First Regular Session
               Seventieth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 15-0517.01 Kristen Forrestal x4217SENATE BILL 15-031
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
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                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
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 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Business, Labor, & Technology
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning reciprocity to practice a profession in Colorado
            during a person's first year of residency in this state.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            Current law allows a military spouse to practice an occupation or
       profession during the person's first year of residence in Colorado if the
       person is authorized to practice in another state, there is no basis to
       disqualify the person from practice, and the person consents to the
       jurisdiction of the disciplinary authority of the appropriate agency. The
       bill expands this practice to all persons during their first year of residence
       in Colorado.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 12-1.5-102 as
       follows:
            12-1.5-102.  Authority to practice - reciprocity - exceptions.
       (1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, except as
       otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person need
       not obtain authority to practice an occupation or profession
       under any article of this title during the person's first year of
       residence in Colorado if:
            (a)  The person is authorized to practice that occupation
       or profession in another state;
            (b)  Other than the person's lack of licensure,
       registration, or certification in Colorado, there is no basis to
       disqualify the person under this title; and
            (c)  The person consents, as a condition of practicing in
       Colorado, to be subject to the jurisdiction and disciplinary
       authority of the appropriate agency.
            (2)  This section does not prevent an agency from entering
       into a reciprocity agreement with the regulating authority of
       another state or jurisdiction if otherwise authorized by law.
            (3)  This section does not apply to authority to practice
       under article 25, 28, 36, 40, or 61 of this title.
            SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-71-102, amend
       (1) (a) as follows:
            12-71-102.  Authority to practice - reciprocity.
       (1)  Notwithstanding any other article of this title, a person need not
       obtain authority to practice an occupation or profession under this title
       during the person's first year of residence in Colorado if:
            (a)  The person is a military spouse who is authorized to practice
       that occupation or profession in another state;
            SECTION 3.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
       takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
       ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August
       5, 2015, if adjournment sine die is on May 6, 2015); except that, if a
       referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
       state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
       within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
       unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
       November 2016 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the
       official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.