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2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions And Occupations
Article 255. Nurses and Nurse Aides
Editor's note: This title 12 was repealed and reenacted, with relocations, in 2019. This article 255 was numbered as article 38 of this title 12 prior to 2019. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated. For a detailed comparison of this title 12, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index or https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/title-12-2019-table.pdf.
PART 1 NURSES AND NURSE AIDES
- Section 12-255-101. Short title.
- Section 12-255-102. Legislative declaration.
- Section 12-255-103. Applicability of common provisions.
- Section 12-255-104. Definitions.
- Section 12-255-105. State board of nursing created - removal of board members - meetings of board.
- Section 12-255-106. Employees - executive administrator.
- Section 12-255-107. Powers and duties of the board - rules - definition.
- Section 12-255-108. Advisory committee.
- Section 12-255-109. Examination.
- Section 12-255-110. Requirements for professional nurse licensure.
- Section 12-255-111. Requirements for advanced practice registered nurse registration legislative declaration - advanced practice registry - rules.
- Section 12-255-112. Prescriptive authority - advanced practice registered nurses - limits on opioid prescriptions - rules - financial benefit for prescribing prohibited - repeal.
- Section 12-255-113. Professional liability insurance required - advanced practice registered nurses in independent practice - rules.
- Section 12-255-114. Requirements for practical nurse licensure.
- Section 12-255-115. Volunteer nurse licensure.
- Section 12-255-116. Persons licensed under previous laws.
- Section 12-255-117. Temporary licenses and permits.
- Section 12-255-118. Approval of educational programs.
- Section 12-255-118.5. Approved nurse aide training programs.
- Section 12-255-119. Disciplinary procedures of the board - inquiry and hearings panels mental and physical examinations - definitions - rules.
- Section 12-255-120. Grounds for discipline - definitions.
- Section 12-255-121. Withholding or denial of license - hearing - definitions.
- Section 12-255-122. Inactive license status - reactivation.
- Section 12-255-124. Surrender of license.
- Section 12-255-125. Unauthorized practice - penalties.
- Section 12-255-126. Injunctive proceedings.
- Section 12-255-127. Exclusions.
- Section 12-255-128. Prescribing opiate antagonists.
- Section 12-255-129. Continuing education - rules.
- Section 12-255-130. Nursing peer health assistance or nurse alternative to discipline program - fund - rules.
- Section 12-255-131. Delegation of nursing tasks - rules.
- Section 12-255-132. School nurses - over-the-counter medication.
- Section 12-255-134. Repeal of article - subject to review.
- Section 12-255-135. Confidential agreement to limit practice.
- Section 12-255-136. Change of name - direction to revisor - repeal.
Editor's note: This part 2 was added with relocations in 2020. Former C.R.S. sections are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated. For a detailed comparison of this part 2, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.
- Section 12-255-201. Nurse aide certification program - department of public health and environment to assist - funding.
- Section 12-255-202. Application for certification - fee.
- Section 12-255-203. Application for certification by competency evaluation.
- Section 12-255-205. Certification by competency evaluation.
- Section 12-255-206. Scope of practice - rules.
- Section 12-255-209. Grounds for discipline.
- Section 12-255-210. Withholding or denial of certification.
- Section 12-255-211. Mental and physical competency of nurse aides.
- Section 12-255-212. Disciplinary proceedings - hearing officers.
- Section 12-255-213. Surrender of certificate.
- Section 12-255-214. Exclusions.
- Section 12-255-215. Unauthorized practice - penalties.
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