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Adopted Rules

Adopted Rules Effective July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

Rule 7: Closure of Claims and Petitions to Reopen (Effective July 1, 2024)
Rule 16: Utilization Standards (Effective January 1, 2025)
Rule 17, Exhibit 4: Medical Treatment Guidelines Shoulder Injury (Effective January 1, 2025)
Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2025)
- Rule 18, Exhibit 1 (Effective January 1, 2025)
- Rule 18, Exhibit 2 (Effective January 1, 2025)
- Rule 18, Exhibit 3 (Effective January 1, 2025)
- Rule 18, Exhibit 4 (Effective January 1, 2025)

Previously Adopted Rules

Rule 9: Dispute Resolution (Effective January 1, 2024)
Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2024)
- Exhibit 1 (Effective January 1, 2024)
- Exhibit 2 (Effective January 1, 2024)
- Exhibit 3 (Effective January 1, 2024)
- Exhibit 4 (Effective January 1, 2024)

Rule 2-4: Surcharge Rates (Effective July 1, 2022)
Rule 3-6: Insurance Coverage (Effective August 10, 2022)
Emergency Rule 5: Claims Adjusting Requirements (Effective August 10, 2022 - December 6, 2022)
Emergency Rule 5: Claims Adjusting Requirements (Effective December 6, 2022 - March 29, 2023)
Rule 5: Claims Adjusting Requirements (Effective March 30, 2023)
Emergency Rule 11: Division Independent Medical Examination (Effective January 1, 2023 - March 1, 2023)
Rule 11: Division Independent Medical Examination (Effective March 2, 2023)
Rule 16: Utilization Standards (Effective January 1, 2023)
Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2023)
- Exhibit 1 (Effective January 1, 2023)
- Exhibit 2 (Effective January 1, 2023)
- Exhibit 3 (Effective January 1, 2023)
- Exhibit 4 (Effective January 1, 2023)

Rule 2-4: Surcharge Rate (Effective July 1, 2021)
Rule 3: Insurance Coverage (Effective January 1, 2022)
Rule 5: Claims Adjusting Requirements (Effective July 1, 2021)
Rule 5-6: Claims Adjusting Requirements (Effective September 7, 2021, through December 31, 2021)
Rule 5-6: Claims Adjusting Requirements (Effective January 1, 2022)
Rule 6: Modification, Termination, or Suspension of Temporary Disability Benefits (Effective July 1, 2021)
Rule 7: Closure of Claims and Petitions to Reopen (Effective July 1, 2021)
Rule 18-7: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective September 7, 2021, through December 31, 2021)
Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2022)
- Exhibit 1 (Effective January 1, 2022)
- Exhibit 2 (Effective January 1, 2022)
- Exhibit 3 (Effective January 1, 2022)
- Clarifications Regarding Rule 18-2(D) and Rule 18-6(A)(4)

Rule 2: Workers' Compensation Insurance Premium and Payroll Surcharges (Effective July 1, 2020)
Rule 4: Carrier Compliance (Effective April 30, 2021)
Rule 16: Utilization Standards (Effective January 1, 2021)
Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2021)
- Exhibit 1 (Effective January 1, 2021)
- Exhibit 2 (Effective January 1, 2021)
- Exhibit 3 (Effective January 1, 2021)
Rules 18-3 and 18-4: Telemedicine (Effective October 15, 2020)

Emergency Rules (Effective June 15, 2020, through October 13, 2020)
Rule 2: Workers' Compensation Insurance Premium and Payroll Surcharges (Effective July 1, 2019)
Rule 5: Claims Adjusting Requirements (Effective November 30, 2019)
Rule 8: Authorized Treating Physician (Effective July 15, 2019)
Rule 9: Division of Workers' Compensation Dispute Resolution (Effective July 15, 2019)
Rule 11: Division Independent Medical Examination (Effective July 15, 2019)
Rule 16: Utilization Standards (Effective January 1, 2020)
Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective January 1, 2020)
- 2020 Exhibits to Medical Fee Schedule
- Rule 18-7(H): (Effective April 30, 2020)
- Rule 18: Medical Fee Schedule (Effective April 30, 2020)

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

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

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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