2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 42 - Psychiatric Technicians
§ 12-42-101. Legislative declaration

It is declared to be the policy of the state of Colorado that, in order to safeguard life, health, property, and the public welfare of the people of the state of Colorado, and in order to protect the people of the state of Colorado against unauthorized, unqualified, and improper application of interpersonal psychiatric nursing relationships, it is necessary that a proper regulatory authority be established, and adequately provided for. Any person who practices as a psychiatric technician without qualifying for proper registration, and without submitting to the regulations provided in this article, endangers the public health thereby.