2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 36 - Medical Practice
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-36-106.4. Collaboration with advanced practice nurses with prescriptive authority - mentorships - board rules

(1) (a) A physician licensed pursuant to this article may, and is encouraged to, serve as a mentor to an advanced practice nurse who is applying for prescriptive authority pursuant to section 12-38-111.6 (4.5). A physician who serves as a mentor to an advanced practice nurse seeking prescriptive authority shall:

(I) Be practicing in Colorado and shall have education, training, experience, and active practice that corresponds with the role and population focus of the advanced practice nurse; and

(II) Have a license in good standing without disciplinary sanctions to practice medicine in Colorado and an unrestricted registration by the drug enforcement administration for the same schedules as the advanced practice nurse.

(b) A physician serving as a mentor to an advanced practice nurse pursuant to section 12-38-111.6 (4.5) shall not require payment or employment as a condition of entering into the mentorship relationship, but the physician may request reimbursement of reasonable expenses and time spent as a result of the mentorship relationship.

(c) Upon successful completion of a mentorship as described in section 12-38-111.6 (4.5) (b) (I), the physician shall verify by his or her signature that the advanced practice nurse has successfully completed the mentorship within the required period.

(2) While serving as a mentor pursuant to section 12-38-111.6 (4.5) (b) (I), a physician shall assist the advanced practice nurse in developing an articulated plan for safe prescribing, as described in section 12-38-111.6 (4.5) (b) (II) and shall verify through his or her signature that the advanced practice nurse has developed an articulated plan in compliance with said section.

(3) For purposes of an advanced practice nurse who obtained prescriptive authority prior to July 1, 2010, as described in section 12-38-111.6 (4.5) (c), or who has prescriptive authority from another state and obtains prescriptive authority in this state, as described in section 12-38-111.6 (4.5) (d), physicians may, and are encouraged to, assist those advanced practice nurses in developing the articulated plans required by those sections and verifying, through the physician's signature, the development of the required plans. The physician verifying an advanced practice nurse's articulated plan shall be practicing in Colorado and have education, training, experience, and active practice that corresponds with the role and population focus of the advanced practice nurse.

(4) Repealed.