Colorado § 12-255-102 Legislative declaration

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§ 12-255-102 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 12-255-102

Title 12Professions

Art.Nurses and Nurse Aides

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-255-102 (2026).

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(1)The general assembly hereby declares it to be the policy of this state that, in order to safeguard the life, health, property, and public welfare of the people of this state and in order to protect the people of this state from the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper application of services by individuals in the practice of nursing and the practice as a certified midwife, it is necessary that a proper regulatory authority be established. The general assembly further declares it to be the policy of this state to regulate the practice of nursing and the practice as a certified midwife through a state agency with the power to enforce this article 255.

(2)It is declared to be the policy of the state of Colorado that, in order to safeguard life, health, property, and the publ

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(1) The general assembly hereby
declares it to be the policy of this state that, in order to safeguard the life, health,
property, and public welfare of the people of this state and in order to protect the
people of this state from the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper application of
services by individuals in the practice of nursing and the practice as a certified
midwife, it is necessary that a proper regulatory authority be established. The
general assembly further declares it to be the policy of this state to regulate the
practice of nursing and the practice as a certified midwife through a state agency
with the power to enforce this article 255.

(2) It is declared to be the policy of the state of Colorado that, in order to
safeguard life, health, property, and the public welfare of the people of the state of
Colorado, and in order to protect the people of the state of Colorado against
unauthorized, unqualified, and improper application of services by nurse aides in a
medical facility, it is necessary that a proper regulatory authority be established.
The general assembly further declares it to be the policy of this state to regulate
the practice of nurse aides in medical facilities through a state agency with the
power to enforce the provisions of this article 255 that pertain to the practice of
nurse aides. Any person who practices as a nurse aide in a medical facility without
qualifying for proper certification and without submitting to the regulations
provided in this article 255 endangers the public health thereby. The general
assembly hereby finds and declares that the provisions of this article 255 that
pertain to the practice of nurse aides will meet the requirements of the federal
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987, as amended, Pub.L. 100-203, 101 Stat.
1330.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1318, � 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended with relocations, (HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 674, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2023: (1) amended, (SB 23-167), ch. 261, p. 1509, � 1, effective May 25.