CO Code § 23-2-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 23 - Postsecondary Education|Article 2 - Degrees - Honorary - Academic Achievement|§ 23-2-103. Awarding Degrees

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-50-105 or any other law to the contrary, a person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association doing business in the state of Colorado shall not award, bestow, confer, give, grant, convey, or sell to any other person a degree or honorary degree upon which is inscribed, in any language, the word “associate”, “bachelor”, “baccalaureate”, “master”, or “doctor”, or any abbreviation thereof, or offer courses of instruction or credits purporting to lead to any such degree, unless the person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association is a state college or university; a private college or university that is authorized pursuant to this article 2; a private occupational school; a seminary or religious training institution that is authorized pursuant to this article 2; or a school, college, or university that offers courses of instruction or study in compliance with standards prescribed by part 1 of article 255 of title 12 and articles 100, 120, 215, 220, 240, 245, 275, 280, 285, 290, and 315 of title 12.   History. Source: L. 65: P. 1043, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-21-3. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 414, § 10, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 424, § 6, effective July 1. L. 78: Entire section amended, p. 314, § 2, effective July 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1085, § 3, effective May 27. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 575, § 9, effective April 22. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 568, § 7, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1912, § 23, effective June 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended,(HB 12-1155), ch. 255, p. 1284, § 11, effective August 8. L. 2019: Entire section amended,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1683, § 118, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 701, § 53, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 65: P. 1043, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 124-21-3. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 414, § 10, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 424, § 6, effective July 1. L. 78: Entire section amended, p. 314, § 2, effective July 1. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1085, § 3, effective May 27. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 575, § 9, effective April 22. L. 88: Entire section amended, p. 568, § 7, effective July 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 1912, § 23, effective June 1. L. 2012: Entire section amended,(HB 12-1155), ch. 255, p. 1284, § 11, effective August 8. L. 2019: Entire section amended,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1683, § 118, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 701, § 53, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For authority of corporations existing for educational purposes to award degrees, see § 7-50-105 .   ANNOTATION   This section prohibits any person, partnership, corporation, company, society, or association from awarding the types of degrees awarded by plaintiff, but, it excepts a “state college or university” and a “private college or university”, and also certain other designated educational institutions. Colo. Polytechnic Coll. v. State Bd. for Cmty. Colls., 173 Colo. 39 476 P.2d 38 (1970).