Title 12, Professions and Occupations
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-101 Scope
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This article 30 applies to articles 200 to 315 of this title 12 except to the extent otherwise specified in this article 30 or another part or article of this title 12. The requirements of this article 30 are in addition to the requirements established in any other part or articl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-102 Medical transparency act of 2010 - disclosure of information about health-care providers - fines - rules - short title - legislative declaration - review of functions - definitions - repeal
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(1) The short title of this section is the “Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act of 2010”. (2) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and determines that: (I) The people of Colorado need to be fully informed about the past practices of persons practicing a health-care professi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-103 Solicitation of accident victims - waiting period - definitions
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(1) Except as permitted by subsection (2) of this section, neither a health-care practitioner nor an agent of a health-care practitioner shall engage in solicitation for professional employment concerning a personal injury unless the incident for which employment is sought occurr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-104 Health-care prescriber boards - disciplinary procedures - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Health-care prescriber board” or “board” means: (I) The Colorado podiatry board created in section 12-290-105; (II) The Colorado dental board created in section 12-220-105; (III) The Colorado medical board c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-105 Nurse-physician advisory task force for Colorado health care - creation - duties - definition - repeal
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(1) There is hereby created, within the division, the nurse-physician advisory task force for Colorado health care, referred to in this section as “NPATCH”. The purpose of the NPATCH is to promote public safety and improve health care in Colorado by supporting collaboration and c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-106 Health-care work force data collection
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(1) The director of the division shall implement a system to collect health-care work force data from health-care professionals who are eligible for the Colorado health service corps pursuant to part 5 of article 1.5 of title 25, from practical and professional nurses and certifi…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-107 Mammography report - dense breast tissue - required notice
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(1) Each person who is required by 42 U.S.C. sec. 263b to provide a patient, the patient's physician, or a medical institution with a mammography report and who has determined that the patient has dense breast tissue, as determined by the interpreting physician based on breast im…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-108 Confidential agreement to limit practice - violation grounds for discipline - definition
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(1) (a) If a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder has a current physical illness, physical condition, behavioral health disorder, mental health disorder, or substance use disorder that renders the person unable to practice the applicable health-care profession or occupatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-109 Prescriptions - limitations - definition - rules
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(1) (a) A prescriber shall not prescribe more than a seven-day supply of an opioid to a patient who has not obtained an opioid prescription from that prescriber within the last twelve months and may exercise discretion to include a second fill for a seven-day supply. The limits o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-109.5 Prescription drugs for treatment of chronic pain - patients - prescribers - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Carrier” has the same meaning as set forth in section 10-16-102 (8). (b) (I) “Chronic pain” means a pain that typically lasts three months or longer and may be the result of an underlying medical disease or …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-110 Prescribing or dispensing opioid antagonists - authorized recipients - definitions
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(1) (a) A prescriber may prescribe or dispense, directly or in accordance with standing orders and protocols, an opioid antagonist to an entity on the state board of health’s eligible entity list created pursuant to section 25-1.5-115.1 (1). (b) An eligible entity described in se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-111 Electronic prescribing of controlled substances - exceptions - rules - definitions
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(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) of this section, on and after July 1, 2021, a prescriber shall prescribe a controlled substance, as defined in section 18-18-102 (5), that is included in schedule II, III, or IV pursuant to part 2 of article 18 of title 18, only by …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-112 Health-care providers - required disclosures - balance billing - deceptive trade practice - rules - definitions
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(1) As used in this section and section 12-30-113: (a) “Ancillary services” means: (I) Diagnostic services, including radiology and laboratory services, unless excluded by rule of the secretary of the United States department of health and human services pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-113 Out-of-network health-care providers - out-of-network services - billing - payment - deceptive trade practice
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(1) If an out-of-network health-care provider provides emergency services or covered nonemergency services to a covered person at an in-network facility, the out-of-network provider shall: (a) Submit a claim for the entire cost of the services to the covered person’s carrier; and…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-114 Demonstrated competency - opiate prescribers - rules - definition
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(1) (a) The regulator for each licensed health-care provider, in consultation with the center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies created in section 27-80-118, shall promulgate rules that require each licensed health-car…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-115 Required disclosure to patients - conviction of or discipline based on sexual misconduct - signed agreement to treatment - exceptions - violation grounds for discipline - rules - definitions
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(1) As used in this section: (a) “Patient” means a person who is seeking or receiving health-care services from a provider. The term includes the parent, legal guardian, or custodian of a patient who is a minor under eighteen years of age or a patient who lacks the legal capacity…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-116 Protection for administering medical marijuana at school
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A person licensed pursuant to this title 12 is not subject to any disciplinary action related to the administration of medical marijuana in a nonsmokeable form in a school to a student with a valid medical marijuana recommendation pursuant to section 22-1-119.3. Source: L. 2021: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-117 Acceptance of patients enrolled in standardized plan - acceptance of reimbursement rate requirements
