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The State Board of Nursing is responsible for enforcing statutes, rules and policies as implemented by the Nurse Practice Act, Nurse Aide Practice Act, and the Licensed Psychiatric Technician Practice Act. Board staff oversee education, licensing, and enforcement of nurses, nurse aides, and licensed psychiatric technicians.The State Board of Nursing oversees more than 110,000 licensees.
Program Information
- Program/Board Members
Roberta Hills, Program Director
State Board of Nursing
1560 Broadway, Suite 1350
Denver, CO 80202Phone: 303-894-7800 | Fax: 303-894-2821 | Email: dora_nursingboard@state.co.us
- Bernard Joseph Franta, DNP, MSN, RN, ANP (FNP-BC), RXN, Board President
Advanced Practice Nursing | Term Expires: July 1, 2025 - Lori Rae Hamilton, MSN, RN, Panel A Vice President
Nursing Education Program Director |Term Expires: July 1, 2026
Panel A:
- Lori Rae Hamilton, MSN, RN
Nursing Education Program Director |Term Expires: July 1, 2026 - Karrie Tomlin, MSN, BSN, RN, Panel A Chair
Nursing Care Facility | Term Expires: July 1, 2025 - Lenny Rothermund, LPN
LPN Member | Term Expires: July 1, 2027 - Vacant
Public Member | Term Expires: July 1, 2026 - Vacant
Hospital Nurse| Term Expires: July 1, 2027
Panel B
- Phyllis Graham-Dickerson, RN, PhD, APN-CNS
Professional Nursing Education | Term Expires: July 1, 2027 - Brandy Valdez Murphy
Public Member | Term Expires: July 1, 2026 - Diane Reinhard, RN, DNP, MBA, Panel B Vice Chair
Nursing Administrator | Term Expires: July 1, 2025 - Nichele Bratton, LPN. Panel B Chair
LPN Member | Term: July 1, 2025 - Aecian Pendleton, RN
Home Health | Term Expires: July 1, 2026
Nurse Aide Advisory Committee
- Danielle C DiValerio, NAAC Chair
Home Health | Term Expires: August 31, 2026 - Genya V. Gutierrez
CNA Representative | Term Expires: August 31, 2027 - Victoria Harris, NAAC Vice Chair
Nursing Facility, CNA Supervisor | Term Expires: April 30, 2024 - Jana Mussemann-Moore
Public Member | Term Expires: August 31, 2026 - Apollonia Williams
Nursing Facility | Term Expires: April 30, 2024 - Vacant
Public Member | Term Expires: August 31, 2025 - Nadra Gibson
CDPHE Representative | Term Expires: January 1, 2024
- Bernard Joseph Franta, DNP, MSN, RN, ANP (FNP-BC), RXN, Board President
- Public Notices
Stakeholder Meeting – November 13, 2023
The Board of Nursing held a Stakeholder Meeting on November 13, 2023, for the Board to receive feedback on new rules and revisions (opens in new window)(opens in new window) to multiple Board rules to implement Colorado Senate Bill 23-167 (opens in new window)(opens in new window) CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF CERTIFIED MIDWIVES BY THE STATE BOARD OF NURSING, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
- Stakeholder Meeting Notice(opens in new window) (opens in new window)
- Draft Rules (opens in new window)(opens in new window)
- Written Comments (opens in new window)(opens in new window) (Link will be updated as comments are received.)
- Recording - Stakeholder Meeting - October 6, 2023
- Recording - Stakeholder Meeting - November 13, 2023
Permanent and Emergency Rulemaking Hearing Notice – September 20, 2023
The Colorado Board of Nursing held a Permanent and Emergency Rulemaking Hearing to consider adopting a new Rule 1.35 (RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING GENERALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS OF NURSING PRACTICE REGARDING PREGNANCY-RELATED SERVICES) to implement Colorado Senate Bill 23-190(opens in new window) (Concerning Policies to Make Punishable Deceptive Actions Regarding Pregnancy-Related Services).
- Adopted Rule 1.35 - Effective October 1, 2023
- Written Comments(opens in new window) (Link will be updated as comments are received.)
- Stakeholder Meeting Recordings:
Proposed NLC Rulemaking
Joint Stakeholder Meeting - Opioid Guidelines - July 17, 2023
The Colorado State Board of Pharmacy, Colorado Dental Board, Colorado Medical Board, Colorado State Board of Nursing, Colorado State Board of Optometry, Colorado Podiatry Board, and Colorado State Board of Veterinary Medicine are holding a virtual Stakeholder Meeting on July 17, 2023, for stakeholders to provide feedback regarding Colorado’s Guidelines for the Safe Prescribing and Dispensing of Opioids as these guidelines relate to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain.
