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Colorado Title 26.5. Early Childhood Programs and Services § 26.5-4-402. Organized youth athletic activities--abuse prevention training

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

(1)(a) Starting July 1, 2025, each youth sports organization shall require each coach to annually complete mandatory reporter training that adheres to the recommendations of the mandatory reporter training task force pursuant to section 19-3-304.2.

(b) Each youth sports organization shall encourage each coach to annually complete an abuse prevention training program that includes the following:

(I) Prohibited conduct by coaches;

(II) Appropriate one-on-one interactions between players and coaches;

(III) How to recognize and appropriately respond to and prevent behaviors that violate the prohibited conduct policy developed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section; and

(IV) How to respond to disclosures of sexual abuse, child abuse, or reports of behaviors violating the prohibited conduct policy developed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section in a supportive and appropriate manner that meets the mandated reporting requirements pursuant to Colorado statutes.

(2)(a)(I) Each youth sports organization shall develop a prohibited conduct policy relating to youth athletic activities.

(II) The prohibited conduct policy must include:

(A) A list of prohibited conduct by parents, spectators, coaches, and athletes and a mandatory reporting policy for adults who have knowledge of an act of prohibited conduct; and

(B) A code of conduct for parents, spectators, coaches, and athletes to follow.

(III) A youth sports organization may adopt the model code of conduct policy made available by the department pursuant to section 26.5-1-117.

(b) Each youth sports organization shall require each of its coaches to comply with the prohibited conduct policy developed pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.

(3) Each youth sports organization shall post the notice created pursuant to section 6-1-736 on its website, and if the youth sports organization does not have a website, it shall provide the notice to the parents and legal guardians of each participant.

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