As used in this title 12, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (1) Applicant means a person applying, pursuant to a part or article of this title 12, for a new license, certification, or registration or to renew, reinstate, or reactivate a license, certification, or registration that is authorized pursuant to that part or article.
2. (2) Board means a board created within the division by a part or article of this title 12 that has regulatory authority concerning the practice of a profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
3. (3) Certificate or certification means a credential that demonstrates that a person has the qualifications required by a part or article of this title 12 to practice the profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
4. (4) Certificate holder or certificant means a person that has a valid certificate.
5. (5) Commission means a commission created within the division by a part or article of this title 12 that has regulatory authority concerning the practice of a profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
6. (6) Director means the director of the division or the director's designee.
7. (7) Division means the division of professions and occupations created in the department pursuant to section 12-20-103.

8. (7.5)

   1. (a) Driver's history means a driver's history record made and maintained in accordance with section 42-2-121 (2).
   2. (b) Driver's history does not include a misdemeanor or felony conviction, notwithstanding that the conviction is included within the driver's history record made and maintained in accordance with section 42-2-121 (2).
   3. (8) Law means the federal and state constitutions, statutes, rules, and case law.
   4. (9) License means a grant of authority issued by the director or a board or commission pursuant to a part or article of this title 12 that authorizes a person to engage in a profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.
   5. (10) Licensee means a person regulated by a part or article of this title 12 that is licensed pursuant to that part or article.
   6. (10.5) Occupational credential portability program means the program established pursuant to section 12-20-202 (3) and rules adopted by a regulator pursuant to that section.
   7. (11) Register means to record the information required by a part or article of this title 12 in the form and manner determined by the regulator that regulates the practice of a profession or occupation pursuant to that part or article. Registered and registration have corresponding meanings.
   8. (12) Registrant means a person that is currently registered.
   9. (13) Regulate means to subject a person to a requirement, including a requirement to obtain a license, certification, or registration, pursuant to a part or article of this title 12 and rules adopted pursuant to that part or article of this title 12 in order to practice a profession or occupation. Regulation has a corresponding meaning.
   10. (14) Regulator means, within a particular part or article of this title 12, the director or a board or commission, as appropriate, that has regulatory authority concerning the practice of a profession or occupation regulated by that part or article.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 729, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (10.5) added, (HB 20-1326), ch. 126, p. 528, § 3, effective June 25. L. 2021: (7.5) added, (SB 21-040), ch. 59, p. 239, § 1, effective September 7.

Cross references: For the short title (Red Tape Reduction Act) and the legislative declaration in HB 20-1326, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 126, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.