Colorado Revised Statutes Title 12. Professions and Occupations § 12-205-113. Mental or physical examination of licensees

(1) If the director has reasonable cause to believe that a licensee is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety, the director may order the licensee to take a mental or physical examination administered by a physician or other licensed health-care professional designated by the director. Unless due to circumstances beyond the licensee's control, if the licensee refuses to undergo a mental or physical examination, the director may suspend the person's license until the results of the examination are known and the director has made a determination of the licensee's fitness to practice. The director shall proceed with an order for examination and shall make the determination in a timely manner.

(2) The director shall include in an order requiring a licensee to undergo a mental or physical examination the basis of the director's reasonable cause to believe that the licensee is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety. For purposes of a disciplinary proceeding authorized under this article 205, the licensee is deemed to have waived all objections to the admissibility of the examining physician's or licensed health-care professional's testimony or examination reports on the ground that they are privileged communications.

(3) The licensee may submit to the director testimony or examination reports from a physician chosen by the licensee and pertaining to any condition that the director has alleged may preclude the licensee from practicing with reasonable skill and safety. The testimony and reports submitted by the licensee may be considered by the director in conjunction with, but not in lieu of, testimony and examination reports of the physician designated by the director.

(4) The results of a mental or physical examination ordered by the director shall not be used as evidence in any proceeding other than one before the director and shall not be deemed a public record or made available to the public.