2 Colo. Code Regs. § 505-1-21.910
"Approved evaluator" means an evaluator who is currently employed by CDHS; or has completed the application process through the Court Services Division and is providing services under an active purchase order or a personal services contract, or as a fellow in forensic psychology or psychiatry training.
"Board Certification" in forensic psychiatry or forensic psychology means recognition of specialized training and knowledge in the field of forensic psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN), or in the field of forensic psychology by the American Board of Forensic Psychology (ABFP); no amendments or editions are incorporated.
"Competency Evaluator" means a licensed physician who is a psychiatrist or a licensed psychologist, each of whom is trained in forensic competency assessments, or a psychiatrist who is in forensic training and practicing under the supervision of a psychiatrist with expertise in forensic psychiatry and who is an approved evaluator, or a psychologist who is in forensic training and is practicing under the supervision of a licensed psychologist with expertise in forensic psychology and who is an approved evaluator.
"Competent to Proceed" means that the defendant does not have a mental disability or developmental disability that prevents the defendant from having sufficient present ability to consult with the defendant's lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding in order to assist in the defense, or prevents the defendant from having a rational and factual understanding of the criminal proceedings.
"Court-Ordered Competency Evaluation" means a court-ordered examination of a defendant either before, during, or after trial, directed to developing information relevant to a determination of the defendant's competency to proceed at a particular stage of the criminal proceeding, that is performed by a competency evaluator and includes evaluations concerning restoration to competency.
"Forensic" means relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to the legal issues of defendants in criminal proceedings.
"Incompetent to proceed" means that, as a result of a mental disability or developmental disability, the defendant does not have sufficient present ability to consult with the defendant's lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding in order to assist in the defense, or that, as a result of a mental disability or developmental disability, the defendant does not have a rational and factual understanding of the criminal proceedings.
2 CCR 505-1-21.910