If you are applying for or hold any sort of state issued license, registration, or certification to practice a profession or occupation, your criminal history will be checked. Additionally, prospective employees and current employees of a licensee, registrant, or person certified to practice an occupation or profession will also have their criminal histories checked.
In Colorado, the following professions require licensure:
| Accountants | Accounting Firms | Acupuncturists |
| Addiction Counselors | Architects | Athlete Agents |
| Athletic Trainers | Audiologists | Barbers |
| Barber / Cosmetology Shops and Salons | Boxers / Kickboxers | Certified Nurses Aides |
| Chiropractors | Cosmetologists | Dental Hygienists |
| Dentists | Electricians | Electrical Contractors |
| Engineers & Engineer Interns | Estheticians | Funeral Homes & Crematories |
| Hairstylists | Hearing Aid Providers | Land Surveyors & Land Surveyor Interns |
| Landscape Architects | Manicurists | Marriage & Family Therapists |
| Massage Therapists | Midwives | Nurses Aides, Certified (CNA’s) |
| Nursing Home Administrators | Occupational Therapists | Optometrists |
| Outfitters | Pharmacists | Pharmacy Interns |
| Pharmacy Businesses | Physical Therapists | Physican Assistants |
| Physicians | Plumbers | Plumbing Contractors |
| Podiatrists | Practical Nurses | Professional Counselors |
| Psychiatric Technicians | Psychologists | Registered Nurses |
| Respiratory Therapists | Social Workers | Unlicensed Psychotherapists |
| Veterinarians |