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 12-240-130 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Renewal, reinstatement, reactivation - delinquency - fees - questionnaire

(1)
All licenses issued pursuant to this article 240 are subject to the renewal, expiration, reinstatement, and delinquency fee provisions specified in section
12-20-202 (1) and (2)
. The director shall increase renewal fees consistent with section
12-30-105 (4)
to cover the division's costs in administering and staffing the nurse-physician advisory task force for Colorado health care created in section
12-30-105 (1)
and any additional costs associated with implementing continuing education requirements for physicians pursuant to section 12-240-130.5. A person whose license has expired is subject to the penalties provided in this article 240 or section
12-20-202 (1)
.
(2)
(a)
The board shall design a questionnaire to accompany the renewal form for the purpose of determining whether a licensee has acted in violation of this article 240, or has been disciplined for any action that might be considered a violation of this article 240 or that might make the licensee unfit to practice medicine with reasonable care and safety. The board shall include on the questionnaire a question regarding whether:
(I)
The licensee has complied with section
12-30-111
;
(II)
The licensee is in compliance with section
12-280-403 (2)(a)
and is aware of the penalties for failing to comply with that section;
(III)
The licensee is in compliance with section 12-30-114; and
(IV)
The licensee is in compliance with section 12-240-130.5 relating to required continuing medical education and is aware of the penalties for failing to comply with that section.
(b)
If an applicant fails to answer the questionnaire accurately, the failure constitutes unprofessional conduct under section
12-240-121 (1)(t)
.
(3)
[Repealed by 2024 Amendment.]
(4)
On and after July 1, 2024, as a condition of renewal of a license, each licensee shall attest that the licensee is in compliance with section
12-280-403 (2)(a)
and that the licensee is aware of the penalties for noncompliance with that section.
(5)
On and after October 1, 2022, as a condition of renewal, reinstatement, or reactivation of a license, each licensee or applicant shall attest that the licensee or applicant is in compliance with section 12-30-114 and that the licensee or applicant is aware of the penalties for noncompliance with that section.
(6)
On and after January 1, 2026, as a condition of renewal, reinstatement, or reactivation of a license, each licensee or applicant shall attest that the licensee or applicant is in compliance with section 12-240-130.5 and that the licensee or applicant is aware of the penalties for noncompliance with that section.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 385,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 397, § 3, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 86, § 21, eff. 10/1/2019.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-36-123
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 86, § 8, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 51: p. 575, § 23. CSA: C. 109, § 33(23). CRS 53: § 91-1-23. C.R.S. 1963: § 91-1-23. L. 67: p. 813, § 6. L. 73: p. 1027, § 5. L. 76: (1) amended, p. 420, § 5, effective July 1; (1) amended, p. 423, § 2, effective July 1. L. 79: (1)(a) and (2) amended, p. 438, § 16, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 519, § 18, effective July 1. L. 83: (1)(b) amended and (1)(c) repealed, p. 542, §§ 1, 2, effective May 20. L. 85: (1)(a) R&RE and (2) and (3) amended, p. 523, §§ 11, 12, effective July 1. L. 88: (2) and (3) amended, p. 524, § 9, effective July 1. L. 95: (1)(a), (1)(b), (2)(a), (2)(b), and (3) amended, p. 1067, § 16, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1)(a) and (2) amended, p. 183, § 10, effective August 8. L. 2004: (1)(a) and (2) amended, p. 1829, § 70, effective August 4. L. 2009: (1)(a) amended, (SB 09 -239), ch. 401, p. 2182, § 27, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 12-36-123 as it existed prior to 2019.
(2) Before its relocation in 2019, this section was amended in SB 19-079. 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 August 2, 2019, to October 1, 2019, see SB 19-079, chapter 86, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
2024 Ch. 385, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2022 Ch. 397, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.