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 article of this title 12. […]
The short title of this section is the “Michael Skolnik Medical Transparency Act of 2010”. The general assembly hereby finds and determines that: The people of Colorado need to be fully informed about the past practices of persons practicing a health-care profession in this state in order to make informed decisions when choosing a health-care […]
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 occurred more than thirty days before the solicitation. This section does not apply to any person […]
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Health-care prescriber board” or “board” means: The Colorado podiatry board created in section 12-290-105; The Colorado dental board created in section 12-220-105; The Colorado medical board created in section 12-240-105; The state board of nursing created in section 12-255-105; The state board of optometry created […]
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 communication between the practices of nursing and medicine. The NPATCH shall: Promote […]
On or before July 1, 2013, 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 licensed pursuant to part 1 of article […]
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 imaging reporting and data system standards promulgated by the American […]
If a licensee, registrant, or certificate holder has a physical illness, physical condition, or behavioral or mental health disorder that renders the person unable to practice the applicable health-care profession or occupation with reasonable skill and safety to patients or clients, the licensee, registrant, or certificate holder shall notify the regulator that regulates the person’s […]
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 on initial prescribing do not apply if, in the […]
A prescriber may prescribe or dispense, directly or in accordance with standing orders and protocols, an opiate antagonist to: An individual at risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event; A family member, friend, or other person in a position to assist an individual at risk of experiencing an opiate-related drug overdose event; An employee […]
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 electronic prescription transmitted to a pharmacy […]
For the purposes of this section and section 12-30-113: “Carrier” has the same meaning as defined in section 10-16-102 (8). “Covered person” has the same meaning as defined in section 10-16-102 (15). “Emergency services” has the same meaning as defined in section 10-16-704 (5.5)(e)(II). “Geographic area” has the same meaning as defined in section 10-16-704 […]
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: Submit a claim for the entire cost of the services to the covered person’s carrier; and Not bill or collect payment from a covered person for any outstanding balance for covered […]
The applicable licensing board 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-care provider, as a condition of renewing, reactivating, or reinstating a license on or after October 1, 2022, […]
As used in this section: “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 to consent. “Provider” means a licensee, […]
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: Entire section added, (SB 21-056), ch. 96, p. 386, § […]
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. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1232), ch. 241, p. 1294, § 5, effective June 16.
A person regulated under this title 12 who regularly provides health-care services related to labor and delivery shall: Be able to identify when to transmit and receive patient information, and transfer and receive patients, across the facility’s levels of care; and Coordinate with other providers to effectuate services across the facility’s levels of care in […]
