🏥 Long-Term Care / Assisted Living / Group Home · Colorado

Colorado: what a medical director of a long-term care / assisted living / group home must do

Whether Colorado requires a physician medical director for a long-term care / assisted living / group home, the qualifications you need, and the duties the rule assigns.

Medical directorMedical director required
Title in the ruleMedical Director
Research date2026-08-20

Qualifications

A physician, retained by the facility under a written agreement.

Duties the rule assigns

  • Act as liaison between the facility and admitting physicians on physician services, orders, and staff requests
  • Consult on development and implementation of resident care policies
  • Establish standards governing the conduct of physicians admitting residents
  • Consult on emergency-care procedures when a resident's own practitioner is unavailable
  • Review accidents and hazards
  • Participate in the pharmaceutical advisory committee
  • Participate in the psychotropic medication review committee
  • Chair or co-chair the required quality management committee

Notes

Confirmed for licensed nursing care facilities specifically (6 CCR 1011-1, Ch. 5, § 5-8) — the medical director must visit in person at least once every 3 months, not maintain ongoing physical presence. Colorado's separate assisted living residence rules (Ch. 7) list only an Administrator among required leadership roles — no 'Medical Director' section was found there, so don't assume this extends to ALFs.

Sources (1)

Every agreement Colorado names · Long-Term Care / Assisted Living / Group Home in other states