Prescriptions - requirement to advise patients - limits on prescriptions

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-290-111, under General Provisions.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-290-111

(1) A podiatrist licensed under this article 290 may advise the podiatrist’s patients of their option to have the symptom or purpose for which a prescription is being issued included on the prescription order.

(2) A podiatrist’s failure to advise a patient under subsection (1) of this section shall not be grounds for any disciplinary action against the podiatrist’s professional license issued under this article 290. Failure to advise a patient pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not be grounds for any civil action against a podiatrist in a negligence or tort action, nor shall the failure be evidence in any civil action against a podiatrist.

(3) A podiatrist is subject to the limitations on prescriptions specified in section 12-30-109.