2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 32 - Podiatrists
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-32-102. Podiatry license required - professional liability insurance required - exceptions

(1) It is unlawful for any person to practice podiatry within the state of Colorado who does not hold a license to practice medicine issued by the Colorado medical board or a license to practice podiatry issued by the Colorado podiatry board as provided by this article. A podiatry training license is required for a person serving an approved residency program. Such persons shall be licensed by the Colorado podiatry board pursuant to section 12-32-107.4. As used in this section, an "approved residency" is a residency in a hospital conforming to the minimum standards for residency training established or approved by the Colorado podiatry board, which has the authority, upon its own investigation, to approve any residency.

(2) It is unlawful for any person to practice podiatry within the state of Colorado unless such person purchases and maintains professional liability insurance as follows:

(a) If such person performs surgical procedures, professional liability insurance shall be maintained in an amount not less than one million dollars per claim and three million dollars per year for all claims;

(b) The Colorado podiatry board shall by rule establish financial responsibility standards for podiatrists who do not perform podiatric surgical procedures and who sign an affidavit attesting to such fact. The board may determine that no professional liability insurance requirements apply to such persons or may impose standards which shall not in any event exceed those prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subsection (2).