Direct Entry Midwife, Medication Authority and Intravenous Authority Renewal 2012

Direct Entry Midwives (MWR), Midwife Medication Authority (MWM) and Midwife Intravenous Authority (MIV) expire on November 30, 2012 and it is now time to renew your license to keep it in a current status until November 30, 2013. To renew your registration, please follow the below steps:

Note: Before moving forward you must complete your 2012 Colorado Midwifery Registration Statistical Survey requirement. This requirement is required of all Direct Entry Midwife registrations in Active status. Please read the below section titled Additional Renewal Requirements to determine the required items. If you have not yet completed your Survey, please click here prior to accessing the Online Renewal System.

Be Prepared! Gather needed documents or information, and set aside at least a half hour of fairly relaxed and uninterrupted time to focus on your renewal. After reading all the steps detailed below, click on the link at the bottom of this page entitled "Click here to go directly to online renewal." Please print this page and use it as a reference while you are renewing your registration.

1. Online Services: Our new Online Services system was implemented July, 1, 2012 and all users must register a new account. From this account, you can update your contact information, obtain information about your registration and complete the renewal of your registration.

• Click "Register" at www.colorado.gov/dora/licensing/Default.aspx to create your new online account.
• You will be asked to enter your social security number and last name. The User ID field will be populated with the User ID that is assigned to you. Please write down this User ID for use in the future.
• Next, create and write down your password and create the security questions. You may select from the optional security questions provided in the dropdown that will best suit your memory. These questions are used in the event that you forget your password in the future.
• Enter the security code provided and click "Create Account."

2. Verify Email Address: To complete the registration of your account, you may have to verify your email address.

• Once you are logged in, click on "Generate Email,", an email will be sent to the email address shown on the screen.
• Go to your personal email account, open the email that was just sent to you from our system, it will come from NoReply@dora.state.co.us (be sure and check your spam folder if you do not see it in your inbox.)
• Open the email you just received and click on the address link in the email (or copy and paste it into your address bar/web browser). This will take you back to our system which will validate your email.

3. Update Contact Information: After your email is validated, you can update your address of record. This is the address where you registration will be mailed.

• On the left side click on "Update Your Contact Information," click "Continue," enter your new address and when done click on "Finish."

4. Affidavit of Eligibility: You will need your government issued identification for this step, e.g. driver's license, passport, ID Card, etc.

• On the left side click on "Affidavit of Eligibility" click on "Start" or "Continue."
• Enter the requested information, click on "Next" to move to each next screen.
• When done, click on "Finish.". By clicking on "Finish," your Affidavit is submitted to the Division. You will not receive a message stating this is complete. (You can also click on "Close and Save" to keep your changes and come back at a later time. The Affidavit will not be submitted until you click on "Finish.")

5. Renew Your Registration(s): When you have finished all of the steps above, you will then complete the Renewal Attestation (found in the "Complete License Renewal" button).

• On the left side, click on "Complete License Renewal." (If you haven't completed all of the steps above, you will receive an error message. If you receive an error message, please follow the prompts to complete any outstanding steps and then return to "Complete License Renewal.")
• Click on "Start" or "Continue" by the appropriate license type. Read the attestation and click next.
• When you have completed all renewal steps, click on "Add to Invoice" at the bottom of the screen.
• If you have additional license types, return to "Complete License Renewal."
  • Click on "Continue" next to the appropriate license type.
  • Follow the prompts for each license type that you are renewing.
  • Once all the required forms are complete, click on "Add to Invoice." Follow this procedure until all license types being renewed are "Added to Invoice."

6. Pay Invoice: After you have completed the renewal steps for all license types and added each license type to be renewed to the invoice, you will be able to pay for your renewal. At this point, two red buttons "Pay Invoice" and "Print Invoice" will appear on the right side of the screen.

• Click on the "Pay Invoice" button. (If you want a copy of your invoice, click on "Print Invoice" before you click proceed to pay. You will also have an opportunity later to print or send an email receipt to yourself.)
• You will pay for your renewal using our secure payment system. You must pay by Credit Card (Visa, Master Card, Discover, American Express), by Debit Card (as long as it bears the Visa or Master Card logo) or by Electronic Check (eCheck) by using your bank routing number and checking account number.
• After entering your credit card/eCheck information and clicking "Continue" you will enter the appropriate billing information. IF YOU ENTER AN EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU WILL BE SENT AN EMAIL RECEIPT OF YOUR TRANSACTION. Make sure to complete all required fields and click "Continue." Note: The required fields are designated by a blue line.
• You will then be able to review/verify your payment information on the following screen. If you need to make any changes/updates you can click the "edit" button in the corresponding section. If all information is correct, click the "Agree/Continue" button at the bottom of the page to complete the transaction.
• Once complete, you will see a confirmation page. You can print this page for your records. If you entered your email address in the payment billing section, you will receive a receipt by email (be sure that the email address, support@www.colorado.gov, is added to your approved senders list to receive email confirmation; also check your spam folders). This will complete your transaction.

