2021 Colorado Code
Title 25 - Public Health and Environment
Article 1 - Administration
Part 1 - Department of Public Health Andenvironment
§ 25-1-108.7. Health Care Credentials Uniform Application Act - Legislative Declaration - Definitions - State Board of Health Rules

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1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Health Care Credentials Uniform Application Act”.

“Core credentials data” means data, information, or answers to questions that are collected and retained and that are common and necessary for the credentialing or recredentialing of a health-care professional, but does not include additional nonduplicative credentials data deemed essential by a credentialing entity to complete credentialing.

A health-care facility or other health-care organization licensed or certified to provide medical or health services in Colorado;

Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the authority of any health-care entity or health-care plan to approve, suspend, or deny an application for insurance, staff membership, clinical privileges, or managed care network participation. This section shall not be construed to apply to the licensing activities of any board responsible for licensing health-care professionals.

of subsection (6) of this section. The form may be submitted electronically or by paper copy. The credentialing entity may require a health-care professional to answer only select provisions of the application according to the needs of the entity. Questions that are prohibited by law shall not be included in the request for credentialing data by the credentialing entity.

There is hereby established the health care credentials application review committee to recommend to the state board of health, and to periodically review, a single application form for the collection of core credentials data in this state. The form shall be known as the “Colorado health care professional credentials application”. The review committee shall consist of the following eight members, who shall serve for terms of four years and who shall be appointed by the state board of health:
One member representing a statewide association or society of physicians;

History. Source: L. 2004: Entire section added, p. 466, § 1, effective April 14. L. 2008: (2), (5), and (9) amended and (6)(h) added, pp. 688, 689, §§ 1, 2, effective July 1. L. 2010: (6)(c) amended, (HB 10-1260), ch. 403, p. 1990, § 85, effective July 1. L. 2019: (6)(c) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1695, § 138, effective October 1.

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