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CO Code § 12-270-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 270 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants|§ 12-270-113. Protection of Medical Records - Licensee's Obligations - Verification of Compliance - Noncompliance Grounds for Discipline - Rules

  Each occupational therapist and occupational therapy assistant responsible for client medical records shall develop a written plan to ensure the security of client medical records. The plan must address at least the following:   The storage and proper disposal of client medical records;    The disposition of client medical records if the licensee dies, retires, or otherwise ceases to practice or provide occupational therapy services to clients; and    The method by which clients may access or obtain their medical records promptly if any of the events described in subsection (1)(b) of this section occur.       A licensee shall inform each client in writing of the method by which the client may access or obtain the client's medical records if an event described in subsection (1)(b) of this section occurs.    Upon initial licensure under this article 270 and upon renewal of a license, the applicant or licensee shall attest to the director that the licensee has developed a plan in compliance with this section.    A licensee who fails to comply with this section is subject to discipline in accordance with section 12-270-114.    The director may adopt rules reasonably necessary to implement this section.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE,(SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 22, § 1, effective January 21.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-270-113 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 12-270-115 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 270 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants|§ 12-270-115. Unauthorized Practice - Penalties

 A person who practices or offers or attempts to practice occupational therapy without an active license as required by and issued under this article 270 for occupational therapists or occupational therapy assistants is subject to penalties pursuant to section 12-20-407 (1)(b) .   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE,(SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 26, § 1, effective January 21.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-270-115 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 12-270-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 270 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants|§ 12-270-116. Rule-Making Authority

 The director shall promulgate rules pursuant to section 12-20-204 .   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE,(SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 27, § 1, effective January 21.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-270-116 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 12-270-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 270 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants|§ 12-270-117. Mental and Physical Examination of Licensees

  If the director has reasonable cause to believe that a licensee is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety, the director may order the licensee to take a mental or physical examination administered by a physician or other licensed health-care professional designated by the director. Except where due to circumstances beyond the licensee's control, if the licensee fails or refuses to undergo a mental or physical examination, the director may suspend the licensee's license until the director has made a determination of the licensee's fitness to practice. The director shall proceed with an order for examination and shall make a determination in a timely manner.    In an order requiring a licensee to undergo a mental or physical examination, the director shall state the basis of the director's reasonable cause to believe that the licensee is unable to practice with reasonable skill and safety. For purposes of a disciplinary proceeding authorized under this article 270, the licensee is deemed to have waived all objections to the admissibility of the examining physician's or licensed health-care professional's testimony or examination reports on the grounds that they are privileged communication.    The licensee may submit to the director testimony or examination reports from a physician chosen by the licensee and pertaining to any condition that the director has alleged may preclude the licensee from practicing with reasonable skill and safety. The director may consider the testimony and reports submitted by the licensee in conjunction with, but not in lieu of, testimony and examination reports of the physician designated by the director.    The results of a mental or physical examination ordered by the director shall not be used as evidence in any proceeding other than one before the director and shall not be deemed a public record or made available to the public.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE,(SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 27, § 1, effective January 21.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-270-117 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 12-270-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 270 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants|§ 12-270-118. Confidential Agreement to Limit Practice

 Section 12-30-108 concerning confidential agreements to limit practice applies to this article 270.   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE,(SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 27, § 1, effective January 21.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-270-118 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 12-270-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 270 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants|§ 12-270-119. Professional Liability Insurance Required - Rules

  A person shall not practice occupational therapy unless the person purchases and maintains, or is covered by, professional liability insurance in an amount determined by the director by rule that covers all acts within the scope of practice of the occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant.    This section does not apply to an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant who is a public employee acting within the course and scope of the public employee's duties and who is granted immunity under the “Colorado Governmental Immunity Act”, article 10 of title 24.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE,(SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 27, § 1, effective January 21.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-270-119 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 12-270-119.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 270 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants|§ 12-270-119.5. Interstate Compact - Powers and Duties of the Director - Rules - Definitions

  As used in this section:   “Adverse action” has the meaning established in section 24-60-4101.    “Commission” means the occupational therapy compact commission established in section 24-60-4101.    “Compact” means the occupational therapy licensure interstate compact authorized in part 41 of article 60 of title 24.    “Data system” has the meaning established in section 24-60-4101.    “Telehealth” has the meaning established in section 24-60-4101 with regard to delivering occupational therapy services.       With regard to the compact, the director has the following powers and duties:   To facilitate Colorado's participation in the compact;    To promulgate the rules necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of the compact. The director shall promulgate rules in accordance with article 4 of title 24.    To appoint a person to serve as a commissioner on the commission;    To regulate telehealth in accordance with the compact;    To notify the commission of any adverse action regarding a licensed occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant;    To provide uniform data to the data system consistent with the rules of the commission; and    To approve payment of assessments levied by the commission to cover the cost of operations and activities of the commission and its staff.        History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1279), ch. 451, p. 2988, § 3, effective July 6.
CO Code § 12-270-120 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 270 - Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants|§ 12-270-120. Repeal of Article - Review of Functions

