State Laws for Ministers
Colorado

Marriage The Universal Ministries provide more than simply Marriage laws in our pages. Each State has laws of Minister’s age that vary, yet none allow underage people to perform a wedding. We include your ability in Regulation and Exemptions to be the Full Minister. As a Minister you are also covered by many regulations in Colorado allowing you to provide Marriage Counseling in Colorado, Wedding Counseling in Colorado, Family counseling in Colorado, Family Therapy in Colorado, Massage Licensing in Colorado, spiritual Healing in Colorado, Faith Healing in Colorado. Yes several sites will offer you How to become Ordained in Colorado, but neglect your Rights to Counseling for example. When you Become Ordained online in Colorado or get ordained online in Colorado it offer so much more with Universal Ministries. We all look for bargains online and often the best bargain is not a free promotion, but the one that provides the Legal authorities included in a Credential package so you don’t later find yourself without acceptable proof when needed. We live in a world controlled by the laws of man so we need to know them that our services are legal and valid. So how much does it cost to get Ordained in Colorado? When you get ordained online in Colorado by the Universal Ministries it is not handled by computers that simply record information and use auto responders. Several States have argued this is Not a Real Ordination or authority. The Universal Ministries simply transfers your information to our office where real people Ordained, register you in our Permanent Registry, Read your name in request in our Chapel for God’s Blessing upon you and then send notice of your Legal authority in God and Law. To us this is how to become a wedding officiant in Colorado or Minister in the simplest form. So if you are ready get your Marriage officiant License in Colorado by following our links to success. 14-2-104. Formalities. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, a marriage is valid in this state if: (a) It is licensed, solemnized, and registered as provided in this part 1; and (b) It is only between one man and one woman. Under US supreme court ruling Colorado like all States must allow marriage between same sexcouples allowing they meet the additional criteria of State regulations as allowed in US Law. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 14-2-112, any marriage contracted within or outside this state that does not satisfy paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall not be recognized as valid in this state.

14-2-109. Solemnization and registration. (1) A marriage may be solemnized by a judge of a court, by a court magistrate, by a retired judge of a court, by a public official whose powers include solemnization of marriages, by the parties to the marriage, or in accordance with any mode of solemnization recognized by any religious denomination or Indian nation or tribe. Either the person solemnizing the marriage or, if no individual acting alone solemnized the marriage, a party to the marriage shall complete the marriage certificate form and forward it to the county clerk and recorder within sixty days after the solemnization. Any person who fails to forward the marriage certificate to the county clerk and recorder as required by this section shall be required to pay a late fee in an amount of not less than twenty dollars. An additional five-dollar late fee may be assessed for each additional day of failure to comply with the forwarding requirements of this subsection (1) up to a maximum of fifty dollars. For purposes of determining whether a late fee shall be assessed pursuant to this subsection (1), the date of forwarding shall be deemed to be the date of postmark. (2) If a party to a marriage is unable to be present at the solemnization, such party may authorize in writing a third person to act as such party's proxy. If the person solemnizing the marriage is satisfied that the absent party is unable to be present and has consented to the marriage, such person may solemnize the marriage by proxy. If such person is not satisfied, the parties may petition the district court for an order permitting the marriage to be solemnized by proxy. (3) Upon receipt of the marriage certificate, the county clerk and recorder shall register the marriage.

Counseling/healing 12-36-106. Practice of medicine defined - exemptions from licensing requirements (g) The practice of religious worship;

ARTICLE 42 PSYCHIATRIC TECHNICIANS 12-42-117. Religious exclusions. No provision of this article shall be construed as applying to any sanitarium, nursing home, or rest home conducted in accordance with the practice of the tenets of any religious denomination in which persons of good faith rely solely upon spiritual means or prayer in the free exercise of religion to prevent or cure disease.

ARTICLE 43 MENTAL HEALTH 12-43-215. exemptions. (1) Any person engaged in the practice of religious ministry shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this article; except that such person shall not hold himself or herself out to the public by any title incorporating the terms "psychologist", "social worker", "licensed social worker", "LSW", "licensed clinical social worker", "clinical social worker", "LCSW", "licensed marriage and family therapist", "LMFT", "licensed professional counselor", or "LPC" unless that person has been licensed pursuant to this article.

12-43-503. Marriage and family therapy practice defined. (1) For the purposes of this part 5, "marriage and family therapy practice" means the rendering of professional marriage and family therapy services to individuals, couples, and families, singly or in groups, whether such services are offered directly to the general public or through organizations, either public or private, for a monetary fee. Marriage and family therapy utilizes established principles that recognize the interrelated nature of individual problems and dysfunctions to assess, understand, diagnose, and treat emotional and mental problems, alcohol and substance abuse, and domestic violence, and modify intrapersonal and interpersonal dysfunctions. (2) Professional marriage and family therapy practice may include, but is not limited to: (a) Assessment and testing; (b) Diagnosis; (c) Treatment planning and evaluation; (d) Therapeutic individual, marital, family, group, or organizational interventions; (e) Psychotherapy; (f) Client education; (h) Supervision. (3) Professional marriage and family therapy practice includes practicing within the values and ethics of the marriage and family therapy profession. (4) This definition is to be interpreted in a manner that does not impinge upon or otherwise limit the scope of practice of other psychotherapists licensed under this article.