Authority and scope
Check the license and concern
Colorado's Attorney General resource guide identifies the Medical Board as the regulator for medical doctors (MDs), osteopathic doctors (DOs), physician assistants (PAs), and anesthesiology assistants. The Board also investigates unlicensed medical practice. Individual professional concerns and hospital complaints have separate routes; detailed current Board intake requirements remain unverified.
Supporting guidance: FSMB: Colorado Medical Board listing ↗Colorado Attorney General: health and medical regulators ↗
Confirm the filing instructions
- Start with the Colorado Medical Board link, or call the directory-listed Board number, 303-894-7800, for current complaint instructions.
- Prepare the practitioner's name and credential, dates and locations of care, a chronological factual account, and copies of relevant correspondence. These are preparation suggestions, not verified Colorado form requirements.
- Ask which online or paper channel is accepted and whether a signature, records authorization, or authority to act for another patient is required. Submission methods, required attachments, and confirmation procedures were not established by this check.
Supporting guidance: FSMB: Colorado Medical Board listing ↗
What this route may not provide
The Attorney General resource guide says the Medical Board cannot arbitrate or adjudicate fee disputes and directs hospital complaints to the Department of Public Health and Environment. A compensation remedy through the Board was not established. Ask which route can address your particular care, payment or facility concern.
Supporting guidance: Colorado Attorney General: health and medical regulators ↗
Do not guess about confidentiality
Anonymous-filing acceptance and disclosure rules could not be verified. Before sending sensitive information, ask whether your identity and complaint will be provided to the practitioner and whether any material becomes publicly available.
Filing and processing rules not verified
A filing deadline was not established by this check; ask promptly about the particular credential and incident dates. No investigation-duration estimate was verified. Do not assume a licensing complaint pauses a court or other agency deadline.
What may happen after filing
The current intake, investigation, notification, and hearing steps could not be read. Ask the Board how receipt is acknowledged, how to supply later evidence, and how status updates are provided.
Prepare a reviewable submission
State the concern you want reviewed, give a short chronology and factual consequences, and explain your request. Keep supporting records and follow the receiving authority’s instructions before attaching or sending them.
Read the linked authority and process information ↗
Sources and scope
Some agency-linked forms and destinations could not be read. Source-check dates apply to the material listed below; they do not establish that every linked portal was inspected or a complaint submitted.
FSMB: Colorado Medical Board listing ↗
Colorado authority, official Board website and contact number; not complaint instructions.
Source checked: September 19, 2026
Colorado Attorney General: health and medical regulators ↗
Read the Doctors, Physicians, and other Health Care Providers and Hospitals sections: MD/DO/PA/anesthesiology-assistant scope, unlicensed practice, fee-dispute limit, and separate hospital regulator; not Board intake instructions.
Source checked: September 30, 2026
Latest guide source check: September 30, 2026. Individual sources retain their own check dates. This records a review of the linked material, not a decision about your case. No clinical or legal reviewer is identified for this guide. Confirm current instructions with the receiving authority.