2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 41 - Physical Therapists
Part 1 - Physical Therapists
§ 12-41-118.5. Examinations - notice - confidential agreements
(1) If a physical therapist suffers from a physical or mental illness or condition rendering the licensee unable to practice physical therapy or practice as a physical therapist with reasonable skill and patient safety, the physical therapist shall notify the board of the illness or condition in a manner and within a period of time determined by the board. The board may require the licensee to submit to an examination or to evaluate the extent of the illness or condition and its impact on the licensee's ability to practice with reasonable skill and safety to patients.
(2) (a) Upon determining that a physical therapist with a physical or mental illness or condition is able to render limited physical therapy with reasonable skill and patient safety, the board may enter into a confidential agreement with the physical therapist in which the physical therapist agrees to limit his or her practice based on the restrictions imposed by the illness or condition, as determined by the board.
(b) The agreement must specify that the licensee is subject to periodic reevaluations or monitoring as determined appropriate by the board.
(c) The parties may modify or dissolve the agreement as necessary based on the results of a reevaluation or of monitoring.
(d) By entering into an agreement with the board under this subsection (2) to limit his or her practice, the licensee is not engaging in unprofessional conduct. The agreement is an administrative action and does not constitute a restriction or discipline by the board. However, if the licensee fails to comply with the terms of an agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection (2), the failure constitutes grounds for disciplinary action under section 12-41-115 (1) (m) and the licensee is subject to discipline in accordance with section 12-41-116.
(3) This section does not apply to a licensee subject to discipline under section 12-41-115 (1) (l).
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