2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 12 - Professions And Occupations
Article 290. Podiatrists
Section 12-290-117. Use of physician assistants - rules.
(1) A person licensed under the laws of this state to practice podiatry may delegate to a physician assistant licensed by the Colorado medical board pursuant to section 12-240-113 the authority to perform acts that constitute the practice of podiatry to the extent and in the manner authorized by rules promulgated by the Colorado podiatry board. The acts shall be consistent with sound practices of podiatry. Each prescription for a controlled substance, as defined in section 18-18-102 (5), issued by a physician assistant must have the name of the physician assistant's supervising podiatrist printed on the prescription. For all other prescriptions issued by a physician assistant, the name and address of the health facility and, if the health facility is a multi-speciality organization, the name and address of the speciality clinic within the health facility where the physician assistant is practicing must be imprinted on the prescription. Nothing in this section limits the ability of otherwise licensed health personnel to perform delegated acts. The dispensing of prescription medication by a physician assistant is subject to section 12-280-120 (6).
If the authority to perform an act is delegated pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the act shall not be performed except under the personal and responsible direction and supervision of a person licensed under the laws of this state to practice podiatry, and the person shall not be responsible for the direction and supervision of more than four physician assistants at any one time without specific approval of the Colorado podiatry board. The board may define appropriate direction and supervision pursuant to rules.
The provisions of sections 12-240-107 (6) and 12-240-113 governing physician assistants under the "Colorado Medical Practice Act" shall apply to physician assistants under this section.
Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1562, § 1, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-32-109.3 as it existed prior to 2019.