- Stakeholder Meeting notice: Monday, July 17, 2023, at 12:30 p.m.
- Stakeholder Written Comments (Link will be updated weekly as comments are received.)
- Stakeholder Meeting Recording
- Legislative Updates
- 2023 New Legislation
- 2022 New Legislation
- HB22-1041: Privacy Protections For Protected Persons
- HB22-1098: Department Of Regulatory Agencies Barriers To Practice Regulated Professions
- HB22-1165: Rule Review Bill
- HB22-1240 Mandatory Reporters
- HB22-1267 Culturally Relevant Training Health Professionals
- HB22-1270: Change Term Name-based Criminal History Record Check
- HB22-1257: 2022 Criminal And Juvenile Justice Commission Recommendations
- HB22-1270: Change Term Name-based Criminal History Record Check
- HB22-1278: Behavioral Health Administration
- HB22-1291: Sunrise Review Professions Occupations
- HB22-1298: HB22-1298 Fee Relief Nurses Nurse Aides And Technicians
- HB22-1309: Hospital Dispense Drugs To Sexual Assault Victims
- SB22-003: Community College Nursing Bachelor Degree Eligibility
- SB22-013: Boards and Commissions
- SB22-027: Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- SB22-076: Complaint Occupational License Official Acts
- SB22-116: Increase Occupational Credential Portability
- SB22-143: Update Common Provision Term Regulator Title 12
- SB22-162: Administration Organization Act Modernization
- SB22-174: Sunset Review Hearing Criteria
- SB22-226: Programs To Support Health-care Workforce
- 2021 New Legislation
- HB21-1012: Expand Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- HB21-1021: Peer Support Professionals Behavioral Health
- HB21-1068: Insurance Coverage Mental Health Wellness Exam
- HB21-1119: Suicide Prevention, Intervention, & Postvention
- HB 21-1123: CAPS Check for Substantiated Cases of Mistreatment of an At-Risk Adult
- HB21-1130: Expand Transition Specialist Program
- HB21-1143: Protect Survivors' Rights To Rape Kit Evidence
- HB21-1169: Prohibit Discrimination Organ Transplant Recipient
- HB21-1198: Healthcare Billing Requirements for Indigent Patients
- HB21-1232: Standardized Health Benefit Plan Colorado Option
- HB21-1276 Prevention of Substance Use Disorders
- HB21-1297: Pharmacy Benefit Manager and Insurer Requirements
- HB21-1300: Health-care Provider Liens for Injured Persons
- HB21-1307: Prescription Insulin Pricing And Access
- HB21:1317: Regulating Marijuana Concentrates
- SB21-009: Reproductive Health Care Program
- SB21-011: Pharmacist Prescribe Dispense Opiate Antagonist
- SB21-016: Protecting Preventive Health Care Coverage
- SB21-056 Expand Cannabis-based Medicine At Schools
- SB21-077: Remove Lawful Presence Verification Credentialing
- SB21-094: Sunset Continue State Board of Pharmacy
- SB21-097: Sunset Medical Transparency Act
- SB21-098: Sunset Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
- SB21-122: Opiate Antagonist Bulk Purchase And Standing Orders
- SB21-142: Health Care Access In Cases Of Rape Or Incest
- SB21-193: Protection of Pregnant People In Perinatal Period
- SB21-194: Maternal Health Providers
- SB21-195: Notarization of Certain Probate Documents
- SB21-271: Misdemeanor Reform
- SB21-292: Federal COVID Funding for Victim's Services
- 2020 New Legislation
- Meeting Minutes
Full Board Meeting Minutes
- September 20, 2023, Nursing Board Meeting Minutes
- April 19, 2023, Nursing Boarding Meeting Minutes
- January 25, 2023, Nursing Board Meeting Minutes
Panel A Meeting Minutes
- October 24, 2023, Nursing Panel A Meeting Minutes
- September 26, 2023, Nursing Panel A Meeting Minutes
- August 22, 2023, Nursing Panel A Meeting Minutes
Panel B Meeting Minutes
- October 26, 2023, Nursing Panel B Meeting Minutes
- September 27, 2023, Nursing Panel B Meeting Minutes
- August 23, 2023, Nursing Panel B Meeting Minutes
Nurse Aide Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes