2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions And Occupations
Article 245. Mental Health
Section 12-245-306. Exemptions.
(1) Nothing in this part 3 shall be construed to prevent the teaching of psychology, or the conduct of psychological research, if the teaching or research does not involve the delivery or supervision of direct psychological services to individuals who are themselves, rather than a third party, the intended beneficiaries of the services without regard to the source or extent of payment for services rendered. Nothing in this part 3 prevents the provision of expert testimony by psychologists who are exempted by this part 3. A person who has completed an earned doctoral degree in psychology from an approved school may use the title "psychologist" in conjunction with the activities permitted in this subsection (1).
Nothing in this part 3 shall be construed to prevent members of other professionslicensed under the laws of this state from rendering services within the scope of practice as set out in the statutes regulating their professional practices so long as they do not represent themselves to be psychologists or their services as psychological.
The use of the title "psychologist" may be continued by an unlicensed person who, asof July 1, 1982, is employed by a state, county, or municipal agency or by other political subdivisions or any educational institution chartered by the state, but only so long as the person remains in the employment of the same institution or agency and only in the course of conducting duties for the agency or institution.
Nothing in this part 3 shall be construed to limit the use of an official title on the partof any doctoral level graduate of a research psychology program or an industrial or organizational psychology program from a regionally accredited university while engaged in the conduct of psychological research or the provision of psychological consultation to organizations or institutions if the services do not include the clinical practice of psychology.
Nothing in this part 3 shall be construed to require the new regulation of any occupational or professional group that is not currently subject to regulation under state law.
Nothing in this part 3 prevents the practice of psychotherapy by persons registeredwith the state board of unlicensed psychotherapists pursuant to section 12-245-703.
No person may engage in the practice of psychology as a psychologist, or refer tohimself or herself as a psychologist, unless the person is licensed pursuant to this part 3.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1262, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2020: (6) amended, (HB 20-1206), ch. 304, p. 1548, § 55, effective July 14.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-43-306 as it existed prior to 2019.
