Colorado § 16-8.5-123 - Forensic evaluator training.
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§ 16-8.5-123. Forensic evaluator training.
CDHS shall create a partnership with an accredited institution of higher education in the state to develop and provide rigorous training in forensic evaluation. Newly hired competency evaluators shall complete a training that addresses competency, sanity, report writing, expert testimony, and other skills crucial for forensic evaluators; except that competency evaluators who are forensic psychiatrists certified or certification-eligible by the American board of psychiatry and neurology and forensic psychologists who are certified or certification-eligible by the American board of forensic psychology may be exempt from any training requirements as outlined in this section through an exemption process to be developed by CDHS. The state shall manage an oversight program to provide support and ensure quality of forensic evaluators.
Source: L. 2026: Entire article amended with relocations, (SB 26-149), ch. 142, p. 726, § 1, effective May 21.
Editor's note: (1) Prior to its recreation in 2026, subsection (3) provided for the repeal of this section, effective December 31, 2024. (See L. 2022, p. 2258.)
(2) This section is similar to former § 16-8.5-122 as it existed prior to 2026.
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