Colorado Code § 12-120-104

Powers and duties of the board and division - rules
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(1) General powers
and duties. In order to carry into effect the provisions of this article 120, the board shall:
(a) Adopt rules pursuant to section 12-20-204;
(b) In addition to rules adopted pursuant to section 12-20-204, adopt:
(I) Rules for disciplining licensed architects; and
(II) Rules of professional conduct for professional engineers, professional land
surveyors, and architects under the provisions of section 24-4-103. The rules of professional
conduct for professional engineers shall be published, and such publication shall constitute due
notice to all professional engineers.
(c) Keep a record of its proceedings and of all applications for licensing under this
article 120. The application record for each applicant must include:
(I) Name, age, and residence of the applicant;
(II) Date of application;
(III) Repealed.
(IV) Education of the applicant;
(V) (A) For an applicant for an engineering license, the applicant's engineering
experience;
(B) For an applicant for a land surveyor license, the applicant's surveying and other
applicable experience;
(C) For an applicant for an architect license, the applicant's architecture and other
applicable experience;
(VI) For land surveyor and architect applicants, the type of examination required;
(VII) Date and type of action taken by the board; and
(VIII) Such other information as may be deemed necessary by the board.
(d) Make available through printed or electronic means the following:
(I) Statutes administered by the board for each of the professions regulated under this
article 120;
(II) A list of the names and addresses of record of all currently licensed professional
engineers, professional land surveyors, and architects;
(III) Rules of the board;
(IV) Such other pertinent information as the board deems necessary; and
(V) The rules of professional conduct adopted pursuant to subsection (1)(b)(II) of this
section; and
(e) Adopt and have an official seal.
(2) Board powers and duties regarding professional engineers. For purposes of
administering part 2 of this article 120 pertaining to the regulation of professional engineers, the
board shall:
(a) Provide information to the public regarding the requirements for compliance with
part 2 of this article 120;
(b) Provide for examinations of professional engineer license applicants. The board shall
adopt the appropriate examinations. Examinations must be given as often as practicable. The
board shall ensure that the passing score for any examination is set to measure the level of
minimum competency. An applicant who fails to pass the prescribed examination may be
reexamined.
(c) Participate in the affairs of the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and
Surveying and send a minimum of one delegate to the national meeting annually.
(3) Board powers and duties regarding professional land surveyors - rules. For
purposes of administering part 3 of this article 120 pertaining to the regulation of professional
land surveyors, the board shall:
(a) Require each applicant for professional land surveyor licensing to demonstrate
competence by means of examination and education and may require work examples as it deems
necessary and sufficient for licensing; 
(b) Provide for and administer examinations to applicants for professional land surveyor
licensing to be given as often as practicable. Examinations must be identified only by numbers
and anonymously graded. After reviewing and approving the examination results, the board shall
record and communicate each examinee's examination results to the examinee. The board shall
ensure that the passing score on surveying examinations is set to measure the level of minimum
competency. The board shall publish and make available to interested applicants a list of the
subjects included in the surveying examinations that are developed by the board, which subjects
must be consistent with and related to the various aspects of surveying.
(c) Promulgate rules to establish continuing education requirements for professional land
surveyors as a condition of license renewal.
(4) Board powers and duties regarding architects. For purposes of administering part
4 of this article 120 pertaining to the regulation of architects, the board is authorized to:
(a) Examine and license duly qualified applicants for architect licensure, and renew the
licenses of duly qualified architects;
(b) Conduct hearings upon complaints concerning the conduct of architects;
(c) Cause the prosecution of all persons violating part 4 of this article 120 by the district
attorney or by the attorney general pursuant to section 12-20-405 (4); and
(d) Require every licensed architect to have a stamp as prescribed by the board.
(5) Division to employ investigators. The division may employ at least one investigator
qualified to investigate complaints relative to the provisions of part 2 of this article 120 and at
least one investigator to investigate complaints relative to the provisions of part 3 of this article
120.

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