Colorado § 26.5-5-312 - Application forms - criminal sanctions for perjury.
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§ 26.5-5-312. Application forms - criminal sanctions for perjury.
(1) (a) (I) All applications for the licensure of a child care facility pursuant to this part 3 must include the notice to the applicant that is set forth in subsection (1)(b) of this section.
(II) Every application used in the state of Colorado for employment with a child care provider or facility must include the notice to the applicant that is set forth in subsection (1)(b) of this section.
(b) Each application described in subsection (1)(a) of this section must contain the following notice to the applicant:
Any applicant who knowingly or willfully makes a false statement of any material fact or thing in this application commits perjury in the second degree as defined in section 18-8-503, Colorado Revised Statutes, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly.
(2) Any person applying for the licensure of a child care facility pursuant to this part 3 or any person applying to work at such a facility as an employee who knowingly or willfully makes a false statement of any material fact or thing in the application commits perjury in the second degree as defined in section 18-8-503, and, upon conviction thereof, must be punished accordingly.
Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 747, § 3, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 26-6-105.5 as it existed prior to 2022.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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