2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3.5 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL AND TRAUMA SERVICES (§§ 25-3.5-101 — 25-3.5-1401) › Part 2 - TREATMENT SUBSYSTEM (§§ 25-3.5-201 — 25-3.5-210) › Section 25-3.5-207 - Ability of certified or licensed emergency medical service providers to work in clinical settings - restrictions - definitions - rules

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Clinical setting" means a health facility licensed or certified by the department pursuant to section
25-1.5-103 (1)(a)
.
(b)
"In-scope tasks and procedures" means tasks and procedures performed by an emergency medical service provider within the emergency medical service provider's scope of practice.
(c)
"Interfacility transport" means the movement of a patient from one licensed health-care facility to another licensed health-care facility.
(d)
"Medical supervision" means the oversight, guidance, and instructions that a medical supervisor provides to an emergency medical service provider.
(e)
"Medical supervisor" means a Colorado-licensed physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, registered nurse, or certified midwife.
(f)
"Scope of practice" means the tasks, medications, and procedures that an emergency medical service provider is authorized to perform or administer in accordance with sections
25-3.5-203
and
25-3.5-206
and rules promulgated pursuant to those sections.
(2)
In accordance with the limitations contained in this article 3.5, an emergency medical service provider may work in a clinical setting subject to the following conditions:
(a)
The emergency medical service provider may perform only tasks and procedures that are within the emergency medical service provider's applicable scope of practice;
(b)
The emergency medical service provider shall perform in-scope tasks and procedures pursuant to orders or instructions from, and under the medical supervision of, a medical supervisor;
(c)
Medical supervision must be provided by a medical supervisor who is immediately available and physically present at the clinical setting where the care is being delivered to provide oversight, guidance, or instruction to the emergency medical service provider during the emergency medical service provider's performance of in-scope tasks and procedures;
(d)
The medical supervisor of the emergency medical service provider must be licensed in good standing; and
(e)
Each clinical setting at which an emergency medical service provider performs in-scope tasks and procedures pursuant to this section shall, in collaboration with its medical staff, establish operating policies and procedures that ensure that emergency medical service providers perform tasks and procedures and administer medications within their scope of practice.
(3)
Nothing in this section alters the authority of a physician or registered nurse in a clinical setting to delegate acts, including the administration of medications, that are outside of an emergency medical service provider's scope of practice pursuant to section
12-240-107
or
12-255-131
, as appropriate.
(4)
The board may promulgate rules as necessary to implement this section.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 261,§ 57, eff. 5/25/2023.
Added by 2019 Ch. 122, § 5, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-052), ch. 529, p. 529, § 5, effective August 2.
Section 7 of chapter 122 (SB 19-052), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act adding this section applies to conduct occurring on or after August 2, 2019.