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PI Standards - Licensed and Unlicensed 02/26/2021

Why License / Regulate PIs?

Prior to licensing there was limited data of harm –

not just financial – to the public and consumer.
There were no contracts protecting the

investigator and consumer, bond protecting the
consumer, work-product confidentiality, client
communication protections, protections conflict

of interest, and other now codified standards of
practice.

This state consumer ends 08/31/2021
It is recommended continuing in your Standards as protection

Why License / Regulate PIs?

This includes ethics – now part of the DORA

rules – and seen in Rule 5.3 of the Colorado Rules
of Professional Conduct (Responsibilities

Regarding Non-Lawyer Assistants); or…

The ethics requirement for non-attorney
clients ends 08/31/2021
It is recommended continuing in your Standards as protection

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