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CO Code § 12-245-505 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 5 - Marriage and Family Therapists|§ 12-245-505. Rights and Privileges of Licensure and Registration - Title

  Any person who possesses a valid, unsuspended, and unrevoked license as a licensed marriage and family therapist pursuant to section 12-245-504 has the right to engage in the private, independent practice of marriage and family therapy and has the right to practice and supervise marriage and family therapy practice and use the title “licensed marriage and family therapist” and the abbreviation “LMFT”. No other person shall assume these titles or use these abbreviations on any work or letter, sign, figure, or device to indicate that the person using the same is a licensed marriage and family therapist.    No person may engage in the practice of marriage and family therapy unless the person is licensed pursuant to this part 5.    Any person duly licensed as a licensed marriage and family therapist shall not be required to obtain any other license or certification to practice marriage and family therapy unless otherwise required by the state board of marriage and family therapist examiners.    Nothing in this part 5 shall be construed to prevent members of other professions licensed under the laws of this state from rendering services within the scope of practice as set out in the statutes regulating their professional practices, so long as they do not represent themselves to be marriage and family therapists, or their services as marriage and family therapy.    Nothing in this part 5 prevents the practice of psychotherapy by persons registered with the state board of unlicensed psychotherapists pursuant to section 12-245-703.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1280, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (5) amended,(HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1549, § 59, effective July 14.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-505 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-245-601 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 6 - Licensed Professional Counselors|§ 12-245-601. Definitions

 As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Board” means the state board of licensed professional counselor examiners, created in section 12-245-602. (1.5) “Clinical supervision” means supervision provided by a licensed professional counselor supervisor, licensed psychologist, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical social worker, or licensed addiction counselor; that is not administrative in nature; and that may include a collaborative relationship that promotes the education, growth, and development of a licensed professional counselor applicant and provides for the evaluation of the applicant's clinical performance and competency.    “Licensed professional counselor” means a professional counselor who practices professional counseling and who is licensed pursuant to this part 6. (2.5) “Licensed professional counselor supervisor” means a licensed professional counselor who has received education and training in the clinical supervision of mental health professionals as determined by the board.    “School or college” means any university or other institution of higher education offering a full-time graduate course of study in professional counseling approved by appropriate national organizations accrediting professional counselor education programs or a substantially equivalent program approved by the board.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1282, § 1, effective October L. 2020: (1.5) and (2.5) added,(HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1535, § 26, effective July 14.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-601 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-245-603 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 6 - Licensed Professional Counselors|§ 12-245-603. Practice of Licensed Professional Counseling Defined

  For purposes of this part 6, “practice of licensed professional counseling” means the application of mental health, psychological, or human development principles through cognitive, affective, behavioral, or systematic intervention strategies that address wellness, personal growth, or career development, as well as pathology. A licensed professional counselor may render the application of these principles to individuals, couples, families, or groups.    The practice of professional counseling may include:   Evaluation;    Assessment;    Testing;    Diagnosis;    Treatment or intervention;    Planning;    Consultation;    Case management;    Education;    Supervision;    Psychotherapy;    Research;    Referral; and    Crisis intervention.        History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1284, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-602.5 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-245-605 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 6 - Licensed Professional Counselors|§ 12-245-605. Rights and Privileges of Licensure - Title

  Any person who possesses a valid, unsuspended, and unrevoked license as a licensed professional counselor has the right to use the title for which the person is licensed pursuant to section 12-245-604. A licensed professional counselor licensed pursuant to section 12-245-604 has the right to use the abbreviation “LPC”. No other person shall assume this title or use this abbreviation on any work or letter, sign, figure, or device to indicate that the person using the same is a licensed professional counselor.    Any person duly licensed as a licensed professional counselor is not required to obtain any other license or certification to practice professional counseling unless otherwise required by the state board of licensed professional counselor examiners.    Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent members of other professions licensed under the laws of this state from rendering services within the scope of practice as set out in the statutes regulating their professional practices, if they do not represent themselves to be professional counselors, or their services as professional counseling.    Nothing in this part 6 prevents the practice of psychotherapy by persons registered with the state board of unlicensed psychotherapists pursuant to section 12-245-703.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1286, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (4) amended,(HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1549, § 61, effective July 14.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-604 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-245-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 7 - State Board of Unlicensed Psychotherapists|§ 12-245-701. Definitions

