Workers' Compensation Proposed and Adopted Rules

Notices of Rule Hearings

• Rule 2: Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premium and Payroll Surcharges (Link)
• Rule 8: Authorized Treating Physician (Link)
• Rule 9: Dispute Resolution (Link)
• Rule 11-4(B)(5): Exchange of medical records packet (Link)

Proposed Rules

• Rule 2: Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premium and Payroll Surcharges
• Rule 8: Authorized Treating Physician
• Rule 9: Dispute Resolution
• Rule 11-4(B)(5): Exchange of medical records packet
• Colorado Uninsured Employer Fund

Adopted Rules Effective July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019

• Rule 2: Workers’ Compensation Insurance Premium and Payroll Surcharges (Effective July 1, 2018)
• Rule 7-3: Life Expectancy Table (Effective July 1, 2018)
• Rule 11: Division Independent Medical Examination (Effective January 1, 2019)
• Rule 16: Utilization Standards (Effective January 1, 2019)
• Rule 17, Exhibit 2: Traumatic Brain Injury (Effective January 30, 2019)
• Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2019)
  • 2019 Exhibits to Medical Fee Schedule
  • Excel 2019 CO WC Medical Fee Schedule
• Colorado Uninsured Employer Fund

Adopted Rules Effective July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018

• Rule 2-5: Surcharge Rate (Effective July 1, 2017)
• Rule 13: Accreditation of Physicians (Effective January 1, 2018)
• Rule 16: Utilization Standards (Effective January 1, 2018)
• Rule 17, Exhibit 7: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Effective November 30, 2017)
• Rule 17, Exhibit 9: Chronic Pain Disorder (Effective November 30, 2017)
• Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2018)
  • 2018 Exhibits to Medical Fee Schedule
  • Interpretive Bulletins - Excel 2018 CO WC Medical Fee Schedule

Adopted Rules Effective July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017

• Rule 17 Exhibit 5 Cumulative Trauma Conditions (Effective March 2, 2017)
• Rule 16: Utilization Standards (Effective January 1, 2017)
• Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2017)
  • 2017 Exhibits to Medical Fee Schedule
• 2017 Colorado Workers' Compensation Resource Based Relative Value Scale Professional Fee Schedule
• Rules 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (Effective September 14, 2016)
• Rule 2-5: Surcharge Rate (Effective July 1, 2016)

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