Colorado § 12-285-108 Limitations on authority

Colorado Statutes

§ 12-285-108 — Limitations on authority

Colorado § 12-285-108

Title 12Professions

Art.Physical Therapists and

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 12-285-108 (2026).

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(1)Nothing in this article 285 authorizes a physical therapist to perform any of the following acts:

(a)Practice of medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing except as authorized by the provisions of this article 285; or

(b)Use of roentgen rays and radioactive materials for therapeutic purposes; the use of electricity for surgical purposes; or the diagnosis of disease.

(2)Nothing in this section prevents a physical therapist from making a physical therapy diagnosis within the physical therapist's scope of practice.

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(1) Nothing in this article 285
authorizes a physical therapist to perform any of the following acts:

(a) Practice of medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing except as
authorized by the provisions of this article 285; or

(b) Use of roentgen rays and radioactive materials for therapeutic purposes;
the use of electricity for surgical purposes; or the diagnosis of disease.

(2) Nothing in this section prevents a physical therapist from making a
physical therapy diagnosis within the physical therapist's scope of practice.