§ 12-290-102 — Definitions

Colorado § 12-290-102

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 12: Professions
• Art.: Podiatrists

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As used in this article 290, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Board means the Colorado podiatry board established pursuant to
section 12-290-105.

(2) Podiatric physician or podiatrist means any person who practices
podiatry.

(3) (a) Practice of podiatry or podiatric medicine means:

(I) Holding out one's self to the public as being able to treat, prescribe for,
palliate, correct, or prevent any disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, or physical
condition of the human toe, foot, ankle, tendons that insert into the foot, and soft
tissue below the mid-calf, by the use of any medical, surgical, mechanical,
manipulative, or electrical treatment, including complications thereof consistent
with the scope of practice;

(II) Suggesting, recommending, prescribing, or administering any podiatric
form of treatment, operation, or healing for the intended palliation, relief, or cure of
any disease, ailment, injury, condition, or defect of the human toe, foot, ankle,
tendons that insert into the foot, and soft tissue wounds below the mid-calf,
including complications thereof consistent with the scope of practice; and

(III) Maintaining an office or other place for the purpose of examining and
treating persons afflicted with disease, injury, or defect of the human toe, foot,
ankle, tendons that insert into the foot, and soft tissue wounds below the mid-calf,
including the complications thereof consistent with the scope of practice.

(b) The practice of podiatry does not include the amputation of the foot or
the administration of an anesthetic other than a local anesthetic.

(c) A podiatrist may only treat a soft tissue wound below the mid-calf if the
patient is being treated by a physician for his or her underlying medical condition or
if the podiatrist refers the patient to a physician for further treatment of the
underlying medical condition.

(4) Soft tissue wound means a lesion to the musculoskeletal junction that
include dermal and sub-dermal tissue that do not involve bone removal or repair or
muscle transfer.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1544, � 1, effective October 1.