Section 12-240-108 - Collaboration with advanced practice registered nurses and certified midwives with prescriptive authority - mentorships(1)(a) A physician licensed pursuant to this article 240 may, and is encouraged to, serve as a mentor to an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife who is applying for prescriptive authority pursuant to section 12-255-112 (4). A physician who serves as a mentor to an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife seeking prescriptive authority shall: (I) Be practicing in Colorado and shall have education, training, experience, and active practice that corresponds with the role and population focus of the advanced practice registered nurse or certified midwife; and(II) Have a license in good standing without disciplinary sanctions to practice medicine in Colorado and an unrestricted registration by the federal drug enforcement administration for the same schedules as the advanced practice registered nurse or certified midwife.(b) A physician serving as a mentor to an advanced practice registered nurse or a certified midwife pursuant to section 12-255-112 (4) shall not require payment or employment as a condition of entering into the mentorship relationship, but the physician may request reimbursement of reasonable expenses and time spent as a result of the mentorship relationship.(c) Upon successful completion of a mentorship as described in section 12-255-112 (4)(b)(I), the physician shall verify by the physician's signature that the advanced practice registered nurse or certified midwife has successfully completed the mentorship within the required period.Amended by 2023 Ch. 261,§ 44, eff. 5/25/2023.Amended by 2020 Ch. 216, § 21, eff. 6/30/2020.Amended by 2020 Ch. 190, § 28, eff. 7/1/2020.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-36-106.4 and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.Amended by 2015 Ch. 197, § 5, eff. 9/1/2015.L. 2009: Entire section added, (SB 09 -239), ch. 401, p. 2180, § 24, effective July 1. L. 2010: (4)(b) amended, (HB 10 -1260), ch. 403, p. 1952, § 18, effective July 1. L. 2015: IP(1)(a) and (1)(b) amended and (4) repealed, (SB 15-197), ch. 197, p. 672, § 5, effective September 1.This section is similar to former § 12-36-106.4 as it existed prior to 2019.
For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1216, see section 1 of chapter 190, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.