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- (a) Prior to the employment of any person as a coach of a youth athletic activity by a local government, the local government shall require a criminal history record check of the person by a private entity regulated as a consumer reporting agency pursuant to 15 U.S.C. sec. 1681, et seq., that discloses, at a minimum, sexual offenses and felony convictions and includes a social security number trace and a search of the Colorado judicial public records access system.
- (b) The criminal history record check must ascertain whether the person being investigated has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or has received a deferred sentence or deferred prosecution for felony child abuse as specified in section 18-6-401; a felony offense involving unlawful sexual behavior, as defined in section 16-22-102 (9); or a comparable offense committed in any other state.
- (2) A person who has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or received a deferred sentence or deferred prosecution for felony child abuse as specified in section 18-6-401; a felony offense involving unlawful sexual behavior, as defined in section 16-22-102; or a offense committed in any other state is disqualified from employment as a coach of a youth athletic activity.
Source: L. 2024: Entire article added, (SB 24-113), ch. 196, p. 1196, § 2, effective August 7.