8 CCR 1201-18 Part 4 - Continuing Education, Terms of Commissions and of Renewals, and Revocation

4.1. Continuing Education: 32 hours of continuing education and training must be completed every 2 years. Continuing education must include at least 2 hours of Colorado Department of Agriculture provided training on program updates; 8 hours of investigations, search and seizure, report writing, or courtroom preparation; 4 hours of animal care, husbandry, handling, or body condition scoring. For equine-endorsed agents, each such agent must also complete 4 hours of equine husbandry, handling, or body condition scoring.

4.1.1. Continuing education course information must be submitted to the Colorado Department of Agriculture for approval and must be submitted and approved prior to a training course being offered as continuing education.

4.1.2. No training course submitted for approval will be considered valid until it receives the Commissioner's approval. A wide variety of training falls within the scope of BAP agent authority, and will be considered by the Commissioner.

4.2 Any agent who has not been previously commissioned within the past two years must conduct and coordinate at least one investigation with the Department. The coordination should occur for a case within six months of receiving a commission or for the first case that the agent investigates. Such coordination includes, but is not limited to: notifying the Department of the planned investigation before it begins; weekly updates to the Department on the status of the investigation and any actions taken or planned to be taken; and a final meeting after the investigation to discuss and analyze the investigation and its outcome.

4.3. Term of Commission: Each commission shall remain valid for the period of two calendar years from the date it is issued unless revoked by the Commissioner prior to expiration.

4.4. Renewal of Commission: A commissioned agent who desires to continue as a commissioned agent must apply for renewal every two years, providing with such application for renewal, at a minimum:

4.4.1. Employment Information: Current employer name, address, phone, category, and supervisor information;

4.4.2. Continuing Education: Evidence of completed, approved, continuing education credits, if applicable;

4.4.3. Statistics: Fully submitted statistics for the agent's previous year's activities; and

4.4.4. Additional Requirements of Commissioner: Any additional requirements or information that the Commissioner may request must be provided.

4.4.5. Term of Renewal: Recommissioned agents will be recommissioned for two years, subject to any subsequent determination by the Commissioner to revoke an agent's commission.

4.5. Change or Termination of Employment

4.5.1. Any agent who changes employers and who desires that his or her commission continue to the new employer must, within 14 days of the change of employment, update the Commissioner with:

1) the date of the change of employment;

2) the name of the new employer;

3) a copy of the certificate of liability insurance if the agent is moving to a nonprofit agency;

4) a letter from the new employer affirming that the agent is authorized to act as a commissioned agent for the new employer; and

5) any other information as identified by the Commissioner in a change-of-employment form.

4.5.2. Any agent who terminates his or her employment and who does not transition to a different employer with the authority to employ commissioned agents may request that the Commissioner place the agent's commission in an inactive status for the remainder of the unexpired term of the agent's commission.

4.5.3. The Commissioner may reinstate the commission of any agent who requested that his or her commission be placed in an inactive status and whose commission has not yet expired if such agent accepts employment with an employer authorized to employ commissioned agents.

4.5.4. In no circumstance may the Commissioner renew an agent's inactive commission.

4.5.5. The Commissioner may revoke the commission of any agent who does not report to the Commissioner such change in employment within 14 days.

4.5.6. The Commissioner may deny a request that a commission be placed in an inactive status if the agent does not make such request within 14 days of leaving the employ of an employer authorized to employ commissioned agents.

Notes

8 CCR 1201-18 Part 4

39 CR 23, December 10, 2016, effective 12/30/2016 41 CR 09, May 10, 2018, effective 5/30/2018 46 CR 02, January 25, 2023, effective 12/19/2022 46 CR 02, January 25, 2023, effective 2/15/2023