Colorado § 12-255-215 - Unauthorized practice - penalties.
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§ 12-255-215. Unauthorized practice - penalties.
Any person who practices or offers or attempts nursing aide practice or medication administration without an active certificate of authority issued under this part 2; practices in a medical facility as a nurse aide except as provided in this part 2; uses any designation in connection with the person's name that tends to imply that the person is a certified nurse aide unless the person is so certified under this part 2; practices as a nurse aide during any period when the person's certificate has been suspended or revoked; or sells or fraudulently obtains or furnishes a certificate to practice as a nurse aide or aids or abets therein commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.
Source: L. 2020: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 694, § 29, effective July 1. L. 2021: Entire section amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3157, § 151, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-260-121 as it existed prior to 2020.
ARTICLE 260
Nurse Aides
12-260-101 to 12-260-123. (Repealed)
Source: L. 2020: Entire article repealed, (HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 694, § 30, effective June 29.
Editor's note: This article 260 was numbered as article 38.1 of this title 12 prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title 12 in 2019 and was not amended prior to its repeal in 2020. This article 260 was relocated to part 2 of article 255 of this title 12 in 2020. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated. For a detailed comparison of this article 260, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.
ARTICLE 265
Nursing Home Administrators
12-265-101. Legislative declaration.
12-265-102. Applicability of common provisions.
12-265-103. Definitions.
12-265-104. Administrator license required.
12-265-105. State training school.
12-265-106. Board of examiners of nursing home administrators - creation - subject to termination.
12-265-107. Powers and duties of the board - rules.
12-265-108. Qualifications for admission to examination.
12-265-109. Administrator-in-training - rules.
12-265-110. Licenses - temporary licenses - renewal - fees - rules.
12-265-111. Examinations.
12-265-112. Licensure by endorsement.
12-265-113. Grounds for discipline.
12-265-114. Withholding or denial of license - hearing.
12-265-115. Mental and physical examination of licensees.
12-265-116. Disciplinary proceedings - administrative law judge - judicial review - publicly recorded votes.
12-265-117. Temporary advisory committees - immunity.
12-265-118. Unauthorized practice - penalties.
12-265-119. Cease-and-desist orders.
12-265-120. Injunctive proceedings.
12-265-121. Administration of nursing homes relying on treatment by spiritual means.
12-265-122. Records.
12-265-123. Repeal of article - review of functions.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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