Colorado § 12-255-125 - Unauthorized practice - penalties.
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§ 12-255-125. Unauthorized practice - penalties.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to practice as a practical or professional nurse or as a certified midwife unless licensed to practice that profession.
(2) Any person who practices or offers or attempts to practice practical or professional nursing or as a certified midwife without an active license issued under this part 1 is subject to penalties pursuant to section 12-20-407 (1)(a).
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1353, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 684, § 23, effective July 1. L. 2023: Entire section amended, (SB 23-167), ch. 261, p. 1527, § 15, effective May 25.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-38-123 as it existed prior to 2019.
ANNOTATION
Law reviews. For note, "Acts of Diagnosis by Nurses and the Colorado Professional Nursing Practice Act", see 45 Den. L.J. 467 (1968).
Nurse who signed stipulation agreeing to a six-month licensure suspension held not to be in violation of subsection (1)(c) where nurse received no notice that the board had accepted the stipulation and entered an order of suspension. Colo. State Bd. of Nursing v. Lang, 842 P.2d 1383 (Colo. App. 1992) (decided under former law).
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