3 CCR 713-1.20 - DESIGNATION OF AUTHORIZED ENTITIES TO CONDUCT PROFESSIONAL REVIEW

A. Basis: The authority for promulgation of rules and regulations by the Colorado Medical Board ("Board") is set forth in sections 24-4-103, 12-30-201(1)(a), 12-30-204(5), and 12-30-204(6), C.R.S.

B. Purpose: These Rules have been adopted by the Board to:

1. Establish procedures necessary to designate specialty societies as required by section 12-30-204(5)(e), C.R.S., as authorized entities that are able to establish professional review committees;

2. Establish procedures necessary to designate organizations authorized to insure physicians and physician assistants as required by section 12-30-204(5)(h), C.R.S., as authorized entities that are able to establish professional review committees; and

3. Establish procedures necessary to authorize other health care or physician organizations or professional societies as authorized entities that may establish professional review committees as permitted by section 12-30-204(6), C.R.S.

C. Designations: In order to be designated by the Board as an authorized entity entitled to establish professional review committees, an entity must:

1. Have in place written procedures that are in accordance with Colorado Revised Statutes Title 12, Article 30 and that are approved by the authorized entity's governing board;

2. Have a governing board that registers with the Division of Professions and Occupations in accordance with section 12-30-206, C.R.S.;

3. Report to the Medical Board and the Division of Professions and Occupations in accordance with Colorado revised statutes Title 12, Article 30;

4. Be one of the following entities:

a. A medical specialty society or association designated by the Board in accordance with section 12-30-204(5)(e), C.R.S. The Board designates medical specialty societies or associations whose:

(1) Members are licensed to practice medicine and residing in the State of Colorado;

(2) Members specialize in a distinct and recognizable discipline of medicine. Such specialization may be shown by establishing that such group:

(a) Is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, or the Advisory Board for Osteopathic Specialists of the American Osteopathic Association; or

(b) Is recognized as a medical specialty society by the Colorado Medical Society, or the Colorado Society of Osteopathic Medicine; or

(c) Practices an area of medicine that is materially distinguishable from any other such area.

(d) Members are representative of practitioners in that discipline.

(e) The society must provide the Board with a description of that society's or association's requirements for membership at the time it seeks designation.

b. Be, for a corporation authorized to insure persons licensed under Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 12, Article 240, designated by the board in accordance with section 12-30-204(5)(h), C.R.S. The Board designates those corporations that are a professional liability insurer authorized to do business in Colorado under the provisions of section 10-3-105, C.R.S.

c. A health care or physician organization or professional society designated by the Board in Accordance with section 12-30-204(6), C.R.S. The Board designates health care or physician organization or professional societies whose:

(1) Members are licensed in accordance with Colorado revised Statutes, Title 12, Article 240 and reside in the state of Colorado;

(2) Members practice in an area of medicine that is materially distinguishable from any other such area or a component medical society charted by a statewide society or association;

(3) Members are representative of practitioners in that discipline; and

(4) The health care or physician organization or professional society must provide the Board with a description of those society's or association's requirements for membership at the time it seeks designation.

Notes

3 CCR 713-1.20

Effective: 11/30/88; Revised: 12/8/89; Revised: 1/30/90; Revised 08/19/10; Effective 10/15/10; Revised 05/16/2013; Effective XX/XX/XXXX 46 CR 12, June 25, 2023, effective 7/15/2023