§ 12-275-129 — Judgments and settlements - reporting

Any final judgment,
settlement, or arbitration award against an optometrist for malpractice shall be
reported within fourteen days by the optometrist's malpractice insurance carrier in
accordance with section 10-1-125 or by the optometrist if no commercial
malpractice insurance coverage is involved to the board for review, investigation,
and, where appropriate, disciplinary or other action. Any optometrist who knowingly
fails to report as required by this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of not
more than two thousand five hundred dollars. The penalty shall be determined and
collected in an action brought by the board in the district court in the city and
county of Denver, which court shall have exclusive jurisdiction in such matters. All
penalties collected pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the state
treasurer, who shall credit the same to the general fund.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1434, � 1, effective October 1.