2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 12 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-1-101 — 12-315-310) › HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS (§§ 12-170-101 — 12-315-310) › Article 285 - PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AND PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANTS (§§ 12-285-101 — 12-285-220) › Part 2 - PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANTS (§§ 12-285-201 — 12-285-220) › Section 12-285-211 - Grounds for disciplinary action

(1)
The board may take disciplinary action in accordance with sections
12-20-404
and
12-285-212
against a person who has:
(a)
Committed an act that does not meet generally accepted standards of physical therapist assistant practice or failed to perform an act necessary to meet generally accepted standards of physical therapist assistant practice;
(b)
Engaged in sexual contact, sexual intrusion, or sexual penetration, as defined in section
18-3-401
, with a patient during the period of time beginning with the initial evaluation through the termination of treatment;
(c)
Abandoned a patient by any means;
(d)
Failed to make essential entries on patient records or falsified or made incorrect entries of an essential nature on patient records;
(e)
(I)
Committed abuse of health insurance as set forth in section
18-13-119
; or
(II)
Advertised through newspapers, magazines, circulars, direct mail, directories, radio, television, or otherwise that the certified physical therapist assistant will perform an act prohibited by section
18-13-119
;
(f)
Committed a fraudulent insurance act, as defined in section
10-1-128
;
(g)
Falsified information in any application or attempted to obtain or obtained a certification by fraud, deception, or misrepresentation;
(h)
Engaged in the habitual or excessive use or abuse of alcohol, a habit-forming drug, or a controlled substance as defined in section
18-18-102(5)
;
(i)
(I)
Failed to notify the board, as required by section
12-30-108(1)
, of a physical illness, physical condition, or behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorder that impacts the certified physical therapist assistant's ability to perform physical therapy with reasonable skill and safety to patients;
(II)
Failed to act within the limitations created by a physical illness, physical condition, or behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorder that renders the certified physical therapist assistant unable to perform physical therapy with reasonable skill and safety to the patient; or
(III)
Failed to comply with the limitations agreed to under a confidential agreement entered into under sections
12-30-108
and
12-285-215
;
(j)
Refused to submit to a physical or mental examination when so ordered by the board under section
12-285-214
;
(k)
Failed to notify the board in writing of the entry of a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction against the certified physical therapist assistant for malpractice or a settlement by the certified physical therapist assistant in response to charges or allegations of malpractice, which notice must be given within ninety days after the entry of judgment or settlement and, in the case of a judgment, must contain the name of the court, the case number, and the names of all parties to the action;
(l)
Violated or aided or abetted a violation of this part 2, an applicable provision of article 20 or 30 of this title 12, a rule adopted under this part 2, or a lawful order of the board;
(m)
Been convicted of, pled guilty, or pled nolo contendere to a crime related to the certified physical therapist assistant's practice or a felony or committed an act specified in section
12-285-217
. A certified copy of the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction of the conviction or plea is conclusive evidence of the conviction or plea. In considering the disciplinary action, the board is governed by sections
12-20-202(5)
and
24-5-101
.
(n)
Fraudulently obtained, furnished, or sold a physical therapist assistant diploma, certificate, renewal of certificate, or record, or aided or abetted any such act;
(o)
Represented, or held himself or herself out as, in any manner, a physical therapist assistant or practiced as a physical therapist assistant without a certification, unless otherwise authorized under this part 2;
(p)
Used in connection with the person's name a designation implying that the person is a physical therapist assistant without being certified under this part 2;
(q)
Practiced as a physical therapist assistant during the time the person's certification was expired, suspended, or revoked; or
(r)
Failed to respond in an honest, materially responsive, and timely manner to a complaint issued under this part 2.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
12-41-210
and amended by 2019 Ch. 136,§ 1, eff. 10/1/2019.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 263,§ 74, eff. 5/25/2017.
L. 2011: Entire part added, (SB 11-169), ch. 172, p. 636, §34, effective July 1. L. 2012: (1)(h) amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1615, § 27, effective July 1. L. 2017: (1)(i)(I) and (1)(i)(II) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1281, § 74, effective May 25.
This section is similar to former § 12-41-210 as it existed prior to 2019.