Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 12-225-108 - Director - powers and duties - rules(1) In addition to any other powers and duties conferred on the director by law, the director has the following powers and duties:(a) To adopt rules pursuant to section 12-20-204;(b) To establish the fees for registration and renewal of registration in the manner authorized by section 12-20-105;(c) To prepare or adopt suitable education standards for applicants and to adopt a registration examination;(d) To accept applications for registration that meet the requirements set forth in this article 225, and to collect the annual registration fees authorized by this article 225;(e) To seek an injunction in accordance with section 12-20-406 to enjoin any person from committing an act prohibited by this article 225;(f) To summarily suspend a registration upon the failure of the registrant to comply with any condition of a stipulation or order imposed by the director until the registrant complies with the condition, unless compliance is beyond the control of the registrant;(g) To develop policies and protocols, by rule, for direct-entry midwives in training that reflect the requirements of the North American Registry of Midwives, or its successor organization;(h) To order the physical or mental examination of a direct-entry midwife if the director has reasonable cause to believe that the direct-entry midwife is subject to a physical or mental disability that renders the direct-entry midwife unable to treat patients with reasonable skill and safety or that may endanger a patient's health or safety. The director may order a physical or mental examination regardless of whether there is injury to a patient.Amended by 2021 Ch. 196, § 6, eff. 9/1/2021.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-37-106 and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.This section is similar to former § 12-37-106 as it existed prior to 2019.