Section 5-19-206.7 - Remote work authorized - definition(1) Subject to rules adopted by the administrator, nothing in this part 2 prohibits a registered provider from permitting its employees to work from a remote location so long as the registered provider: (a) Ensures that no in-person customer interactions are conducted at the remote location and does not designate the remote location to consumers as a business location;(b) Maintains appropriate safeguards for registered provider and consumer data, information, and records, including the use of secure virtual private networks, also known as "VPNs", where appropriate;(c) Employs appropriate risk-based monitoring and oversight processes of work performed from a remote location and maintains records of the monitoring and oversight processes;(d) Ensures consumer information and records are not maintained at a remote location;(e) Ensures consumer and registered provider information and records remain accessible and available for regulatory oversight and examination; and(f) Provides appropriate employee training to ensure employees working from a remote location keep all conversations about and with consumers that are conducted from the remote location confidential, as if conducted from a commercial location, and to ensure that employees working at a remote location work in an environment that is conducive and appropriate to ensuring privacy and confidential conversations.(2) As used in this section, "remote location" means a private residence of an employee of a registered provider or another location selected by the employee and approved by the registered provider.Added by 2023 Ch. 360,§ 13, eff. 8/7/2023.2023 Ch. 360, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).