§ 12-245-303 — Practice of psychology defined

Colorado § 12-245-303

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Mental Health

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(1) For the purposes of this
part 3, the practice of psychology means the observation, description, evaluation,
interpretation, or modification of human behavior by the application of
psychological principles, methods, or procedures, for the purpose of:

(a) Preventing, eliminating, evaluating, assessing, or predicting symptomatic,
maladaptive, or undesired behavior;

(b) Evaluating, assessing, or facilitating the enhancement of individual,
group, or organizational effectiveness, including personal effectiveness, adaptive
behavior, interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, health, and
individual, group, or organizational performance; or

(c) Providing clinical information to be utilized in legal proceedings.

(2) The practice of psychology includes:

(a) Psychological testing and the evaluation or assessment of personal
characteristics such as intelligence; personality; cognitive, physical, or emotional
abilities; skills; interests; aptitudes; and neuropsychological functioning;

(b) Counseling, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, hypnosis, biofeedback, and
behavior analysis and therapy;

(c) Diagnosis, treatment, and management of behavioral, mental, or
emotional health disorders or disabilities; substance use disorders; and disorders of
habit or conduct, as well as of the psychological aspects of physical illness,
accident, injury, or disability;

(d) Psychoeducational evaluation, therapy, and remediation;

(e) Consultation with physicians, other health-care professionals, and
patients regarding all available treatment options with respect to provision of care
for a specific patient or client;

(f) The provision of direct services to individuals or groups for the purpose of
enhancing individual and thereby organizational effectiveness, using psychological
principles, methods, or procedures to assess and evaluate individuals on personal
characteristics for individual development or behavior change or for making
decisions about the individual, such as selection; and

(g) The supervision of any of the practices described in this subsection (2).

(3) Psychological services may be rendered to individuals, families, groups,
organizations, institutions, the public, and the courts.

(4) The practice of psychology shall be construed within the meaning of this
definition without regard to whether payment is received for services rendered.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1259, � 1, effective October 1.