Colorado regulators may delegate routine work and email notices

Regulators may delegate certain tasks to a designee. Administrative tasks must have a fixed standard and must not require significant judgment or discretion. They do not include disciplinary actions. A regulator may delegate the start of a hearing on an order to show cause or an application for an injunction only if the regulator sets specific criteria for the designee. A regulator other than the director must have delegated tasks ratified at the next meeting of the relevant board or commission. Delegations by a regulator other than the director must be ratified at the board or commission’s next meeting.

Regulators and boards may send many required notices by email. The notices cover communications to licensees, certificate holders, registrants, and other people or institutions named in the relevant sections. For disciplinary communications under section 12-20-404, the recipient must confirm receipt within seven calendar days or the regulator must send the communication by first-class mail. For other covered notices, the relevant section requires a mail follow-up when the recipient does not confirm receipt within seven days; the required method may be first-class mail or personal service. The recipient has seven calendar days to confirm receipt of an emailed notice.

Qualified applicants may seek certain engineering and land-surveying credentials through endorsement. The routes cover engineer-intern and land-surveyor-intern enrollment and professional engineer and professional land surveyor licenses. Applicants must meet the requirements for the credential and be in good standing in another jurisdiction with substantially equivalent qualifications, or have met Colorado’s requirements when they first qualified in that jurisdiction. The board must approve the application. Professional land surveyor applicants must pass the required examinations, including one on Colorado law.

People renewing most professional credentials pay an additional fee that funds a legal defense account. The fee applies to individuals renewing a state license, registration, or certificate that allows them to practice a profession or occupation. The fee does not apply to nurse aides’ renewal fees. The director may allocate account revenue to a regulator after determining that the regulator needs it for legal expenses.