2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-315-310) › DIVISION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-20-101 — 12-30-209) › Article 20 - DIVISION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-20-101 — 12-20-408) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 12-20-101 — 12-20-105) › Section 12-20-102 - Definitions

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 registration that is authorized pursuant to that part or article.
(2)
"Board" means a board created within the division by a part or article of this title 12 that has regulatory authority concerning the practice of a profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
(3)
"Certificate" or "certification" means a credential that demonstrates that a person has the qualifications required by a part or article of this title 12 to practice the profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
(4)
"Certificate holder" or "certificant" means a person that has a valid certificate.
(5)
"Commission" means a commission created within the division by a part or article of this title 12 that has regulatory authority concerning the practice of a profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
(6)
"Director" means the director of the division or the director's designee.
(7)
"Division" means the division of professions and occupations created in the department pursuant to section
12-20-103
.
(7.5)
(a)
"Driver's history" means a driver's history record made and maintained in accordance with section
42-2-121(2)
.
(b)
"Driver's history" does not include a misdemeanor or felony conviction, notwithstanding that the conviction is included within the driver's history record made and maintained in accordance with section
42-2-121(2)
.
(8)
"Law" means the federal and state constitutions, statutes, rules, and case law.
(9)
"License" means a grant of authority issued by the director or a board or commission pursuant to a part or article of this title 12 that authorizes a person to engage in a profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
(10)
"Licensee" means a person regulated by a part or article of this title 12 that is licensed pursuant to that part or article.
(10.5)
"Occupational credential portability program" means the program established pursuant to section
12-20-202(3)
and rules adopted by a regulator pursuant to that section.
(11)
"Register" means to record the information required by a part or article of this title 12 in the form and manner determined by the regulator that regulates the practice of a profession or occupation pursuant to that part or article. "Registered" and "registration" have corresponding meanings.
(12)
"Registrant" means a person that is currently registered.
(13)
"Regulate" means to subject a person to a requirement, including a requirement to obtain a license, certification, or registration, pursuant to a part or article of this title 12 and rules adopted pursuant to that part or article of this title 12 in order to practice a profession or occupation. "Regulation" has a corresponding meaning.
(14)
"Regulator" means, within a particular part or article of this title 12, the director or a board or commission, as appropriate, that has regulatory authority concerning the practice of a profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 59,§ 1, eff. 9/7/2021.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 126,§ 3, eff. 6/25/2020.
Added by 2019 Ch. 136,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Section 47(1)(b) of chapter 126 (HB 20-1326), Session Laws of Colorado 2020, provides that the act changing this section applies to conduct occurring on or after June 25, 2020.
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.