CO SB081

Changes terminology from "certification" to "licensure" throughout Colorado law for emergency medical service providers, including paramedics and emergency medical technicians.

Requires emergency medical service provider license applicants to comply with the "Michael Skilnik Medical Transparency Act of 2010" when applying for new licenses or renewing, reinstating, or reactivating existing licenses.

Modifies criminal history record check requirements, making federal fingerprint-based background checks mandatory for all license applicants rather than only those with reasonable cause.

Makes conforming amendments across 26 sections of Colorado Revised Statutes to align terminology and references with the shift from certification to licensure.

Takes effect August 8, 2018, unless subject to a referendum petition, in which case it would require voter approval at the November 2018 general election.