C.R.S. Section 8-2-118
Cost of medical examination

  • employer and employee defined

(1)

It is unlawful for any employer, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, to require any employee or applicant for employment to pay the cost of a medical examination or the cost of furnishing any records required by the employer as a condition of employment, except those records necessary to support the applicant’s statements in the application for employment.

(2)

“Employer”, as used in this section, means an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, a legal representative, trustee, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, and any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air, or express company doing business in or operating within the state.

(3)

“Employee”, as used in this section, means every person who may be permitted, required, or directed by any employer, as defined in subsection (2) of this section, in consideration of direct or indirect gain or profit, to engage in any employment.

(4)

Any employer who violates the provisions of this section is liable to a penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for each violation. It is the duty of the director of the division of labor standards and statistics to enforce this section.

(5)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The director of the division of labor standards and statistics shall enforce this section as it applies to an individual, a partnership, an association, a corporation, or a legal representative, trustee, receiver, or trustee in bankruptcy doing business in or operating within the state.

(b)

The public utilities commission shall enforce this section as it applies to any common carrier by rail, motor, water, air, or express company doing business in or operating within the state.

(c)

Nothing in this subsection (5) shall be construed as applying to irrigation ditch and water companies.

Source: Section 8-2-118 — Cost of medical examination - employer and employee defined, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-08.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

8‑2‑101
Combination of employees for peaceable objects lawful
8‑2‑102
Coercion of employees unlawful
8‑2‑103
Penalty for coercing employees
8‑2‑104
Obtaining workmen by misrepresentation unlawful
8‑2‑105
Penalty
8‑2‑106
Armed guards - when lawful
8‑2‑107
Workman engaged by false representations to recover damages
8‑2‑108
Unlawful for employer to prevent employees participating in politics
8‑2‑109
Rights of person charged with contempt
8‑2‑110
Unlawful to publish blacklist
8‑2‑111
Penalty for blacklisting
8‑2‑111.5
Certain employment references - exception to blacklisting prohibition
8‑2‑111.6
Health-care employers - immunity from civil liability - requirements - exception to blacklisting prohibition - legislative declaration
8‑2‑111.7
Employees working with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities - immunity from civil liability - requirements - exception to blacklisting prohibition - legislative declaration - definitions
8‑2‑112
Unlawful to publish notice of boycott
8‑2‑113
Unlawful to intimidate worker - agreement not to compete - prohibition - exceptions - notice - definitions
8‑2‑114
Immunity from civil liability for employer disclosing information - employer shall not maintain blacklist - credit lists excepted
8‑2‑118
Cost of medical examination - employer and employee defined
8‑2‑119
Awards of back pay - deduction of unemployment compensation
8‑2‑120
Residency requirements prohibited for public employment - legislative declaration - definitions
8‑2‑122
Employment verification requirements - audits - fine for fraudulent documents - cash fund created - definitions
8‑2‑123
Health-care workers - retaliation prohibited - definitions
8‑2‑124
Electronic verification program - availability - notice to employers - definitions
8‑2‑125
Identification of workers engaged in off-site work - permissible forms of identification - exceptions - definitions
8‑2‑126
Employer use of consumer credit information - violation - short title - definitions
8‑2‑127
Prohibitions of employer - requiring access to personal electronic communication devices - definitions - rules
8‑2‑128
Prohibitions of employer - requiring social security number - exceptions
8‑2‑129
Access to personnel files and records - definitions - exemptions
8‑2‑130
Criminal history - limits on advertisements and applications - exceptions - enforcement - rules - short title - definitions
8‑2‑131
Age of job applicants - limits on applications - exceptions - enforcement - rules - short title - definitions
8‑2‑201
Damages - fellow servant rule abolished - limitation on admission of criminal history
8‑2‑202
Damages in case of death - limit
8‑2‑203
Who may sue - consolidation of actions
8‑2‑204
Limitation of actions - limit of damages
8‑2‑205
Assumption of risk abolished
8‑2‑206
Agricultural employers - agricultural employees - violations - penalties - definitions
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 8-2-118’s source at colorado​.gov