Local Government-sponsored Youth Athletic Activity Requirements

C.R.S. tit. 29, art. 7.1

in effect

C.R.S. § 29-7.1-101 Definitions

29-7.1-101. Definitions. As used in this article 7.1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Coach" means a person employed or volunteering as a coach, manager, or supervisor of a youth athletic activity but does not include occasional assistance with or support of the youth athletic activity by a person, including the action of other volunteers or employees of the local government in a passing, general, or nominal manner. (2) "Local government" has the same meaning as set forth in section 29-1-102. (3) "Youth athletic activity" means an organized athletic activity in which the majority of the participants are less than eighteen years of age and are engaging in an organized athletic game, competition, or training program. "Youth athletic activity" does not include travel or trips not organized or supervised by the local government.

C.R.S. § 29-7.1-102 Organized youth athletic activities - code of conduct

29-7.1-102. Organized youth athletic activities - code of conduct. (1) (a) Each local government shall make available a prohibited conduct policy relating to youth athletic activities. (b) The prohibited conduct policy must include: (I) A list of prohibited conduct by parents, spectators, coaches, and athletes and a mandatory reporting policy for adults who have knowledge of an act of prohibited conduct; and (II) A code of conduct for parents, spectators, coaches, and athletes to follow; (c) A local government may adopt the model code of conduct policy made available by the department pursuant to section 26.5-1-117. (2) Each local government shall require each of its coaches to comply with the prohibited conduct policy created pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section.

C.R.S. § 29-7.1-103 Criminal history record check for paid coaches

29-7.1-103. Criminal history record check for paid coaches. (1) (a) Prior to the employment of any person as a coach of a youth athletic activity by a local government, the local government shall require a criminal history record check of the person by a private entity regulated as a consumer reporting agency pursuant to 15 U.S.C. sec. 1681, et seq., that discloses, at a minimum, sexual offenses and felony convictions and includes a social security number trace and a search of the Colorado judicial public records access system. (b) The criminal history record check must ascertain whether the person being investigated has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or has received a deferred sentence or deferred prosecution for felony child abuse as specified in section 18-6-401; a felony offense involving unlawful sexual behavior, as defined in section 16-22-102 (9); or a comparable offense committed in any other state. (2) A person who has been convicted of, pled nolo contendere to, or received a deferred sentence or deferred prosecution for felony child abuse as specified in section 18-6-401; a felony offense involving unlawful sexual behavior, as defined in section 16-22-102; or a offense committed in any other state is disqualified from employment as a coach of a youth athletic activity.

C.R.S. § 29-7.1-104 Criminal history record checks - fees - reliance - not an open record

29-7.1-104. Criminal history record checks - fees - reliance - not an open record. (1) A local government may charge a person any fees for the criminal history record check required by this article 7.1. (2) This article 7.1 does not require a second or subsequent criminal history record check for a coach who has had a criminal history record check prior to August 7, 2024. (3) A local government may rely on the results of the criminal history record check when making hiring and employment decisions and is immune from civil liability unless the local government knows the information is false or acts with reckless disregard concerning the veracity of such information. (4) Any information received by a local government on the criminal history record check for a coach as required by this article 7.1 is not subject to the provisions of part 2 of article 72 of title 24.

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