2022 Colorado Code
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Article 245 - Mental Health
Part 2 - General Provisions
§ 12-245-225. Authority of Boards - Cease-and-Desist Orders - Rules - Fines

1. If a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder violates any provision of section 12-245-224, the board that licenses, registers, or certifies the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder may, in accordance with section 12-20-404:
   1. Issue and send, by certified mail, a letter of admonition to a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder under the circumstances specified in and in accordance with section 12-20-404 (4);
   2. Place a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder on probation;
   3. Deny, revoke, or suspend the person's license, registration, or certification;
   4. Deny, revoke, or suspend the listing of an unlicensed psychotherapist in the state board of unlicensed psychotherapists database established pursuant to section 12-245-703;
   5. Issue and send a confidential letter of concern to a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder under the circumstances specified in section 12-20-404 (5); or
   6. Apply for an injunction pursuant to section 12-245-230 to enjoin a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder from practicing the profession for which the person is licensed, registered, or certified under this article 245.

2. When a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder violates an administrative requirement of this article 245, the board regulating the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder may impose an administrative fine on the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder, not to exceed five thousand dollars per violation. Each board shall adopt rules establishing a schedule of fines setting forth different levels of fines based on whether the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder has committed a single violation or subsequent violations of administrative requirements.
3. A board may issue cease-and-desist orders under the circumstances and in accordance with the procedures specified in section 12-20-405.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1243, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1)(d) amended, (HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1548, § 52, effective July 14.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-43-223 as it existed prior to 2019.