§ 12-285-209 — Continuing professional competency - rules - definition

Colorado § 12-285-209

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

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(1) (a)
A certified physical therapist assistant 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
assistant seeking to renew or reinstate a certification;

(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 physical therapist assistant need
not retake any examination required by section 12-285-205 for initial certification.

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

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

(II) An entity approved by the board.

(d) (I) After the program is established, a physical therapist assistant shall
satisfy the requirements of the program in order to renew or reinstate a
certification to practice as a certified physical therapist assistant.

(II) The requirements of this section apply to individual certified physical
therapist assistants, and nothing in this section requires a person who employs or
contracts with a certified physical therapist assistant 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 certified physical therapist assistant. A person or the
board shall not use the records or documents unless used by the board to
determine whether a certified physical therapist assistant 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 certified physical therapist assistant to learn, integrate, and
apply the knowledge, skill, and judgment to practice as a certified physical
therapist assistant 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. 1534, � 1, effective October 1.