Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024
A. Introduction:
Pursuant to section
12-30-102(8),
C.R.S. of the Transparency Act, an applicant or licensee must timely report any
updated information and provide accompanying documents. Generally, such
information and documents must be provided to the Director within thirty days
of the date of the reportable event, or as otherwise required in each program's
enabling statute (reference Director's policies for further information
regarding reporting requirements for each profession). Employment, health-care
related business ownership interests and healthcare-related contracts are
required to be updated within one year after a change in information.
B. Requirements:
1. The Transparency Act requires applicants
to report several enumerated types of information to the Director, and requires
the applicants to provide several specified types of documents in connection
with an application for initial licensure, licensure reactivation, licensure
reinstatement or licensure renewal. It also requires the applicant or licensee
thereafter to update the Director regarding the enumerated types of information
and to provide updated documents within thirty days of the reportable event, or
as otherwise required in each program's enabling statute (reference Director's
policies for further information directing the applicant to specific reporting
requirements under the Article of Title 12, C.R.S., that regulates the
applicant's profession.) Employment, health care-related business ownership
interests and health care-related contracts are required to be updated within
one year after a change in the information.
2. If the required document cannot be
obtained at the time the initial profile must be posted under the Transparency
Act or within the deadline required in the Transparency Act and the applicant
has made documented reasonable efforts to obtain the required document, the
applicant shall provide an affidavit to the Director and shall include the
affidavit with the applicant's profile until such time as the document becomes
available.
a. The affidavit shall be true and
complete, shall utilize a form approved by the Director, and shall contain the
following information:
(1) A description of
the efforts the applicant has made to obtain the document;
(2) An attestation that the document is not
currently available;
(3) A
description of the information contained in the document based upon the
applicant's knowledge and belief; and
(4) An affirmative statement that the
applicant shall make continuing reasonable efforts to ascertain the
availability of the required document in the future, and that the applicant
shall provide such document to the Director within thirty days of the date on
which the applicant learns that the document has become available.
b. Upon the Director's own motion
or in response to a complaint, the Director may review an affidavit to
determine whether the applicant has adequately demonstrated that the document
is not available or whether the applicant has otherwise complied with this
Rule. Failure to comply with this Rule may constitute unprofessional
conduct.
3. The filing
of an affidavit in accordance with these rules does not exempt the applicant
from completing a profile and reporting the action to the Director as required
by the Transparency Act. The applicant shall make a good faith effort to assure
the accuracy of the information posted regarding the action. Where exact dates
are not available to the applicant, the applicant shall provide a reasonable
estimation.
4. The pendency of an
appeal of any criminal, civil, administrative or peer review action shall not
exempt an applicant from the reporting requirements of section
12-30-102, C.R.S. If a criminal,
civil, administrative or peer review action is reversed on appeal, the
applicant shall update the applicant's information. Revised 1/28/2011;
Effective 4/1/2011; Effective 11/1/2011