2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions And Occupations
Article 245. Mental Health
Section 12-245-209. License - issuance.
Each board shall issue a license, registration, or certification, as appropriate, when an applicant successfully qualifies for licensure, registration, or certification as provided in this article 245.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1228, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-43-207 as it existed prior to 2019. 12-245-210. Prohibition against prescribing drugs or practicing medicine exception for opiate antagonist. (1) Nothing in this article 245 permits psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, and addiction counselors licensed or certified under this article 245 to administer or prescribe drugs or in any manner engage in the practice of medicine as defined by the laws of this state.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist, licensed professional counselor, psychotherapist, or addiction counselor licensed, registered, or certified under this article 245 may possess, furnish, or administer an opiate antagonist in accordance with section 12-30-110.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1228, §
1, effective October 1. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (HB 20-1206), ch. 304, pp. 1525, 1546, §§ 4, 49, effective July 14.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 12-43-208 as it existed prior to 2019.
(2) Amendments to this section by sections 4 and 49 of HB 20-1206 were harmonized.
