§ 12-215-101 — Legislative declaration - unlawful acts - license required

Colorado § 12-215-101

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Chiropractors

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(1) It
is hereby declared to be the policy of the general assembly of the state of Colorado
that, in order to safeguard the life, health, and property and the public welfare of
the people of this state and in order to protect the people of this state against
unauthorized, unqualified, and improper practice of chiropractic, it is necessary that
a proper regulatory authority be established and adequately provided for.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to practice or to offer to practice chiropractic
in the state of Colorado, or to use in connection with his or her name or business or
otherwise to assume, use, or advertise any title or description that will or that
reasonably might be expected to mislead the public into believing he or she is a
doctor of chiropractic, unless the person has been duly licensed under the
provisions of this article 215. Anyone who holds himself or herself out to the public
as a doctor of chiropractic without qualifying for proper licensing under this article
215 and without submitting to the regulations provided in this article 215 endangers
the public life, health, property, and welfare.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1059, � 1, effective October 1.