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The bill requires the following regarding the application for a
license to practice medicine in Colorado (application) and the
questionnaire accompanying the form for a license renewal
(questionnaire):
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The application questions reflect the recommendations of
the Federation of State Medical Boards and the
requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990;
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The application and questionnaire do not require the
disclosure of personal medical or health information that is
not relevant to the applicant's ability at the time of
application to provide safe, competent, and ethical patient
care; and
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The application and questionnaire do not include questions
seeking information about past health-related conditions
that do not impact an applicant's ability to practice safe,
competent, and ethical patient care at the time of
application.
The bill clarifies that an individual subject to the licensing
requirements of the Colorado Medical Practice Act is not required to
disclose a physical illness, physical condition, behavioral health disorder,
mental health disorder, or substance use disorder that no longer impacts
the individual's ability to practice the applicable health-care profession or
occupation with reasonable skill and safety to patients or clients.
Current law requires that if a health-care professional has a
physical illness, physical condition, or behavioral or mental health
disorder that renders the person unable to practice the applicable
health-care profession or occupation with reasonable skill and safety to
patients or clients, the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder shall notify
the regulator that regulates the person's profession or occupation of the
physical illness, physical condition, or behavioral or mental health
disorder. The bill requires that a health-care professional must
additionally provide notice of a substance use disorder and specifies that
the health-care professional is required only to provide notice of a current
physical illness, physical condition, behavioral health disorder, mental
health disorder, or substance use disorder.
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