§ 23-20-114 — Employment of medical personnel

Colorado § 23-20-114

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 23: Postsecondary Education
• Art.: University of Colorado

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(1) The board of regents of
the university of Colorado has authority to employ medical personnel who are not
citizens of the United States at the university of Colorado health sciences center,
the university of Colorado psychiatric hospital, and the medical division of the
graduate school of the university of Colorado. Medical personnel who are not
citizens of the United States are exempt from the licensure requirements of the
Colorado Medical Practice Act, article 240 of title 12, with respect to services
performed in the course of such employment, but such personnel shall first comply
with all other requirements of said act, which includes the taking and passing of
examinations approved by the Colorado medical board and by the National Board of
Medical Examiners, the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians
and Surgeons, or the Federation of State Medical Boards, or their successor
organizations, on subjects relating to the basic sciences as provided by law within
three months after the date of employment unless such examinations are not
required by section 12-240-110 (1)(b). Such exemptions from licensure or provisions
in this section provided for such personnel who are not citizens of the United States
shall continue only during the minimum period of time within which the particular
individual can become a citizen according to the laws of the United States and the
regulations of the immigration and naturalization service of the United States,
department of justice, or any successor agency, or such additional time as may be
granted by such boards. The exemptions in this section are limited to services
performed in the course of employment with the university of Colorado as limited in
this section and shall terminate when such employment terminates.

(2) (a) The board of regents may arrange for the billing, collection, and
disbursement for professional services rendered by physicians and other faculty
members of the health sciences schools through a nonprofit corporation or through
a contractual arrangement with a profit or nonprofit corporation or through such
other mechanism as may be authorized by the board of regents. Any mechanism
employed under the authority of this subsection (2) shall be self-supporting. Any
such mechanism shall allow for contracting with the board of regents or the state
of Colorado for reimbursement of physician services provided for the medically
indigent.

(b) The fees collected under this subsection (2) shall be used for the
remuneration and support of the professional, research, and educational activities
of the members of the faculty of the health sciences schools and shall also be used
for the administrative costs of such activities, in accordance with rules to be
adopted by the board of regents.

(c) The board of regents, at the request of the general assembly, the joint
budget committee, or the state auditor, shall provide a report of the financial status
of any funds maintained pursuant to this subsection (2), including but not limited to
expenditures, revenues, and the number of staff and faculty involved.

(d) Nothing in this subsection (2) shall be construed to give the board of
regents any control over or power to arrange for the billing, collection, and
disbursement of hospital fees of the university of Colorado hospital authority
operating the university of Colorado university hospital pursuant to the provisions
of part 5 of article 21 of this title, any control over how such hospital fees are spent
in the operation of the hospital, or any control over the hospital's gross income, the
budget and spending of the hospital, or the hospital's authority to borrow money or
incur debt.

Legislative History

Source: L. 63: p. 874, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 124-2-33. L. 76: Entire section amended, p. 415, � 11, effective July 1. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 280, � 27, effective August 1. L. 79: Entire section amended, p. 524, � 29, effective July 1. L. 89: Entire section amended, p. 1003, � 2, effective October 1. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 585, � 4, effective October 1. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1260), ch. 403, p. 1988, � 80, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1163, � 52, effective August 10. L. 2019: (1) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1683, � 119, effective October 1.