Colorado § 12-120-415 - Licenses.
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§ 12-120-415. Licenses.
(1) The board shall issue a license whenever an applicant for a license to practice architecture in Colorado successfully qualifies for the license as provided in this part 4.
(2) An architect may renew a license by paying to the board the license renewal fee established pursuant to section 12-20-105, and the board shall then renew the license. A license issued pursuant to this part 4 is subject to the renewal, expiration, reinstatement, and delinquency fee provisions specified in section 12-20-202 (1) and (2).
(3) Any person whose license has expired shall be subject to the penalties provided in this part 4 or section 12-20-202 (1).
(4) An architect shall give notice to the board, in a manner prescribed by the board, of any change of address within thirty days after the change.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 919, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-25-315 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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