MPORTANT: You must confirm that payment was received for your renewal to be complete. You will receive a confirmation email from the payment system or check your account for a new expiration date in the "Current Information" tab. If your dates did not update, return to the "cart" in the upper right hand corner of your account to complete payment. Your license is not renewed until payment is complete. You must reinstate if you exceed the 60 day grace period.

You will receive your renewed wallet license card by mail within approximately 7-10 days. To verify your new expiration date, you can select the "My User Information" tab.

If you experience technical issues when renewing online, please email the System Support Unit at the following address: dora_dpo_onlinelicenses@state.co.us or call 303-894-2421.

2012 Colorado Midwifery Registration Statistical Survey: You must complete the Statistical Survey, prior to moving forward to renew your license. Please click here to access the Statistical Survey. You will Attest that you have completed this survey before you will be able to renew your license. Important note: Failure to complete the Statistical Survey could result in your registration becoming Expired.

You must renew your Midwife Medication and/or Midwife Intravenous Authorities (if applicable) to maintain your Authority. Renewing your Direct Entry midwife registration will not automatically renew your Authorities (if applicable). Please review Step 5 and ensure you have followed the additional items indicated to renew your authorities.

PLEASE NOTE:  Wallet cards/licenses are not issued for Authorities. You may print the confirmation page at the end of the renewal process for each Authority, and you may also verify your Authority on-line at our Online Services Verification Site by clicking here. Authority information may be accessed with your name or the Authority identification number.

The online renewal system will assist you in assuring that your Direct Entry Midwife registration and any Authorities are properly renewed.  For general questions regarding the renewal process, please call 303-894-2421.

Healthcare Professions Profile: The Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act of 2010, section 24-34-110(2)(II), C.R.S., ". . . provides transparency to the public regarding the competency of persons engaged in the practice of certain health care professions in this state to assist citizens in making informed health care decisions." The Healthcare Professions Profiling Program ("HPPP") was created to implement the Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act of 2010. This Act expanded the Physician Profile program (Senate Bill 10-124) to 23 professions which are now required to create and maintain Healthcare Profiles that are viewable by the public. Applicants and licensees from these healthcare professions who submit an application for an initial license, license reinstatement, reactivation, or renewal in Active or Retired status are required to disclose specific information that can be accessed by the public. BY LAW, a license in these 23 healthcare professions CANNOT be renewed in Active or Retired status unless the licensed professional complies with the profile requirements. After creating Healthcare Profiles, licensees and applicants are required to submit backup documentation for specific "Yes" answers, e.g. disciplinary actions, surrender of DEA registration, criminal convictions, malpractice refusals, etc.

Licensees are further required to update their Healthcare Profile anytime there is a change and/or a reportable event. Within 30 days of a change and/or a reportable event, please log in to the Healthcare Professions Profiling system and submit an update to your Healthcare Profile. As a Licensee, it is your responsibility to ensure that you are in compliance with this requirement. For more information on requirements and to view statutes, rules and policies, visit the HPPP website at www.dora.colorado.gov/professions/hppp.

To review and update your profile now, please click here.

If you serve(d) in the military and were called to federally funded active duty for more than 120 days that occurred or will occur during your current license renewal period, click here to learn more about House Bill 11-1013.

During the licensing process, the Division asked whether you have ever been disciplined in any state, arrested, charged, convicted or pled guilty to a crime. After initial licensure, all registrants have a duty to report subsequent felony convictions and disciplinary actions. Some must also report misdemeanors related to the specific practice. Failure to disclose could constitute grounds alone for revocation of your registration.

Licensure is a privilege, not a right. In order to obtain and retain the privilege, you must be completely honest. The Division conducts audits of its licensing database against several criminal and national disciplinary databases, which allows the Division to track subsequent criminal conduct and disciplinary actions after initial licensure.

An arrest, disciplinary action or subsequent criminal conviction does not mean an automatic revocation of your registration. The board or program will look at the facts surrounding the criminal conduct and disciplinary action to determine whether you are still fit for licensure. Your registration will not necessarily be revoked if you have been disciplined, arrested, charged or convicted, but your registration will most likely be revoked if you fail to disclose it.

To read the current issue of the 2012 Office of Direct-Entry Midwifery Registration Newsletter that includes detailed information about the program and more... Click here.

If you are finished reading the above instructions you may want to print this page before you begin the online renewal process. Now click here to go directly to online renewal.