Colorado § 8-2-118 Cost of medical examination - employer and employee defined

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-2-118 — Cost of medical examination - employer and employee defined

Colorado § 8-2-118

Title 08Labor and

Art.Labor Relations, Generally

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-2-118 (2026).

Text

(1)It is unlawful for any employer, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination or the cost of furnishing any records required by the employer as a condition of employment, except those records necessary to support the applicant's statements in the application for employment.

(2)Employer, as used in this section, means an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air, or express company doing business in or operating within the state.

(3)Employee, as used in this section, means every person who may be permitted, required, or directed by any employer, as de

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(1)
It is unlawful for any employer, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, to
require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical
examination or the cost of furnishing any records required by the employer as a
condition of employment, except those records necessary to support the
applicant's statements in the application for employment.

(2) Employer, as used in this section, means an individual, a partnership, an
association, a corporation, a legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air, or express company
doing business in or operating within the state.

(3) Employee, as used in this section, means every person who may be
permitted, required, or directed by any employer, as defined in subsection (2) of this
section, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any
employment.

(4) Any employer who violates the provisions of this section is liable to a
penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each violation. It is the duty of the
director of the division of labor standards and statistics to enforce this section.

(5) (a) The director of the division of labor standards and statistics shall
enforce this section as it applies to an individual, a partnership, an association, a
corporation, or a legal representative, trustee, receiver, or trustee in bankruptcy
doing business in or operating within the state.

(b) The public utilities commission shall enforce this section as it applies to
any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air, or express company doing business in
or operating within the state.

(c) Nothing in this subsection (5) shall be construed as applying to irrigation
ditch and water companies.

Legislative History

Source: L. 57: p. 491, �� 1-4. CRS 53: � 80-4-18. L. 59: p. 536, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 80-11-18. L. 69: p. 615, � 123. L. 2016: (4) and (5)(a) amended, (HB 16-1323), ch. 131, p. 377, � 6, effective August 10.