2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 37.3 - Naturopathic Doctors
§ 12-37.3-116. Confidential agreement to limit practice - violation - grounds for discipline
(1) If a naturopathic doctor has a physical or mental illness or condition that renders him or her unable to practice naturopathic medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients, the naturopathic doctor shall notify the director of the illness or condition in a manner and within a period determined by the director. The director may require the naturopathic doctor to submit to an examination to evaluate the extent of the illness or condition and its impact on the naturopathic doctor's ability to practice naturopathic medicine with reasonable skill and safety to patients.
(2) (a) Upon determining that a naturopathic doctor with a physical or mental illness or condition is able to render limited services with reasonable skill and safety to patients, the director may enter into a confidential agreement with the naturopathic doctor in which the naturopathic doctor agrees to limit his or her practice based on the restrictions imposed by the illness or condition, as determined by the director.
(b) As part of the agreement, the naturopathic doctor is subject to periodic reevaluations or monitoring as determined appropriate by the director.
(c) The parties may modify or dissolve the agreement as necessary based on the results of a reevaluation or monitoring.
(3) By entering into an agreement with the director pursuant to this section to limit his or her practice, a naturopathic doctor is not engaging in activities that are prohibited pursuant to section 12-37.3-112. The agreement does not constitute a restriction or discipline by the director. However, if the naturopathic doctor fails to comply with the terms of an agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the failure constitutes a prohibited activity pursuant to section 12-37.3-112 (1) (p), and the naturopathic doctor is subject to discipline in accordance with section 12-37.3-112.
(4) This section does not apply to a naturopathic doctor subject to discipline for prohibited activities as described in section 12-37.3-112 (1) (d).
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