 As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Board” means the state board of unlicensed psychotherapists created by section 12-245-702.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1288, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1) amended,(HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1537, § 32, effective July 14.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-701 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-245-702 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 7 - State Board of Unlicensed Psychotherapists|§ 12-245-702. State Board of Unlicensed Psychotherapists - Creation - Membership

  There is hereby created the state board of unlicensed psychotherapists, which is under the supervision and control of the division as provided in section 12-20-103 (2). The board consists of seven members who are residents of the state of Colorado.    Three members of the board shall be appointed by the governor from the general public who are not regulated by this article 245 with a good-faith effort to achieve broad-based geographical representation. The members are eligible to serve terms of four years. A member must not have any direct involvement or interest in the provision of psychotherapy; except that a member may be or may have been a consumer of psychotherapy services.    Four members of the board must be unlicensed psychotherapists. The governor shall appoint members to the board to serve terms of four years.    Members of the state board of unlicensed psychotherapists appointed under subsection (2) or (3) of this section may serve two full consecutive terms.      Each member is eligible to hold office until the expiration of his or her appointed term or until a successor is duly appointed. When the term of each board member expires, the governor shall appoint his or her successor for a term of four years. Any vacancy occurring in the board membership other than by the expiration of a term shall be filled by the governor by appointment for the unexpired term of the member.    For purposes of appointments to the board made on or after July 1, 2011, upon the occurrence of a vacancy in a position held by a member representing the public or upon the expiration of the second term of office of a member representing the public, whichever occurs first, the governor shall appoint a regulated psychotherapist to that position on the board, who is eligible to serve terms as described in subsections (3) and (4) of this section.    The governor may remove any board member for misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty. Actions constituting neglect of duty shall include, but not be limited to, the failure of board members to attend three consecutive meetings or at least three-quarters of the board's meetings in any one calendar year.       A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business.      History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1288, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (1), (3), and (4) amended,(HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1537, § 33, effective July 14.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-702 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-245-704 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 7 - State Board of Unlicensed Psychotherapists|§ 12-245-704. Expenses of the Board

 All reasonable expenses of the board shall be paid as determined by the director from the fees collected pursuant to section 12-245-205 as provided by law.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1290, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-709 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-245-705 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 7 - State Board of Unlicensed Psychotherapists|§ 12-245-705. Jurisdiction

 If the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder is regulated by more than one board, the investigation or case being adjudicated shall be referred to the board determined appropriate by the director for final adjudication.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1290, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-710 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-245-801 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 245 - Mental Health|Part 8 - Addiction Counselors|§ 12-245-801. Definitions

 As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Addiction” means a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behavior or substance, including mood-altering behaviors or activities known as process addictions.    “Administrative supervision” means oversight of treatment agency operations, organization of people and resources, and implementation of policies and procedures in a way that directs activities towards agency goals and objectives.    “Approved school, college, or university” means any accredited institution of higher education offering a full-time graduate or undergraduate course of study in behavioral health sciences, such as addiction counseling, human services, psychology, rehabilitation, social work, or other behavioral health sciences, that is recognized by an appropriate national organization or is approved by the board.    “Behavioral health disorders” includes behavioral, mental health, and substance use disorders.    “Board” means the state board of addiction counselor examiners created in section 12-245-802.    “Certified” means certified as an addiction technician or addiction specialist.    “Certified addiction counselor” means an individual who has a certificate issued by the board authorizing the individual to practice addiction counseling commensurate with his or her certification level and scope of practice.    “Clinical supervision” means:   The evaluation and modification or approval by a supervisor of the clinical practice of the person being supervised; and    A source of knowledge, expertise, and more advanced skills made available to the person being supervised.       “Co-occurring disorders” means the existence of one or more substance use disorders, addictive behavioral disorders, or behavioral or mental health disorders presenting concurrently. At the individual level, co-occurring disorders exist when at least one disorder can be established independent of the other, and the disorders are not simply a cluster of symptoms resulting from a single disorder.    “Licensed addiction counselor” means a person licensed by the board to provide professional behavioral health disorder treatment.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1290, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (6) amended,(HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1538, § 35, effective July 14.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-43-801 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-101. Short Title

