HB 26-1307

HB 26-1307 is a Colorado bill that extends the Colorado Medical Board's existence until September 1, 2035. It also makes several changes to how medical licenses are managed and issued. For example, it allows individuals with a natural medicine facilitator license to provide certain services without needing a full medical license. Additionally, it gives distinguished foreign teaching physicians more flexibility in renewing their licenses if they continue to work at a medical school. Lastly, the bill permits the board to issue special administrative licenses for doctors who do research or other non-patient care tasks but don't need to meet continuing education requirements. Since this bill has been signed into law, these changes are now in effect and will impact how healthcare professionals are licensed and regulated in Colorado.

Official Summary

Sunset Process - House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill implements recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies in its 2025 sunset review and report on the Colorado medical board (board). Specifically: Sections 1 and 6 of the bill continue the board for 9 years to September 1, 2035; Section 2 exempts from the practice of medicine for which a license is required an individual who is facilitating natural medicine services within the scope of a natural medicine facilitator license; Section 3 changes the license renewal period for a distinguished foreign teaching physician from annual renewal to a renewal period determined by the board, so long as the physician is still serving on the academic staff of a medical school; Section 4 authorizes the president of the board to serve as a full member of the board's licensing panel for licensing panel meetings; and Section 5 authorizes the board, on and after January 1, 2027, to issue an administrative license to a physician who provides certain services that are purely administrative in nature, such as research design and analysis and other roles that require a medical license, but that do not involve treating patients or prescribing medication. A physician with an administrative license is exempted from continuing medical education requirements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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