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The commissioner of insurance may require a health-care provider, after a hearing pursuant to section 10-16-1306, to participate in a standardized plan, as defined in section 10-16-1303 (14), and accept the reimbursement rate described in section 10-16-1306.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-118 Acceptance of transfers from home and birthing centers
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(1) A person regulated under this title 12 who regularly provides health-care services related to labor and delivery shall: (a) Be able to identify when to transmit and receive patient information, and transfer and receive patients, across the facility's levels of care; and (b) C…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-119 Culturally relevant and affirming health-care training - health-care providers - grants - definition
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(1) As used in this section, health-care provider means an individual licensed, certified, or registered pursuant to this title 12 to provide health-care services. Health-care provider does not include a veterinarian. (2) Each regulator of health-care providers shall provide each…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-120 Unprofessional conduct - grounds for discipline - offering medication abortion reversal - definitions - rules
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(1) As used in this section: (a) “Abortion” has the meaning set forth in section 25-6-402 (1). (b) “Medication abortion” means an abortion conducted solely through the use of one or more prescription drugs. (c) “Medication abortion reversal” means administering, dispensing, distr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-121 Legally protected health-care activity - prohibit adverse action against regulated professionals and applicants - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Civil judgment” means a final court decision and order resulting from a civil lawsuit or a settlement in lieu of a final court decision. (b) “Criminal judgment” means a guilty verdict, a plea of guilty, a pl…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-122 Intimate examination of sedated or unconscious patient - informed consent required - definitions
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(1) (a) (I) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) of this section, neither a licensee nor a student or trainee under the supervision of a licensee shall perform an intimate examination of a sedated or unconscious patient unless the patient has provided specific informed consent…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-123 Health-care providers - on-site administered topical medication - use for continued treatment - definition
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(1) As used in this section, “facility-provided medication” or “medication” means a topical medication that a health-care provider or medical office has on hand or that is retrieved from a dispensing system for a specified patient for use during a surgical procedure or a visit to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-124 Out-of-state telehealth providers - registration - financial responsibility - discipline - emergency protocol - disclosures - prescriptions - rules - applicability - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Applicant” means an individual who performs health-care services in another state and applies to the division to provide telehealth services in this state. (b) “Distant site” has the meaning set forth in sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-125 Peer support team members - disclosure of confidential information - not regulated by division - definitions
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(1) (a) A peer support team member shall not disclose, without the consent of the recipient of peer support services, the confidential communications that are made by the recipient during a peer support interaction. A recipient of peer support services who participates in group p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-201 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the Colorado medical board created in article 240 of this title 12 and the state board of nursing created in article 255 of this title 12 act for the state in their sovereign capacity to govern licensure, discip…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-202 Definitions
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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Advanced practice registered nurse has the same meaning as set forth in section 12-255-104 (1). (2) Authorized entity means a corporation, organization, or entity that is authorized to establish a professional rev…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-203 Use of professional review committees
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(1) (a) The general assembly recognizes that: (I) The medical board and the nursing board, while assuming and retaining ultimate authority for licensure and discipline in accordance with article 240 of this title 12 and part 1 of article 255 of this title 12, respectively, and in…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-204 Establishment of professional review committees - function - rules
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(1) A professional review committee may be established pursuant to this section to review and evaluate the competence of, the quality and appropriateness of patient care provided by, or the professional conduct of any person licensed under article 240 of this title 12, any advanc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-205 Hospital professional review committees
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(1) The quality and appropriateness of patient care rendered by persons licensed under article 240 of this title 12, advanced practice registered nurses, certified midwives, and other licensed health-care professionals so influence the total quality of patient care that a review …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-206 Governing boards to register with division - annual reports - aggregation and publication of data - definition - rules
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(1) As used in this section, “adversely affecting” has the same meaning as set forth in 45 CFR 60.3; except that it does not include a precautionary suspension or any professional review action affecting, for a period of thirty or fewer days, a person licensed under article 240 o…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-207 Immunity from liability
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(1) A member of a professional review committee, a governing board, or any committee or third party designated by the governing board under section 12-30-204 (9)(b); any person serving on the staff of that committee, board, panel, or third party; a witness or consultant before a …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-208 Conformance with federal law and regulation - legislative declaration - rules - limitations on liability - definition
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the enactment of this section is necessary in order for the state to comply with the provisions of the federal “Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986”, as amended, 42 U.S.C. secs. 11101 to 11152. It is the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-30-209 Repeal of part - review of functions
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This part 2 is repealed, effective September 1, 2030. Before the repeal, the functions of professional review committees are scheduled for review in accordance with section 24-34-104. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 792, � 1, effecti…