Colorado § 8-43-210 Evidence

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-43-210 — Evidence

Colorado § 8-43-210

Title 08Labor and

Art.Procedure

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-43-210 (2026).

Text

Notwithstanding section 24-4-105, C.R.S., the Colorado
rules of evidence and requirements of proof for civil nonjury cases in the district
courts shall apply in all hearings; except that medical and hospital records,
physicians' reports, vocational reports, and records of the employer are admissible
as evidence and can be filed in the record as evidence without formal identification
if relevant to any issue in the case. Depositions may be substituted for testimony
upon good cause shown. Convictions for alcohol-related offenses, pursuant to titles
18 and 42, C.R.S., the transcripts of proceedings leading to such convictions, and
the court files relating to such convictions may be admissible in all hearings
conducted under the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado, articles 40 to 47

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Notwithstanding section 24-4-105, C.R.S., the Colorado
rules of evidence and requirements of proof for civil nonjury cases in the district
courts shall apply in all hearings; except that medical and hospital records,
physicians' reports, vocational reports, and records of the employer are admissible
as evidence and can be filed in the record as evidence without formal identification
if relevant to any issue in the case. Depositions may be substituted for testimony
upon good cause shown. Convictions for alcohol-related offenses, pursuant to titles
18 and 42, C.R.S., the transcripts of proceedings leading to such convictions, and
the court files relating to such convictions may be admissible in all hearings
conducted under the Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado, articles 40 to 47 of
this title, where such conviction resulted from the same occurrence, accident, or
injury occurring on the job that forms the basis for the workers' compensation
claim. All relevant medical records, vocational reports, expert witness reports, and
employer records shall be exchanged with all other parties at least twenty days
prior to the hearing date.

Legislative History

Source: L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 505, � 1, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 578, � 2, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 994, � 1, effective May 29. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1473, � 5, effective May 30.