If any licensee, in violation of section 12-240-132, divides or agrees to divide any fee or compensation received by the licensee for services rendered in his or her professional capacity with any person whomsoever, the person who has paid the fee or compensation to the licensee may recover the amount unlawfully paid or agreed to be paid from either the licensee or from the person to whom the fee or compensation has been paid, by an action to be instituted within two years from the date on which the fee or compensation was so divided or agreed to be divided.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1210, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-36-126 as it existed prior to 2019.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Article 240 - Medical Practice
§ 12-240-102. Legislative Declaration
§ 12-240-103. Applicability of Common Provisions
§ 12-240-105. Colorado Medical Board - Immunity - Subject to Review - Repeal of Article
§ 12-240-106. Powers and Duties of Board - Limitation on Authority - Rules
§ 12-240-109. Child Health Associates - Scope of Practice
§ 12-240-110. Qualifications for Licensure
§ 12-240-111. Distinguished Foreign Teaching Physician License - Qualifications - Rules
§ 12-240-112. Anesthesiologist Assistant License - Qualifications
§ 12-240-113. Physician Assistant License - Qualifications
§ 12-240-114. Foreign Medical School Graduates - Degree Equivalence
§ 12-240-114.5. Physician Assistants - Supervisory Requirements - Liability - Definitions
§ 12-240-115. Applications for License
§ 12-240-117. Issuance of Licenses - Prior Practice Prohibited
§ 12-240-118. Pro Bono License - Qualifications - Reduced Fee - Rules
§ 12-240-120. Refusal of License - Issuance Subject to Probation
§ 12-240-121. Unprofessional Conduct - Definitions
§ 12-240-122. Prescriptions - Requirement to Advise Patients
§ 12-240-123. Prescriptions - Limitations
§ 12-240-124. Prescribing Opiate Antagonists
§ 12-240-125. Disciplinary Action by Board - Rules
§ 12-240-126. Confidential Agreements to Limit Practice
§ 12-240-127. Appeal of Final Board Actions
§ 12-240-128. Physician Training Licenses
§ 12-240-129. Intern, Resident, or Fellow Reporting
§ 12-240-130. Renewal, Reinstatement, Delinquency - Fees - Questionnaire
§ 12-240-131. Peer Health Assistance Program
§ 12-240-132. Division of Fees - Independent Advertising or Marketing Agent - Definition
§ 12-240-133. Recovery of Fees Illegally Paid
§ 12-240-134. Liability of Persons Other Than Licensee
§ 12-240-134. Liability of Persons Other Than Licensee
§ 12-240-135. Unauthorized Practice - Penalties - Injunctive Relief
§ 12-240-136. Existing Licenses
§ 12-240-137. Postmortem Examinations by Licensee - Definition - Application of This Section
§ 12-240-140. Determination of Death
§ 12-240-141. Inactive License
§ 12-240-143. Medical Marijuana Recommendations - Guidelines
§ 12-240-144. Licensee Duties Relating to Assistance Animals - Definitions
§ 12-240-145. Prescription Medications - Financial Benefit for Prescribing Prohibited