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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 12. Professions and Occupations § 12-135-503. Criminal history--rules

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<For repeal of this section, see 12-135-510>

(1) Subject to section 24-5-101, a licensee or an applicant for a license under this part 5 has a disqualifying criminal history if the licensee or applicant has been convicted of, plead guilty to, plead nolo contendere to, or received a deferred sentence for:

(a) A felony committed in the course of and related to practicing as, interning as, or having a workplace learning experience as a funeral director, a mortuary science practitioner, an embalmer, a cremationist, or a natural reductionist;

(b) A felony committed in the course of and related to being an employee of or being an agent of a funeral establishment registered in accordance with section 12-135-110 or of a crematory registered in accordance with section 12-135-303;

(c) A violation of section 18-13-101;

(d) A felony listed in article 4 or 5 of title 18; or

(e) A violation of a statute of another state if the violation is substantially similar to a violation listed in subsection (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), or (2) of this section.

(2) The director may promulgate rules to categorize a violation of any of the following as disqualifying criminal history under this part 5:

(a) Article 140 of this title 12;

(b) Article 15 of title 10; or

(c) Title 6.

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