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 255 - NURSES AND NURSE AIDES (§§ 12-255-101 — 12-255-215) › Part 1 - NURSES AND NURSE AIDES (§§ 12-255-101 — 12-255-136) › Section 12-255-110 - Requirements for professional nurse licensure

(1)
The board shall issue a license to engage in the practice of professional nursing to any applicant who:
(a)
Submits an application containing the information the board may prescribe;
(b)
Submits proof satisfactory to the board in the manner and upon the forms the board may require to show that the applicant has completed a professional nursing educational program that meets the standards of the board for approval of educational programs or that is approved by the board and to show that the applicant holds a certificate of graduation from or a certificate of completion of the approved program;
(c)
Passes an examination as provided in section
12-255-109
or is eligible for and is granted licensure by endorsement as provided in subsection (2) of this section;
(d)
Pays the required fee.
(2)
The board may issue a license by endorsement to engage in the practice of professional nursing in this state to a nurse who satisfies the requirements of the occupational credential portability program.
(3)
(a)
The board shall design a questionnaire to be sent to all licensees who apply for license renewal. Each applicant for license renewal shall complete the board-designed questionnaire. The purpose of the questionnaire is to determine whether a licensee has acted in violation of this part 1 or has been disciplined for any action that might be considered a violation of this part 1 or that might make the licensee unfit to practice nursing 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)
. If an applicant fails to answer the questionnaire accurately, the failure constitutes grounds for discipline under section
12-255-120(1)(v)
. The board may include the cost of developing and reviewing the questionnaire in the fee paid under subsection (1)(d) of this section. The board may deny an application for license renewal that does not accompany an accurately completed questionnaire.
(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.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 397,§4, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 190,§23, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 157,§8, eff. 7/1/2020.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 126,§30, eff. 6/25/2020.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 86,§22, eff. 10/1/2019.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-38-111
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136,§1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 86,§11, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 80: Entire article R&RE, p. 485, § 1, effective July 1. L. 81: (1)(c) amended, p. 736, § 12, effective July 1. L. 82: (2) amended, p. 262, § 1, effective April 2. L. 2003: (3) added, p. 1687, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2009: (1)(c) repealed, (SB 09-239), ch. 401, p. 2168, §6, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 12-38-111 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.
(3) Amendments to subsection (3) of this section by HB 20-1183 and HB 20-1216 were harmonized.
2022 Ch. 397, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
(1) 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. (2) For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1216, see section 1 of chapter 190, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.