 The short title of this article 255 is the “Nurse and Nurse Aide Practice Act”.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1318, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 674, § 3, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-101 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-102. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby declares it to be the policy of this state that, in order to safeguard the life, health, property, and public welfare of the people of this state and in order to protect the people of this state from the unauthorized, unqualified, and improper application of services by individuals in the practice of nursing, it is necessary that a proper regulatory authority be established. The general assembly further declares it to be the policy of this state to regulate the practice of nursing through a state agency with the power to enforce this article 255.    It is declared to be the policy of the state of Colorado that, in order to safeguard life, health, property, and the public welfare of the people of the state of Colorado, and in order to protect the people of the state of Colorado against unauthorized, unqualified, and improper application of services by nurse aides in a medical facility, it is necessary that a proper regulatory authority be established. The general assembly further declares it to be the policy of this state to regulate the practice of nurse aides in medical facilities through a state agency with the power to enforce the provisions of this article 255 that pertain to the practice of nurse aides. Any person who practices as a nurse aide in a medical facility without qualifying for proper certification and without submitting to the regulations provided in this article 255 endangers the public health thereby. The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the provisions of this article 255 that pertain to the practice of nurse aides will meet the requirements of the federal “Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987”, as amended, Pub.L. 100-203, 101 Stat. 1330.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1318, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended with relocations,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 674, § 4, effective July 1.    Editor's note:    This section is similar to former § 12-38-102 as it existed prior to 2019.    Subsection (2) is similar to former § 12-260-101 as it existed prior to 2020.     ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For note, “Acts of Diagnosis by Nurses and the Colorado Professional Nursing Practice Act”, see 45 Den. L.J. 467 (1968).
CO Code § 12-255-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-103. Applicability of Common Provisions

 Articles 1, 20, and 30 of this title 12 apply, according to their terms, to this article 255.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1318, § 1, effective October 1.
CO Code § 12-255-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-106. Employees - Executive Administrator

 The director shall appoint an executive administrator for the board and other personnel deemed necessary, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1323, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended,(HB 20-1216), ch. 190, p. 878, § 21, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-107 as it existed prior to 2019.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1216, see section 1 of chapter 190, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
CO Code § 12-255-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-108. Advisory Committee

 The board may appoint advisory committees including professional review committees to assist in the performance of its duties. Each advisory committee shall consist of at least three licensees who have expertise in the area under review. Members of the advisory committees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1326, § 1, effective October 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-109 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-109. Examination

  All nurse applicants, unless eligible for licensure by endorsement, shall be required to pass a written examination approved or prepared by the board, relating to the knowledge, skills, and judgments as incorporated in their respective approved education programs.    In accordance with the requirements of this part 1, the board shall hold at least two examinations annually for practical nurses and for professional nurses at such places and at such times as the board shall determine.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1327, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (2) amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 678, § 7, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-110 as it existed prior to 2019.
CO Code § 12-255-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 12 - Professions and Occupations|Article 255 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|Part 1 - Nurses and Nurse Aides|§ 12-255-113. Professional Liability Insurance Required - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Independent Practice - Rules

  It is unlawful for any advanced practice registered nurse engaged in an independent practice of professional nursing to practice within the state of Colorado unless the advanced practice registered nurse purchases and maintains or is covered by professional liability insurance in an amount not less than five hundred thousand dollars per claim with an aggregate liability for all claims during the year of one million five hundred thousand dollars.    Professional liability insurance required by this section shall cover all acts within the scope of practice of an advanced practice registered nurse as defined in this part 1.    Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (1) of this section, the board, by rule, may exempt or establish lesser liability insurance requirements for advanced practice registered nurses.    Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer liability on an employer for the acts of an advanced practice registered nurse that are outside the scope of employment or to negate the applicability of the “Colorado Governmental Immunity Act”, article 10 of title 24.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1334, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (2) amended,(HB 20-1183), ch. 157, p. 679, § 11, effective July 1; entire section amended,(HB 20-1216), ch. 190, p. 876, § 15, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 12-38-111.8 as it existed prior to 2019.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1216, see section 1 of chapter 190, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.