§ 12-285-119 — Continuing professional competency - definition - rules

Colorado § 12-285-119

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Physical Therapists and

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(1) (a)
A licensed physical therapist shall maintain continuing professional competency to
practice.

(b) The board shall adopt rules establishing a continuing professional
competency program. The rules shall set forth the following elements:

(I) A self-assessment of the knowledge and skills of a physical therapist
seeking to renew or reinstate a license;

(II) Development, execution, and documentation of a learning plan based on
the assessment; and

(III) Periodic demonstration of knowledge and skills through documentation
of professional development activities necessary to ensure at least minimal ability
to safely practice the profession; except that a licensed physical therapist need not
retake any examination required by section 12-285-110 for initial licensure.

(c) The board shall establish that a licensed physical therapist satisfies the
continuing competency requirements of this section if the physical therapist meets
the continuing professional competency requirements of one of the following
entities:

(I) A state department, including continuing professional competency
requirements imposed through a contractual arrangement with a provider;

(II) An accrediting body recognized by the board; or

(III) An entity approved by the board.

(d) (I) After the program is established, a licensed physical therapist shall
satisfy the requirements of the program in order to renew or reinstate a license to
practice physical therapy.

(II) The requirements of this section apply to individual licensed physical
therapists, and nothing in this section requires a person who employs or contracts
with a physical therapist to comply with the requirements of this section.

(e) Professional development activities must be measured by a contact-hour-to-credit-hour ratio.

(2) Records of assessments or other documentation developed or submitted
in connection with the continuing professional competency program are
confidential and not subject to inspection by the public or discovery in connection
with a civil action against a licensed physical therapist. A person or the board shall
not use the records or documents unless used by the board to determine whether a
licensed physical therapist is maintaining continuing professional competency to
engage in the profession.

(3) As used in this section, continuing professional competency means the
ongoing ability of a physical therapist to learn, integrate, and apply the knowledge,
skill, and judgment to practice as a physical therapist according to generally
accepted standards and professional ethical standards.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1515, � 1, effective October 1.