2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions And Occupations
Article 285. Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants
Section 12-285-203. Limitations on authority.

(1) Nothing in this part 2 authorizes a physical therapist assistant to perform any of the following acts:

  1. Practice of medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing except as authorized bythis part 2; or

  2. Use of roentgen rays and radioactive materials for therapeutic purposes, use of electricity for surgical purposes, or diagnosis of disease.

(2) A physical therapist assistant shall not practice physical therapy unless the assistant works under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1531, § 1, effective October 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-41-203 as it existed prior to 2019.

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