2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 36 - Medical Practice
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 12-36-117.5. Prescriptions - requirement to advise patients
(1) A physician licensed under this article, or a physician assistant licensed by the board who has been delegated the authority to prescribe medication, may advise the physician's or the physician assistant's patients of their option to have the symptom or purpose for which a prescription is being issued included on the prescription order.
(2) A physician's or a physician assistant's failure to advise a patient under subsection (1) of this section shall not be grounds for any disciplinary action against the physician's or the physician assistant's professional license issued under this article. Failure to advise a patient pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall not be grounds for any civil action against a physician or physician's assistant in a negligence or tort action, nor shall such failure be evidence in any civil action against a physician or a physician's assistant.
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