1. (1) Every person desiring a license to practice medicine shall make application to the board, the application to be verified by oath and to be in the form prescribed by the board. The application shall be accompanied by the license fee and the documents, affidavits, and certificates necessary to establish that the applicant possesses the qualifications prescribed by this article 240, apart from any required examination by the board. The burden of proof shall be upon the applicant, but the board may make such independent investigation as it may deem advisable to determine whether the applicant possesses the qualifications and whether the applicant has at any time committed any of the acts or offenses defined in this article 240 as unprofessional conduct.
2. (2) The board shall consider the recommendations of the Federation of State Medical Boards, or its successor organization, and the requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq., when developing the application questions.
3. (3) The application must 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.
4. (4) The application must not include questions seeking information about past health-related conditions listed in section 12-30-108 (1)(a) that do not impact an applicant's ability to practice safe, competent, and ethical patient care at the time of application.
5. (5) The board shall provide information in the application about the board's peer health assistance program, the applicant's ability to self-refer to the peer health assistance program at any time, and the applicant's ability to self-refer in lieu of disclosure to the board.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1186, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2025: Entire section amended, (HB 25-1176), ch. 336, p. 1771, § 2, effective August 6.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-36-111 as it existed prior to 2019.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 25-1176, see section 1 of chapter 336, Session Laws of Colorado 2025.