2017 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions and Occupations
Health Care
Article 42 - Psychiatric Technicians
§ 12-42-102. Definitions
As used in this article 42, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Accredited psychiatric technician education program" means a course of training conducted by a school for the training of psychiatric technicians carrying out the basic curriculum prescribed by this article and accredited by the board.
(2) "Board" means the state board of nursing.
(3) "Person" includes an individual, firm, partnership, association, or corporation.
(4) The practice as a "psychiatric technician" means the performance for compensation of selected acts requiring interpersonal and technical skills and includes the administering of selected treatments and selected medications prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist, in the care of and in the observation and recognition of symptoms and reactions of a patient with a behavioral or mental health disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability under the direction of a licensed physician and the supervision of a registered professional nurse. The selected acts in the care of a patient with a behavioral or mental health disorder or an intellectual and developmental disability must not require the substantial specialized skill, judgment, and knowledge required in professional nursing.