Colorado § 25-1.5-605 Volunteer health practitioner registration systems

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-1.5-605 — Volunteer health practitioner registration systems

Colorado § 25-1.5-605

Title 25Public

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-1.5-605 (2026).

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(a)To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must:

(1)Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency;

(2)Include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners that is accessible by authorized persons;

(3)Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services or veterinary services are provided under this part 6; and

(4)Meet one of the following conditions:

(A)Be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health-care practitioners established by a state and funded through the health resources services administration under section 319I of the Public

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(a) To
qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must:

(1) Accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners
before or during an emergency;

(2) Include information about the licensure and good standing of health
practitioners that is accessible by authorized persons;

(3) Be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning
whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health
services or veterinary services are provided under this part 6; and

(4) Meet one of the following conditions:

(A) Be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health-care practitioners established by a state and funded through the health resources
services administration under section 319I of the Public Health Service Act, 42
U.S.C. sec. 247d-7b, as amended;

(B) Be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response,
public health, and medical personnel formed pursuant to section 2801 of the
Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. sec. 300hh, as amended;

(C) Be operated by a:

(i) Disaster relief organization;

(ii) Licensing board;

(iii) National or regional association of licensing boards or health
practitioners;

(iv) Health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient
health-care services, including a tertiary care and teaching hospital; or

(v) Governmental entity; or

(D) Be designated by the disaster management agency as a registration
system for purposes of this part 6.

(b) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the disaster management
agency, a person authorized to act on behalf of the disaster management agency,
or a host entity, may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners utilized in this
state are registered with a registration system that complies with subsection (a) of
this section. Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from
the system and determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are
licensed and in good standing.

(c) Upon request of a person in this state authorized under subsection (b) of
this section, or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system
located in this state shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health
practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.

(d) A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer health
practitioner even if the practitioner is registered with a registration system that
indicates that the practitioner is licensed and in good standing.