 This article 270 is repealed, effective September 1, 2030. Before the repeal, the director's powers, duties, and functions under this article 270 are scheduled for review in accordance with section 24-34-104 .   History. Source: L. 2021: Entire article RC&RE,(SB 21-003), ch. 4, p. 28, § 1, effective January 21.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-270-120 as it existed prior to 2020.
CO Code § 12-275-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 275 - Optometrists|§ 12-275-101. Legislative Declaration

 The practice of optometry in the state of Colorado is declared to affect the public health and safety and is subject to regulation and control in the public interest. Optometry is declared to be a learned profession, and it is further declared to be a matter of public interest and concern that the practice of optometry as defined in this article 275 be limited to qualified persons having been examined and meeting this state's minimum acceptable level of competence and having been admitted to the practice of optometry under the provisions of this article 275. The priority of this article 275 shall be to protect the consumers of the services provided through appropriate disciplinary procedures. This article 275 shall be liberally construed to carry out these objects and purposes in accordance with this declaration of policy.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1409, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-40-101 as it existed prior to 2019.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. Since § 12-275-101 is similar to former § 12-40-101 , a relevant case construing that provision has been included in the annotations to this section.   The regulation of the practice of optometry by the general assembly is constitutionally permissible under the police power because like other learned professions, it affects the public health, safety, and welfare. Dixon v. Zick, 179 Colo. 278 , 500 P.2d 130 (1972).   In carrying out the responsibility of regulating the practice of optometry, a law enacted must reasonably bear upon or relate to the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Dixon v. Zick, 179 Colo. 278 , 500 P.2d 130 (1972).
CO Code § 12-275-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 275 - Optometrists|§ 12-275-102. Applicability of Common Provisions

 Articles 1, 20, and 30 of this title 12 apply, according to their terms, to this article 275.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1410, § 1, effective October 1.
CO Code § 12-275-104 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 275 - Optometrists|§ 12-275-104. Proprietor Defined

  The term “proprietor”, as used in this article 275, includes any person, group, association, or corporation not licensed under this article 275 who:   For financial gain, employs optometrists in the operation of an optometry office;    Places, directly or indirectly, in possession of an optometrist such materials or equipment as may be necessary for the operation of an optometrist's office on the basis of any fee splitting, income division, profit sharing, or similar agreement or on any basis that has the effect of any such agreement, but the term “proprietor” does not include the bona fide seller of optometry equipment or material secured by chattel mortgage, conditional sales contract, or other title retention agreements or the bona fide leasing of the equipment by the manufacturer or by the manufacturer's franchised dealer; or    Under the guise of a rental percentage lease or sublease or other leasing or rental arrangement, participates in the direction and control of a licensee's practice and business or in the receipts or profits accruing therefrom, but a bona fide percentage sale lease basing the rental of the premises let upon a percentage of gross income of not to exceed the reasonable, going rate for like quarters and location, as determined by the board after investigation, shall not be deemed an avoidance of the provisions of this section. Certified copies of all such leasing and rental arrangements and renewals thereof shall be filed with the board by the licensee within thirty days after execution.        History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1412, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-40-103 as it existed prior to 2019.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include cases decided under former provisions similar to this section.   None of the general prohibitions in § 12-40-118 relate to the geographic location of the place where the practice of the profession is conducted, nor do the proscriptions of this section, but on the contrary, all of the provisions are directed to the conduct of the licensee or a “proprietor”. Dixon v. Zick, 179 Colo. 278 , 500 P.2d 130 (1972).   A physician cannot practice generally as the employee of a layman, whereas an optometrist may. People v. Painless Parker Dentist, 85 Colo. 304 , 275 P. 928 (1929).   If a physician practices only the optometric branch of his profession under employment by a layman he is protected by this section. Bebber v. Fisher, 106 Colo. 197 , 102 P.2d 741 (1940).
CO Code § 12-275-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 275 - Optometrists|§ 12-275-105. Persons Entitled to Practice Optometry - Title Protection of Optometrists

