2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-315-310) › HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-170-101 — 12-315-310) › Article 240 - MEDICAL PRACTICE (§§ 12-240-101 — 12-240-146) › Section 12-240-110 - Qualifications for licensure

(1)
Subject to the other conditions and provisions of this article 240, the board shall grant a license to practice medicine to an applicant only upon the basis of:
(a)
The passing by the applicant of an examination approved by the board;
(b)
The applicant's passage of examinations conducted by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, the Federation of State Medical Boards, or any successor to those organizations, as approved by the board;
(c)
Any combination of the examinations provided in subsections (1)(a) and (1)(b) of this section approved by the board;
(d)
Endorsement, if the applicant for licensure by endorsement satisfies the requirements of the occupational credential portability program.
(2)
No person shall be granted a license to practice medicine as provided by subsection (1) of this section unless the person:
(a)
Is at least twenty-one years of age;
(b)
Is a graduate of an approved medical college; and
(c)
Has completed either an approved internship of at least one year or at least one year of postgraduate training approved by the board.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 126,§ 27, eff. 6/25/2020.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 406,§ 11, eff. 10/1/2019.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-36-107
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 406,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2019.
L. 51: p. 567, § 7. CSA: C. 109, § 33(7). CRS 53: § 91-1-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 91-1-7. L. 73: pp. 525, 1025, §§ 48, 2. L. 76: (1), (1)(b), and (2) amended, p. 413, § 6, effective July 1. L. 77: (2) amended, p. 642, § 3, effective March 15. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 509, § 5, effective July 1. L. 81: (3) added, p. 776, § 1, effective May 18. L. 83: (4) added, p. 540, § 1, effective May 26. L. 84: (3)(a) R&RE and (3)(b) amended, pp. 420, 421, §§ 1, 2, effective March 19. L. 85: (2) amended, p. 519, § 4, effective July 1. L. 95: (2) amended, p. 1057, § 3, effective July 1. L. 99: (5) added, p. 182, § 2, effective March 31. L. 2004: (3)(b) amended, p. 379, § 2, effective April 8. L. 2006: IP(3)(a)(I) and (3)(b) amended and (3)(c) added, p. 1168, § 1, effective May 25. L. 2010: (4) and (5) repealed, (HB 10-1128), ch. 172, p. 613, §10, effective April 29; IP(1), (1)(b), (1)(d), (2)(b), and (2)(c) amended, (1)(e) added, and (3), (4), and (5) repealed, (HB 10-1260), ch. 403, pp. 1959, 1967, 1955, §§ 27, 36, 21, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 12-36-107 as it existed prior to 2019.
(2) Before its relocation in 2019, this section was amended in SB 19-193. 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 July 1, 2019, to October 1, 2019, see SB 19-193, chapter 406, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
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.