2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 29.5 - Acupuncturists
§ 12-29.5-109. Civil penalties
(1) No action may be maintained against a recipient of acupuncture services for breach of a contract involving the rendering of acupuncture services provided under such contract by an acupuncturist who has committed, with respect to such recipient, any act prohibited by section 12-29.5-106 (1).
(2) When a patient, his insurer, or his legal guardian or representative has paid for acupuncture services rendered by an acupuncturist who has committed, with respect to such patient, any act prohibited by section 12-29.5-106 (1), whether or not said patient knew that said act or acts were illegal, he, his insurer, or his legal guardian or representative may recover, in an action at law, the amount of any fees paid for the acupuncture services and reasonable attorney fees.
(3) The criminal and civil penalties specified under this article are not exclusive but cumulative and in addition to any other causes of action, rights, or remedies a patient may have under law.
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