{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-15-407","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 31-15-407","heading":"Statewide policy to prevent the operation of illicit massage businesses - background checks required - legislative declaration.","body":"(1) The general assembly finds and declares that because preventing the operation of illicit massage businesses, as defined in section 30-15-401.4, is a matter of mixed statewide and local concern, it is necessary, appropriate, and in the best interest of all Coloradans to require, uniformly throughout the state as a matter of statewide policy, that every current and prospective operator, owner, and employee of a massage facility submit to a background check, as defined in section 30-15-401.4 (2)(a.5), which generally means a fingerprint-based criminal history record check as required by section 30-15-401.4.\n\n(2) In accordance with section 30-15-401.4 (3.5) and subject to the exception set forth in section 30-15-401.4 (3)(c), every statutory or home rule municipality shall establish a local process to ensure that required background checks are conducted in accordance with the requirements of section 30-15-401.4.","path":["Title 31 - GOVERNMENT - MUNICIPAL","Article 15 - Exercise of Municipal Powers","Part 4 - POLICE REGULATIONS"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-31.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"e5a2f99e4130c7662e9d80316d9e05c1210c73bd35d51edc5d5d9bdee04b6e07","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-15-406","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-31-15-501"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}