Section 12-290-117 - Use of physician assistants - collaboration requirements - rules(1) A physician assistant licensed pursuant to article 240 of this title 12 may perform acts that constitute the practice of podiatry to the extent and in the manner authorized by rules promulgated by the board. The acts shall be consistent with sound practices of podiatry. All prescriptions issued by a physician assistant must include the physician assistant's name, the name and address of the health facility, and, if the health facility is a multispecialty organization, the name and address of the specialty clinic within the health facility where the physician assistant is practicing. The dispensing of prescription medication by a physician assistant is subject to section 12-280-120 (6).(2) Prior to practicing podiatry, a physician assistant must enter into a collaborative agreement with a licensed podiatrist.(3) The provisions of sections 12-240-107 (6), 12-240-113, and 12-240-114.5 governing physician assistants under the "Colorado Medical Practice Act" apply to physician assistants under this section.Amended by 2023 Ch. 114,§ 9, eff. 8/7/2023.Renumbered from C.R.S. § 12-32-109.3 and amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 1, eff. 10/1/2019.Amended by 2016 Ch. 204, § 7, eff. 8/10/2016.L. 90: Entire section added, p. 809, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1) amended, p. 176, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10 -1224), ch. 420, p. 2157, § 17, effective July 1; (1) and (3) amended, (HB 10 -1260), ch. 403, p. 1979, § 55, effective July 1. L. 2011: (3) amended, (HB 11 -1303), ch. 264, p. 1150, § 11, effective August 10. L. 2012: (1) amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1611, § 14, effective July 1. L. 2016: (1) and (2) amended, (SB 16-158), ch. 204, p. 723, § 7, effective August 10.This section is similar to former § 12-32-109.3 as it existed prior to 2019.
2023 Ch. 114, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).