 It shall be unlawful for any person to practice optometry in this state except those who are duly licensed optometrists pursuant to the provisions of this article 275. A person licensed as an optometrist pursuant to the provisions of this article 275 may use the title “optometrist”, the initials “O.D.”, or the term “doctor of optometry”. No other person shall use the title “optometrist”, “O.D.”, “doctor of optometry”, or any other word or abbreviation to indicate or induce others to believe that one is licensed to practice optometry in this state.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1412, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-40-104 as it existed prior to 2019.   ANNOTATION   Annotator's note. The following annotations include a case decided under a former provision similar to this section.   This section prohibits an unlicensed person or optician fitting or adapting contact lenses to the human eye. Burt v. People ex rel. Dunbar, 161 Colo. 193 , 421 P.2d 480 (1966).   Where an injunction forbids the use of any optical instrument or the performance of any act when done “for the purpose of fitting or adapting contact lenses to the human eye” unless licensed to do so prior thereto, the trial court erred in finding that the optician had violated its order and in adjudging him in contempt, because nothing in the act prohibits an optician from examining and commenting on the physical characteristics of contact lenses. Burt v. People ex rel. Dunbar, 161 Colo. 193 , 421 P.2d 480 (1966).   Where the evidence shows that there was no prescribing or fitting or adapting of lenses to eyes, and the optician exercised no medical judgment by his acts and gave no medical advice, his comments relating merely to the physical characteristics of the lenses presented, even the placing of the nonprescription dye in the eyes and looking at the lenses when they were on, so long as he did not attempt to do anything about what he saw, is not within the prohibition of either this section or the injunction. Burt v. People ex rel. Dunbar, 161 Colo. 193 , 421 P.2d 480 (1966).
CO Code § 12-275-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 275 - Optometrists|§ 12-275-106. Persons Excluded From Operation of This Article

  This article 275 does not apply to:   Professional practice by a physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine under the laws of the state of Colorado and ancillary or technical assistants working under the direction of a licensed physician or surgeon, with the exception of the fitting of contact lenses that must be done under the physician's or surgeon's direct supervision;    The practice of optometry in the discharge of their official duties by optometrists or physicians and surgeons in the service of the United States armed forces, public health service, Coast Guard, or veterans administration;    Opticians, persons, firms, and corporations that duplicate or repair spectacles or eyeglasses; opticians, persons, firms, and corporations that supply or sell spectacles, eyeglasses, or ophthalmic lenses, including but not limited to contact lenses, if the spectacles, eyeglasses, and ophthalmic lenses are provided pursuant to a valid prescription;    Persons serving a postdoctorate residency or an optometry student internship under the supervision of an optometrist licensed in Colorado as part of a curriculum from an accredited college of optometry.        History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1412, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-40-105 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-275-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 275 - Optometrists|§ 12-275-107. State Board of Optometry - Created - Members

     The state board of optometry, referred to in this article 275 as the “board”, is hereby created and is under the supervision and control of the division as provided by section 12-20-103 (2). The board consists of five optometrists and two members-at-large, to be appointed by the governor to serve for terms of four years; except that no person shall be appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms. Each member of the board, except for the members-at-large, must have been actually engaged and licensed in the practice of optometry in Colorado for the five years preceding the member's appointment. At least one of the two members-at-large must not be a member or representative of, nor have any direct interest in, any profession, agency, or institution providing health services.    Any four members of the board constitute a quorum for the purpose of holding examinations, granting licenses, or transacting any business connected with the board.    The governor shall fill a vacancy in the membership of the board for the remainder of the unexpired term. The governor may remove a member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty.    A board member having a personal or private interest in any matter before the board shall disclose that fact to the board and shall not participate in related discussions or votes.       The board shall organize annually by electing one of its members as president and one as vice-president.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1413, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-40-106 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-275-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 275 - Optometrists|§ 12-275-109. Volunteer Optometrist License

  A person licensed to practice optometry pursuant to this article 275 may apply to the board for volunteer licensure status. The board shall designate the form and manner of the application. The board may:   Grant the application by issuing a volunteer license; or    Deny the application if the licensee has been disciplined for any of the causes set forth in section 12-275-120.       A person applying for a license under this section:   Must either:   Hold an active and unrestricted license to practice optometry in Colorado and be in active practice in this state; or    Have been on inactive status pursuant to section 12-20-203 for not more than two years; and       Shall:   Pay a reduced license fee in lieu of the fee authorized by section 12-20-105. The director shall reduce the volunteer optometrist license fee from the license fee charged pursuant to sections 12-20-202 and 12-275-115 (1).    Attest that, after a date certain, the applicant will no longer earn income as an optometrist;    Maintain liability insurance as provided in section 12-275-128; and    Comply with the continuing education requirements established in section 12-275-115 (3); except that the board may establish lesser continuing education requirements for volunteer licensees.          The face of each volunteer license issued pursuant to this section shall plainly indicate the volunteer status of the licensee.    The board may conduct disciplinary proceedings pursuant to section 12-275-122 against any person licensed under this section for an act committed while the person was licensed pursuant to this section.    A person licensed under this section may apply to the board for a return to active licensure status by filing an application in the form and manner designated by the board. The board may approve the application and issue a license to practice optometry or may deny the application if the licensee has been disciplined for or engaged in any of the activities set forth in section 12-275-120.    An optometrist with a volunteer license shall provide optometry services only if the services are performed on a limited basis for no fee or other compensation.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1415, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-40-107.2 as it existed prior to 2019.