Code of Colorado Regulations
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744 - Division of Professions and Occupations - Board of Addiction Counselor Examiners
4 CCR 744-1 - BOARD OF ADDICTION COUNSELOR EXAMINERS RULES
Section 4 CCR 744-1.24 - CONCERNING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DISCLOSURES TO CONSUMERS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF RECEIVING EMERGENCY OR NONEMERGENCY SERVICES FROM AN OUT-OF-NETWORK PROVIDER

Universal Citation: 4 CO Code Regs 744-1 § 24

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 17, September 10, 2024

This Rule is promulgated pursuant to Executive Order D 2022 032, and sections 25-6-401 et seq., 12-245-204(4)(a), and 12-20-204, C.R.S.

A. Definitions, for purposes of this Rule, are as follows:

1. "Applicant" means as defined in section 12-20-102(2), C.R.S.

2. "Assisting in the provision reproductive health care" means aiding, abetting or complicity in the provision of reproductive health care.

3. "Civil judgment" means a final court decision and order resulting from a civil lawsuit.

4. "Criminal judgment" means a guilty verdict, a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or a deferred judgment or sentence.

5. "Licensee" means as defined in section 12-20-102(10), C.R.S.

6. "Provision of reproductive health care," includes but is not limited to, transportation for reproductive health care, referrals for reproductive health care and related services, funding or assisting with payment of reproductive health care, prescribing, shipping or dispensing medications for reproductive health care in accordance with state and federal law, all options and mental health counseling and treatment related to reproductive health care. The "provision of reproductive health care" also includes all treatment contemplated in the definition of section 25-6-402(4), C.R.S.

7. "Regulator" means as defined in section 12-20-102(14), C.R.S.

8. "Reproductive health care" means as defined in section 25-6-402(4), C.R.S.

9. "Registrant" means as defined in section 12-20-102(12), C.R.S.

10. "Certificate holder" or "certificant" means as defined in section 12-20-102(3), C.R.S.

B. The regulator shall not deny licensure, certification, or registration to an applicant or impose disciplinary action against an individual's license, certification, or registration based solely on the applicant's, certificant's, registrant's, or licensee's provision of or assistance in the provision of reproductive health care in this state or any other state or U.S. territory, so long as the care provided was consistent with generally accepted standards of practice as defined in Colorado law and did not otherwise violate Colorado law.

C. The regulator shall not deny licensure, certification, or registration to an applicant or impose disciplinary action against an individual's license, certification, or registration based solely on a civil or criminal judgment against the applicant, certificant, registrant, or licensee arising from the provision of, or assistance in the provision of reproductive health care in this state or any other state or U.S. territory, so long as the care provided was consistent with generally accepted standards of practice and did not otherwise violate Colorado law.

D. The regulator shall not deny licensure, certification, or registration to an applicant or impose disciplinary action against an individual's license, certification, or registration based solely on a professional disciplinary action or any other sanction against the applicant's, certificant's, registrant's, or licensee's professional licensure, certification, or registration in this, or any other state or U.S. territory so long as the professional disciplinary action is based solely on the applicant's, certificant's, registrant's, or licensee's provision of, or assistance in the provision of, reproductive health care and the care provided was consistent with generally accepted standards of practice and did not otherwise violate Colorado law.

E. The regulator shall not deny licensure, certification, or registration to an applicant or impose disciplinary action against an individual's registration, certificate, or license based solely on the licensee's, certificant's, or registrant's own personal effort to seek or obtain reproductive health care for themselves. The regulator shall not deny licensure, certification, or registration to an applicant or impose disciplinary action against an individual's license, certification, or registration based solely on a civil or criminal judgment against the applicant, certificant, registrant, or licensee arising from the individual's own personal receipt of reproductive health care in this state or any other state or U.S. territory.

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