Mandatory Reporters (CRS 8-6.5-108)

According to statute, any of the professionals listed below are required to report concerns of mistreatment, abuse, neglect and exploitation, regardless of whether the professional observes the incident in an paid or unpaid capacity. :

1. Any person providing health care or health-care-related services, including general medical, surgical, or nursing services; medical, surgical, or nursing speciality services; dental services; vision services; pharmacy services; chiropractic services; naturopathic medicine services; or physical, occupational, musical, or other therapies;
2. Hospital and long-term care facility personnel engaged in the admission, care, or treatment of patients;
3. First responders including emergency medical service providers, fire protection personnel, law enforcement officers, and persons employed by, contracting with, or volunteering with any law enforcement agency, including victim advocates;
4. Medical examiners and coroners;
5. Code enforcement officers;
6. Veterinarians;
7. Psychologists, addiction counselors, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and registered psychotherapists, as those persons are defined in article 43 of title 12, C.R.S.;
8. Social workers, as defined in part 4 of article 43 of title 12, C.R.S.;
9. Staff of community-centered boards;
10. Staff, consultants, or independent contractors of service agencies as defined in section 25.5-10-202 (34), C.R.S.;
11. Staff or consultants for a licensed or unlicensed, certified or uncertified, care facility, agency, home, or governing board, including but not limited to long-term care facilities, home care agencies, or home health providers;
12. Staff of, or consultants for, a home care placement agency, as defined in section 25-27.5-102 (5), C.R.S.;
13. Persons performing case management or assistant services for at-risk elders or at-risk adults with IDD;
14. Staff of county departments of human or social services;
15. Staff of the state departments of human services, public health and environment, or health care policy and financing;
16. Staff of senior congregate centers or senior research or outreach organizations;
17. Staff, and staff of contracted providers, of area agencies on aging, except the long-term care ombudsmen;
18. Employees, contractors, and volunteers operating specialized transportation services for at-risk elders and at-risk adults with IDD;
19. Court-appointed guardians and conservators;
20. Personnel at schools serving persons in preschool through twelfth grade;
21. Clergy members; except that the reporting requirement described in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) does not apply to a person who acquires reasonable cause to believe that an at-risk elder or an at-risk adult with IDD has been mistreated or has been exploited or is at imminent risk of mistreatment or exploitation during a communication about which the person may not be examined as a witness pursuant to section 13-90-107 (1)(c), C.R.S., unless the person also acquires such reasonable cause from a source other than such a communication; and
22. Personnel of banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, and other lending or financial institutions who directly observe in person the mistreatment of an at-risk elder or who have reasonable cause to believe that an at-risk elder has been mistreated or is at imminent risk of mistreatment; and
23. Personnel of banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, and other lending or financial institutions who directly observe in person the mistreatment of an at-risk adult with IDD or who have reasonable cause to believe that an at-risk adult with IDD has been mistreated or is at imminent risk of mistreatment by reason of actual knowledge of facts or circumstances indicating the mistreatment.

A named mandatory reporter who fails to make the report is considered to be willfully violating the law and committing a class 3 misdemeanor.

Whether or not you are a named mandatory reporter under the law, for the safety of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, we strongly encourage you to report all concerns to appropriate law enforcement agencies.