Colorado § 12-135-503 - Criminal history - rules.
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§ 12-135-503. Criminal history - rules.
(1) Subject to section 24-5-101, a licensee or an applicant for a license under this part 5 has a disqualifying criminal history if the licensee or applicant has been convicted of, plead guilty to, plead nolo contendere to, or received a deferred sentence for:
(a) A felony committed in the course of and related to practicing as, interning as, or having a workplace learning experience as a funeral director, a mortuary science practitioner, an embalmer, a cremationist, or a natural reductionist;
(b) A felony committed in the course of and related to being an employee of or being an agent of a funeral establishment registered in accordance with section 12-135-110;
(c) A violation of section 18-13-101;
(d) A felony listed in article 4 or 5 of title 18; or
(e) A violation of a statute of another state if the violation is substantially similar to a violation listed in subsection (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), or (2) of this section.
(2) The director may promulgate rules to categorize a violation of any of the following as disqualifying criminal history under this part 5:
(a) Article 140 of this title 12;
(b) Article 15 of title 10; or
(c) Title 6.
Source: L. 2024: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 24-173), ch. 240, p. 1574, § 2, effective May 24. L. 2026: (1)(b) amended, (HB 26-1258), ch. 383, p. 2400, § 19, effective August 12.
Editor's note: Section 33(2) of chapter 383 (HB 26-1258), Session Laws of Colorado 2026, provides that the act changing this section applies to offenses committed; license and registration applications filed; certificates of death initiated, completed, responded to, or filed; and contracts entered into or renewed on or after August 12, 2026.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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