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.