Colorado § 23-64-124 Complaints of deceptive trade or sales practices

Colorado Statutes

§ 23-64-124 — Complaints of deceptive trade or sales practices

Colorado § 23-64-124

Title 23Postsecondary Education

Art.Private Occupational Schools

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 23-64-124 (2026).

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(1)A person claiming pecuniary loss as a result of a deceptive trade or sales practice, pursuant to section 23-64-123, by a school or agent may file with the board a written complaint against the school or agent. The complaint must set forth the alleged violation and any other relevant information as the board may require. A complaint filed under this section is a public record subject to the provisions of article 72 of title 24 and must be filed within two years after the student discontinues his or her training at the school or at any time prior to the commencement of training.

(2)The board shall investigate any such complaint and thereafter may consider the complaint at a hearing. If, upon all the evidence at a hearing, the board finds that a school or agent has engaged in o

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(1) A person
claiming pecuniary loss as a result of a deceptive trade or sales practice, pursuant
to section 23-64-123, by a school or agent may file with the board a written
complaint against the school or agent. The complaint must set forth the alleged
violation and any other relevant information as the board may require. A complaint
filed under this section is a public record subject to the provisions of article 72 of
title 24 and must be filed within two years after the student discontinues his or her
training at the school or at any time prior to the commencement of training.

(2) The board shall investigate any such complaint and thereafter may
consider the complaint at a hearing. If, upon all the evidence at a hearing, the board
finds that a school or agent has engaged in or is engaging in any deceptive trade or
sales practice, the board may issue and cause to be served upon the school, the
agent, or the designated agent for service of process, notice, or demand an order
requiring the school or agent to cease and desist from such practice. The board may
obtain an order for enforcement of its order in the district court pursuant to section
24-4-106.

(3) If the board finds that the complainant or class of complainants has
suffered pecuniary loss as a result of such practice, the board, at its discretion, may
award the complainant or class of complainants full restitution for the loss. The
board may also commence a civil action against a school or agent believed by the
board to have caused a complainant or class of complainants to suffer pecuniary
loss as a result of any deceptive trade or sales practice. Upon a finding that the
complainant or class of complainants has suffered pecuniary loss as a result of any
deceptive trade or sales practice, the court shall order the school or agent to pay to
the complainant or class of complainants full restitution for the loss.

(4) Any person filing a complaint alleging a deceptive trade or sales practice
pursuant to this section shall exhaust the remedies provided in this section prior to
filing a complaint with the district court alleging a deceptive trade or sales practice.