2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions And Occupations
Article 245. Mental Health
Section 12-245-503. Marriage and family therapy practice defined.

(1) For the purposes of this part 5, "marriage and family therapy practice" means the rendering of professional marriage and family therapy services to individuals, couples, and families, singly or in groups, whether the services are offered directly to the general public or through organizations, either public or private, for a monetary fee. Marriage and family therapy utilizes established principles that recognize the interrelated nature of individual problems and dysfunctions to assess, understand, diagnose, and treat emotional problems; behavioral, mental health, and substance use disorders; and domestic violence, and modify intrapersonal and interpersonal dysfunctions.

(2) Professional marriage and family therapy practice may include, but is not limited to: (a) Assessment and testing;

2. Diagnosis;

3. Treatment planning and evaluation;

4. Therapeutic individual, marital, family, group, or organizational interventions;

5. Psychotherapy;

6. Client education;(g) Consultation; and (h) Supervision.

3. Professional marriage and family therapy practice includes practicing within the values and ethics of the marriage and family therapy profession.

4. This definition is to be interpreted in a manner that does not impinge upon or otherwise limit the scope of practice of other psychotherapists licensed under this article 245.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1278, § 1, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-43-503 as it existed prior to 2019.