degree of supervision the delegatee will need, after an evaluation of the appropriate factors, which shall include but not be limited to the following:   The stability of the condition of the patient;    The training and ability of the delegatee;    The nature of the nursing task being delegated; and    Whether the delegated task has a predictable outcome.       An employer of a nurse may establish policies, procedures, protocols, or standards of care that limit or prohibit delegations by nurses in specified circumstances.    The board may promulgate rules pursuant to this section, including but not limited to standards on the assessment of the proficiency of the delegatee to perform delegated tasks, and standards for accountability of any nurse who delegates nursing tasks. The rules shall be consistent with the provisions of part 3 of article 1.5 of title 25, section 25.5-10-204 (2)(j), and section 27-10.5-103 (2)(i).     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1359, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1) amended,(HB 20-1216), ch. 190, p. 880, § 26, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-132 as it existed prior to 2019.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1216, see section 1 of chapter 190, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
CO Code § 12-255-132 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-132. School Nurses - Over-the-Counter Medication

  This part 1 does not prohibit a person who has been appropriately trained from dispensing an over-the-counter medication to a minor as long as the person has written instructions from the minor's parent or guardian and there is a physician's standing medical order.    This section is not intended to affect the authority of a professional nurse to delegate nursing tasks.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1360, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1) amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 685, § 28, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-132.3 as it existed prior to 2019.