{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-255-215","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 12-255-215","heading":"Unauthorized practice - penalties.","body":"Any person who practices or offers or attempts nursing aide practice or medication administration without an active certificate of authority issued under this part 2; practices in a medical facility as a nurse aide except as provided in this part 2; uses any designation in connection with the person's name that tends to imply that the person is a certified nurse aide unless the person is so certified under this part 2; practices as a nurse aide during any period when the person's certificate has been suspended or revoked; or sells or fraudulently obtains or furnishes a certificate to practice as a nurse aide or aids or abets therein commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501.","path":["Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides","Part 2 - NURSE AIDES"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-12.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"cb0420dfe8d6d2c1e5eb3eeb131fbcc5125c7ba0f70d97d5a2556d5ff251f57e","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-255-214","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-12-260-101-to-12-260-123"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}