As used in this article 240, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(1) (a) Approved fellowship means a program that meets the following
criteria:
(I) Is specialized, clearly defined, and delineated;
(II) Follows the completion of an approved residency;
(III) Provides additional training in a medical specialty or subspecialty; and
(IV) Is either:
(A) Performed in a hospital conforming to the minimum standards for
fellowship training established by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education or the American Osteopathic Association, or by a successor of either
organization; or
(B) Any other program that is approved by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association or a
successor of either organization.
(b) Approved fellowship includes any other fellowship that the board, upon
its own investigation, approves for purposes of issuing a physician training license
pursuant to section 12-240-128.
(2) (a) Approved internship means an internship:
(I) Of at least one year in a hospital conforming to the minimum standards for
intern training established by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education or the American Osteopathic Association or a successor of either
organization; or
(II) Approved by either of the organizations specified in subsection (2)(a)(I) of
this section.
(b) Approved internship includes any other internship approved by the
board upon its own investigation.
(3) (a) Approved medical college means a college that:
(I) Conforms to the minimum educational standards for medical colleges as
established by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or any successor
organization that is the official accrediting body of educational programs leading to
the degree of doctor of medicine and recognized for such purpose by the United
States department of education and the Council for Higher Education
Accreditation;
(II) Conforms to the minimum education standards for osteopathic colleges
as established by the American Osteopathic Association or any successor
organization that is the official accrediting body of education programs leading to
the degree of doctor of osteopathy; or
(III) Is approved by either of the organizations specified in subsections
(3)(a)(I) and (3)(a)(II) of this section.
(b) Approved medical college includes any other medical college approved
by the board upon its own investigation of the educational standards and facilities
of the medical college.
(4) (a) Approved residency means a residency:
(I) Performed in a hospital conforming to the minimum standards for
residency training established by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education or the American Osteopathic Association or any successor of either
organization; or
(II) Approved by either of the organizations specified in subsection (4)(a)(I) of
this section.
(b) Approved residency means any other residency approved by the board
upon its own investigation.
(5) Board means the Colorado medical board created in section 12-240-105
(1).
(5.5) (a) Conversion therapy means any practice or treatment by a licensed
physician specializing in the practice of psychiatry that attempts or purports to
change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, including efforts to
change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or
romantic attraction or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.
(b) Conversion therapy does not include practices or treatments that
provide:
(I) Acceptance, support, and understanding for the facilitation of an
individual's coping, social support, and identity exploration and development,
including sexual-orientation-neutral interventions to prevent or address unlawful
conduct or unsafe sexual practices, as long as the counseling does not seek to
change sexual orientation or gender identity; or
(II) Assistance to a person undergoing gender transition.
(5.6) Distant site has the meaning set forth in section 10-16-123 (4)(a).
(5.7) International medical graduate means a physician who received a
basic medical degree or qualifications from a medical school outside of the United
States or Canada.
(5.8) and (5.9) Repealed.
(6) Licensed health-care provider means an individual who is licensed or
otherwise authorized by the state pursuant to this title 12 or article 3.5 of title 25 to
provide health-care services.
(7) Medical-aesthetic services means therapeutic procedures used in
aesthetics.
(8) Originating site has the meaning set forth in section 10-16-123 (4)(b).
(9) Store-and-forward transfer has the meaning set forth in section 10-16-123 (4)(c).
(10) Telemedicine means the delivery of medical services through
technologies that are used in a manner that is compliant with the federal Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub.L. 104-191, including
information, electronic, and communication technologies, remote monitoring
technologies, and store-and-forward transfers, to facilitate the assessment,
diagnosis, consultation, or treatment of a patient while the patient is located at an
originating site and the individual who provides the services is located at a distant
site.