Colorado § 12-120-409 - Application for licensing.
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§ 12-120-409. Application for licensing.
(1) An applicant shall submit an application that includes evidence of education and practical experience as required by section 12-120-413 and the rules of the board. The application shall also include a statement that the applicant has never been denied licensure as an architect or been disciplined with regard to the practice of architecture or practiced architecture in violation of the law. If the board determines that an applicant has committed any of the acts specified as grounds for discipline under section 12-120-406 (1), it may deny an application for examination or licensure. The board shall notify the applicant if it determines that the application is incomplete or otherwise defective and shall specify the grounds for the determination.
(2) When the board is reviewing or considering conviction of a crime, it shall be governed by sections 12-20-202 (5) and 24-5-101.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 916, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-25-310 as it existed prior to 2019.
ANNOTATION
Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under a former provision similar to this section.
The general assembly is authorized to prescribe only such qualifications as are reasonably necessary to protect the public interest. Linder v. Copeland, 137 Colo. 53, 320 P.2d 972 (1958).
An administrative board that is charged with a duty to hear and determine applications for licenses to follow an occupation involving personal skill, specialized training, and expert knowledge in a particular field, and that presupposes a period of novitiate, is not thereby empowered to shut the door of opportunity in that field to any person who possesses the required qualifications. Linder v. Copeland, 137 Colo. 53, 320 P.2d 972 (1958).
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