Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
4.1. Continuing
Education: 32 hours of continuing education and training must be completed
every 2 years. Continuing education must include at least 2 hours of Colorado
Department of Agriculture provided training on program updates; 8 hours of
investigations, search and seizure, report writing, or courtroom preparation; 4
hours of animal care, husbandry, handling, or body condition scoring. For
equine-endorsed agents, each such agent must also complete 4 hours of equine
husbandry, handling, or body condition scoring.
4.1.1. Continuing education course
information must be submitted to the Colorado Department of Agriculture for
approval and must be submitted and approved prior to a training course being
offered as continuing education.
4.1.2. No training course submitted for
approval will be considered valid until it receives the Commissioner's
approval. A wide variety of training falls within the scope of BAP agent
authority, and will be considered by the Commissioner.
4.2 Any agent who has not been previously
commissioned within the past two years must conduct and coordinate at least one
investigation with the Department. The coordination should occur for a case
within six months of receiving a commission or for the first case that the
agent investigates. Such coordination includes, but is not limited to:
notifying the Department of the planned investigation before it begins; weekly
updates to the Department on the status of the investigation and any actions
taken or planned to be taken; and a final meeting after the investigation to
discuss and analyze the investigation and its outcome.
4.3. Term of Commission: Each commission
shall remain valid for the period of two calendar years from the date it is
issued unless revoked by the Commissioner prior to expiration.
4.4. Renewal of Commission: A commissioned
agent who desires to continue as a commissioned agent must apply for renewal
every two years, providing with such application for renewal, at a minimum:
4.4.1. Employment Information: Current
employer name, address, phone, category, and supervisor information;
4.4.2. Continuing Education: Evidence of
completed, approved, continuing education credits, if applicable;
4.4.3. Statistics: Fully submitted statistics
for the agent's previous year's activities; and
4.4.4. Additional Requirements of
Commissioner: Any additional requirements or information that the Commissioner
may request must be provided.
4.4.5. Term of Renewal: Recommissioned agents
will be recommissioned for two years, subject to any subsequent determination
by the Commissioner to revoke an agent's commission.
4.5. Change or Termination of Employment
4.5.1. Any agent who changes employers and
who desires that his or her commission continue to the new employer must,
within 14 days of the change of employment, update the Commissioner with:
1) the date of the change of employment;
2) the name of the new employer;
3) a copy of the certificate of
liability insurance if the agent is moving to a nonprofit agency;
4) a letter from the new employer affirming
that the agent is authorized to act as a commissioned agent for the new
employer; and
5) any other
information as identified by the Commissioner in a change-of-employment
form.
4.5.2. Any agent
who terminates his or her employment and who does not transition to a different
employer with the authority to employ commissioned agents may request that the
Commissioner place the agent's commission in an inactive status for the
remainder of the unexpired term of the agent's commission.
4.5.3. The Commissioner may reinstate the
commission of any agent who requested that his or her commission be placed in
an inactive status and whose commission has not yet expired if such agent
accepts employment with an employer authorized to employ commissioned
agents.
4.5.4. In no circumstance
may the Commissioner renew an agent's inactive commission.
4.5.5. The Commissioner may revoke the
commission of any agent who does not report to the Commissioner such change in
employment within 14 days.
4.5.6.
The Commissioner may deny a request that a commission be placed in an inactive
status if the agent does not make such request within 14 days of leaving the
employ of an employer authorized to employ commissioned agents.
