Colorado § 24-33.5-1204.5 Powers and duties of administrator - rules

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-33.5-1204.5 — Powers and duties of administrator - rules

Colorado § 24-33.5-1204.5

Title 24Government

Art.Public Safety

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-33.5-1204.5 (2026).

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(1)In addition to any other duties and powers granted by this section or sections 24-33.5-1206.2 and 24-33.5-1206.4, the administrator has the following duties and powers:

(a)To establish a program for registration of fire suppression contractors and to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to administer the fire suppression program for the registration of fire suppression contractors and the inspection and maintenance of fire suppression systems pursuant to article 4 of this title;

(b)To establish fees and charges in amounts necessary to defray the anticipated costs of administration of this article. The fees and charges may be adjusted by the administrator from time to time as necessary or appropriate.

(c)In the discretion of the administrator, to receive, i

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(1) In addition
to any other duties and powers granted by this section or sections 24-33.5-1206.2
and 24-33.5-1206.4, the administrator has the following duties and powers:

(a) To establish a program for registration of fire suppression contractors
and to adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary to administer the fire
suppression program for the registration of fire suppression contractors and the
inspection and maintenance of fire suppression systems pursuant to article 4 of this
title;

(b) To establish fees and charges in amounts necessary to defray the
anticipated costs of administration of this article. The fees and charges may be
adjusted by the administrator from time to time as necessary or appropriate.

(c) In the discretion of the administrator, to receive, investigate, and act upon
complaints against those persons who violate any of the provisions of section 24-33.5-1206.6 or any rule or regulation adopted by the administrator pursuant to this
section;

(d) (I) To maintain records of all applications, complaints, investigations,
disciplinary or other actions, and registrants.

(II) The administrator shall keep records of all fire suppression system
working plans and hydraulic calculations, searchable by both the applicable fire
suppression contractor and the signing professional engineer or engineering
technician, for projects that the administrator or any certified local fire suppression
inspector, as applicable, identifies as containing significant or repeated design or
installation deficiencies pursuant to section 24-33.5-1206.2 (2)(b).

(e) To conduct hearings upon charges for discipline of a fire suppression
contractor or a certified fire suppression systems inspector, issue subpoenas,
compel attendance of witnesses, compel the production of books, records, papers,
and documents, administer oaths to persons giving testimony at hearings, and
recommend prosecution of persons violating this article;

(f) To establish and adopt such rules as may be necessary to administer the
public school construction and inspection program for the inspection of public
school and local district college buildings and a program for certification of public
school and local district college building inspectors;

(f.5) To establish and adopt rules necessary to administer the health facility
construction and inspection program for:

(I) Where there is no local building department or fire department, the
inspection of health facility buildings and structures and performance of plan
reviews; and

(II) The development of a program for certification of health facility life
safety inspectors;

(g) To conduct hearings upon charges for discipline of a school building
inspector, health facility life safety code inspector, or third-party inspector; issue
subpoenas; compel attendance of witnesses; compel the production of books,
records, papers, and documents; administer oaths to persons giving testimony at
hearings; and recommend prosecution of persons violating this part 12.

(2) (a) The administrator shall implement a tracking system, separate from
the individual records of fire suppression contractors and inspectors, regarding the
disposition of complaints.

(b) The administrator shall provide an online complaint form and internet
access to the tracking system implemented pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
subsection (2).

(3) Notwithstanding any authority granted to the administrator by this
section and after rules are adopted by the state housing board pursuant to section
24-32-3304 (1)(h)(III), the administrator does not have jurisdiction over and the rules
of the administrator do not apply to activity required to undertake or complete the
construction or installation of a factory-built structure, as defined in section 24-32-3302 (11).

Legislative History

Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1212, � 2, effective May 18. L. 98: (1)(a) amended, p. 639, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2005: (1)(d) amended and (2) added, p. 247, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2009: (1)(b)(II)(C), (1)(b)(II)(D), (1)(b)(II)(E), and (1)(b)(III) amended and (1)(f) and (1)(g) added, (HB 09-1151), ch. 230, p. 1055, �� 6, 7, effective January 1, 2010. L. 2011: (1)(b) amended, (SB 11-251), ch. 240, p. 1047, � 11, effective June 30. L. 2012: (1)(f.5) added and (1)(g) amended, (HB 12-1268), ch. 234, p. 1029, � 8, effective July 1, 2013. L. 2014: (1)(d) amended, (HB 14-1221), ch. 205, p. 753, � 4, effective May 15. L. 2025: (3) added, (SB 25-002), ch. 172, p. 714, � 4, effective May 8.