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 275 - OPTOMETRISTS (§§ 12-275-101 — 12-275-130) › Section 12-275-115 - License renewal - questionnaire - continuing education

(1)
Licenses issued under this article 275 are subject to the renewal, expiration, reinstatement, and delinquency fee provisions specified in section
12-20-202(1) and (2)
. Any person whose license has expired shall be subject to the penalties provided in this article 275 or section
12-20-202(1)
.
(2)
(a)
The board shall establish a questionnaire to accompany the renewal form. The board shall design the questionnaire to determine if the licensee has acted in violation of or has been disciplined for actions that might be considered as violations of this article 275 or that might make the licensee unfit to practice optometry with reasonable care and safety. The board shall include on the questionnaire a question regarding whether the licensee has complied with section
12-30-111
and is in compliance with section
12-280-403(2)(a)
. Failure of the applicant to answer the questionnaire accurately constitutes unprofessional conduct as specified in section
12-275-120
.
(b)
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.
(3)
Effective April 1, 1993, in addition to all other requirements of this section for license renewal, the board shall require that each optometrist seeking to renew a license shall have completed twenty-four hours of board-approved continuing education. Any optometrist desiring to renew a license to practice optometry in this state shall submit to the board the information the board believes is necessary to show that the optometrist has fulfilled the continuing education requirements of this subsection (3). Implementation of this subsection (3) shall occur within existing appropriations.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 397,§5, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 86,§23, eff. 10/1/2019.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-40-113
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136,§1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 86,§14, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 61: p. 583, § 1. CRS 53: § 102-2-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 102-1-12. L. 73: p. 1075, § 1. L. 79: (1) amended, p. 532, § 8, and (2) repealed, p. 535, § 14, effective June 7. L. 85: (1) amended, p. 535, § 5, effective July 1. L. 92: Entire section amended, p. 2024, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1)(a) and (1)(c) to (1)(e) amended, p. 1841, § 89, effective August 4. L. 2011: (1)(c) repealed, (SB 11-094), ch. 129, p. 448, §19, effective April 22.
(1) This section is similar to former § 12-40-113 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.
2022 Ch. 397, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).